A report by the global hotel industryÕs leading cloud platform, SiteMinder, has found that the ability to grow direct bookings and online presence is the top business focus for hotels this year. The finding, documented in SiteMinderÕs Global Hotel Business Index 2017 released this week, is based on more than 2,100 survey responses from hoteliers at both independent properties and hotel groups around the world.
Best Day Travel Group signs with SiteMinder
Best Day Travel Group, one of the leading companies focused on the tourism sector in Latin America, has announced it has signed a connectivity agreement with SiteMinder.
Bidroom.com connects with SiteMinder channel manager
The online booking community Bidroom.com announces that its integration with the channel manager SiteMinder is now complete. Since signing up with Cubilis a few months ago, Siteminder is the second connection that Bidroom has made with a channel manager.
Eight amazing things you can do with The Channel Manager
Finding the bestÊchannel managerÊis the key to the succes of your hotelÕs distribution strategy. Online distribution is more important now than itÕs ever been before and tomorrow it will be more urgent again, such is the rapidly increasing rate of todayÕs online environment,ÊOTAÊlandscape, and advancing hotel technology.
SiteMinder announces integration with Agilysys to offer automated solution
The global hotel industryÕs leading cloud platform, SiteMinder,Êhas announced a partnership agreement with Agilysys, Inc. whereby SiteMinderÕs Channel Manager will connect with AgilysysÕ next-generation cloud hospitality platform, rGuest¨, to integrate with AgilysysÕ award-winning property management systems and automate the flow of rates, availability and reservations for hotel customers.
Barcelo Hotels & Resorts signs with Siteminder
This adds nearly 33,000 hotel rooms to SiteMinderÕs distribution network, boostings it’s already large numbers
The importance of hotel website design and 5 things that can turn guests away
If your website makes it difficult or time-consuming for a customer to book, or is aesthetically ugly and distracting, it’s likely they’ll never see the decorous interior of your property because they’ll be staying somewhere else!
How robots are storming the travel industry
Even though AI is still in its infancy in the hotel sector, it’s potential to give guests an enhanced experience driven by forward-thinking service is broad. Let’s look at the six major effects smart technology could have on the travel industry.
Spain’s Hoteles Casas y Palacios de España occupancy and ADR increased by 15%
Company says the increases are a result of the greater international demand for hotels in Spain and highly-personalised service, as well as the adoption of SiteMinder’s Channel Manager, which marked a real “turning point” in the way online bookings were managed.
Average booking value on direct hotel websites nearly double that on third-party channels: SiteMinder report
An analysis of the reservations and revenue that SiteMinder’s customers made over the year ending June 2016 show that room prices on direct websites are, on average, 1.8 times higher than the prices listed on third-party channels.
