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💰 In Spain, 38% of hotel staff blame their Property Management System (PMS) experiences as a key factor in resigning from jobs. New regulations require the adoption of holiday and absence management systems, like Factorial. Digital systems are replacing physical time-tracking methods, freeing HR teams to focus on training, team building, and talent management. Cloudbeds' study indicates that 38.1% of hotel employees cite technical issues with reservation systems as a major resignation factor, in an industry with a 40.5% turnover rate. Efficient systems are valuable for monitoring work hours, promoting work-life balance, and attracting talent. Automation reduces errors and integrates with payroll systems, ensuring precise salary calculations. Spain's law mandates digital time-tracking to avoid fines up to €6,250. Hotels are moving from manual records to cloud-based tools, with options like Factorial, Sesame HR, Beebole, Clockify, TSheets by QuickBooks, Hubstaff, Ficha.Work, and Kenjo available on the market.

🏨 Maricarmen Álvarez, with over 30 years in tourism, specializes in tech solutions for the hotel sector and leads Alojapro as CEO. Alojapro was founded in 2008 to provide flexible management tools for vacation hotels and travel agencies. The most demanded service is their reservation engine, aiding direct booking and client loyalty. They serve independent hotels to large chains, offering personalized, scalable solutions including a CRM with AI. Their emergency services operate 24/7, with a focus on data-driven optimization and a commitment to sustainable practices.

🏖 In 2023, Spain's tourism-related GDP reached €184.002 billion, 12.3% of the national GDP, marking a 0.9% increase from 2022, according to INE's Satellite Tourism Accounts. Tourism employment rose to 2.5 million jobs, 11.6% of Spain's total employment, up by 0.1 percentage points from the previous year. Foreigner spending accounted for 55% of total tourism consumption, increasing by 2.1 points. Tourism demand surged by 24.5%, indicating post-pandemic sector recovery.