Today we are launching Kelma Beds — an intelligent property-management system built for independent hotels, guesthouses, and serviced apartments across the Arab world. It pairs a complete booking-and-operations platform with Kelma’s managed hosting, and it does something the big platforms never will: it charges zero commission on your bookings, forever.
Why we built it
Independent hotels are squeezed from both sides — expensive booking platforms that take a cut of every reservation, and a patchwork of disconnected tools for the website, the channel manager, payments, and reporting. We thought owners deserved better: one system they actually own, running on infrastructure tuned for the region, with no per-booking tax on their success.
What’s included
- Your branded hotel website — fast, mobile-first, and multi-language including Arabic RTL.
- A direct booking engine with Stripe and Paymob, so guests book and pay on your own site.
- Two-way OTA sync (iCal) with Booking.com, Airbnb, Vrbo and more — no more double bookings.
- Full property management — rooms, rates, availability, and the full suite of 10+ operational modules.
- Finance, VAT and multi-currency, plus occupancy, ADR and RevPAR reports.
- Real-time order and revenue visibility across every channel.
Built on Kelma hosting
Because Kelma Beds runs on our managed WordPress platform, every property gets the same things that power the rest of Kelma: a global Cloudflare CDN with MENA-aware routing, multi-layer caching for instant page loads, daily backups with 14 restore points, hardened security, and real WordPress engineers on live chat 24/7 in Arabic and English. Your booking site stays fast and online during peak season — exactly when it matters most.
Who it’s for
Kelma Beds is designed for independent operators — boutique hotels, guesthouses, serviced apartments, and small chains — who want a direct relationship with their guests. If most of your bookings come through OTAs today, every reservation is quietly taxed; Kelma Beds flips that, putting a fast, professional booking experience on your own domain and keeping the revenue with you. The two-way channel sync means you can still list on Booking.com, Airbnb, and Vrbo without fear of double bookings, while steadily growing the direct channel you actually own.
One platform instead of five
The real cost of running a property online is rarely a single tool — it is the glue between them. A separate website, channel manager, payment processor, and spreadsheet for reports all have to agree with each other, and they rarely do. Kelma Beds brings the website, booking engine, channel sync, payments, and finance reporting into one system that shares the same data, so your availability, rates, and revenue are always in sync. Less reconciling, fewer mistakes, and a clearer picture of how your property is actually doing.
Get started
Kelma Beds is available now. If you run an independent hotel and want to own your revenue instead of renting it from the OTAs, take a look at the full feature breakdown — or talk to our team and we will help you get set up. Migrating from another system? Our engineers will help you move your rooms, rates, and content across, just like any other Kelma migration.
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