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Inntopia and AZDS Launch Multi-Product Version of Popular RevRaise Booking Engine
Inntopia | April 12, 2022
STOWE, VT & DENVER, CO- After years of concepting, UX/UI design, and development, Inntopia and AZDS are releasing a powerful update to AZDS’s RevRaise booking engine. By combining Inntopia’s industry-leading ability to aggregate and sell products across multiple systems with AZDS’ track record for delivering innovative, conversion-increasing booking engines, the new integration allows guests to easily and quickly book everything they need for a vacation from a single, intuitive interface without leaving the resort or hotel’s website domain. “We’ve built and continually optimized the luxury hospitality industry’s leading b...
Groups360 Raises $35 Million in Funding to Support Rapid Growth
Groups360 | April 7, 2022
$35 Million Investment from Zigg Capital, Blackstone Innovations Investments, and Fir Tree Partners to Accelerate Growth NASHVILLE, TN – April 7, 2022 – Groups360, a leading platform for booking group travel, today announced the completion of a $35 million funding round led by Zigg Capital and including Blackstone Innovations Investments, and Fir Tree Partners. They join existing investors Accor, Hilton, IHG Hotels & Resorts, and Marriott International. Groups360 provides real-time availability and instant booking capabilities for both hotel room blocks and meeting space, streamlining group travel for organizers, attendees, a...
Groups360 Announces Over a Million Guest Rooms on GroupSync for Instant Group Booking
Groups360 | November 9, 2021
Event organizers can now access 1,020,800 group guest rooms across 6,500 hotel properties worldwide NASHVILLE, TN – November 9, 2021 – Groups360 today announced that meeting and event planners can book group rooms instantly at over 6,500 participating hotel locations from independent properties to branded hotels such as Hilton, IHG, and Omni. Properties in 1,100 markets offer over 1,000,000 rooms for sale each night through GroupSync Marketplace, Groups360’s solution for booking meetings and events. GroupSync Marketplace provides instant online booking for groups, a simplified RFP process providing direct access to nearly 200,000...
The Future of Revenue Management Is Now!
Travel Outlook | September 28, 2021
A world where Revenue Optimization, Marketing, Distribution, and Digital Teams all work under one umbrella for all revenues. Traditionally, hoteliers have operated their businesses with departments working separately towards varying goals. While more reservations and a positive guest experience have always been the end goal in the hospitality industry, for separate departments, that’s where the commonalities ended. In the past, marketing, distribution departments, revenue optimization divisions, and digital teams worked diligently to complete complimentary goals within their department with little thought of working together. To continu...
Travel Outlook Launches ExpressRez®, an Innovative and Affordable Call Center for Inns and B&Bs
Travel Outlook Premium Hotel Call Center | August 26, 2021
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO (August 26, 2021): Travel Outlook Premium Hotel Call Center (“Travel Outlook”) announces the launch of ExpressRez®, an affordable voice reservations service for inns, bed and breakfasts, and vacation rental management companies. ExpressRez® is a simplified and cost-effective service to enable any small property to optimize voice reservations, enhance customer service, and maximize call conversion. ExpressRez® (US Patent 10,257,358) resulted from Travel Outlook addressing challenges faced by inns and B&Bs that want to use a third-party central reservations service in an original and sophisticated way. The ...
NextPax Appoints Eric Leong to Lead Asia Pacific
NextPax | October 21, 2020
Accelerated expansion of channel management solution and geographic coverage Almere, 21 October 2020 - NextPax, the global channel management provider, today announced Eric Leong has been appointed as Executive Vice President APAC. Eric is based in Singapore and will be responsible for expanding NextPax’s business in the region in terms of revenue and geographic growth. Eric will lead the expansion of NextPax’ presence in the region through growing supply and extending strategic partnerships. ‘We have been steadily growing in the APAC region and it’s now time for “boots” on the ground in the Asia Pacific Region,’ explains Erik...
NextPax Travel Technology Announces Record Year for Client Acquisition, Innovation, Partnerships, Integrations, Awards and New Market Expansion
NextPax, Inc. | November 12, 2019
Fastest growing global connectivity provider delivers more advanced automation and global reach to optimize bookings for hotels and vacation rentals Salt Lake City, Utah (November 12, 2019) - NextPax, the most advanced channel management technology provider for hotels, resorts and vacation rentals worldwide, marked another consecutive year of impressive milestones. With a record number of new clients, integrations, awards, product enhancements, and partnerships, the company has become the fastest-growing global connectivity solution in the hospitality industry. NextPax landmark accomplishments include: Winner of the prestigious Ame...
SiteMinder Partners With HotelSwaps, Enables Boutique and Luxury Hotels to Trade Unsold Inventory
SiteMinder | September 10, 2019
Dallas, USA – SiteMinder, the global hotel industry’s leading guest acquisition platform, has launched a partnership with HotelSwaps, the world’s first hotel room exchange programme for independently-owned and operated boutique and luxury hotels. Under the partnership, hotels that use SiteMinder and meet HotelSwaps’ membership criteria can now trade their unsold rooms with other hotels using HotelCoins®, HotelSwaps’ proprietary reservation system and digital currency. The partnership is an opportunity for hotels to create an alternative value from otherwise unused rooms. By sharing those rooms with the global hotel community, ho...
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