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SHR Data Shows Record Direct Website Demand and Increased Conversion Rates
SHR | August 4, 2021
Hotels using the Windsurfer Booking Engine saw a combined record 3.3 million visitors in June 2021 and 3.4% of those travelers converted into bookings. HOUSTON, August 4, 2021 — Hotels using the Windsurfer Booking Engine from SHR, Sceptre Hospitality Resources, saw a record amount of traffic to their direct websites in June 2021 and converted 3.4% of that traffic, higher than most reported industry averages. Hotels have seen demand – mainly from leisure guests – creep up slowly but surely since the beginning of the year. But very few hoteliers predicted demand would rebound so quickly to higher levels than ever before. The 3.3 mil...
SHR Expands Google Connectivity to Drive Direct Traffic Through Free Booking Links
SHR | July 29, 2021
Windsurfer Booking Engine clients now have the ability to capture direct bookings from the world’s largest search engine by appearing throughout Google search results at no cost. HOUSTON, July 29, 2021 — SHR, Sceptre Hospitality Resources, a leading provider of technology that helps hotels execute their best revenue generation strategies, has teamed up with Google to provide its clients with the search giant’s newest product, Free Booking Links. Free Booking Links appear organically in Google search results when users search for hotels and can be used to drive traffic directly to the hotel, avoiding costly OTA commissions. Free bo...
SHR Announces Powerful Megasys and SmartHOTEL Integrations
SHR | January 24, 2019
THE HAGUE, NL, TULSA, OK, AND HOUSTON, TX, January 24, 2019—SHR, Sceptre Hospitality Resources, a pioneer of advanced hotel distribution technologies and developer of Windsurfer® CRS, has unveiled two new best-in-class integrations; the Portfolio HMS by Megasys Hospitality Solutions, and SmartHOTEL's PMS connectivity hub. Primarily serving the U.S. market, Portfolio HMS is feature-rich, with options such as Reservation Sync from CRS to PMS, Inventory, Rate Code Create, Rate Value Sync, Restrictions, and Group Blocks. Based out of Tulsa, Oklahoma, the company serves a wide range of hoteliers, from independent hotels to conferen...
SHR Announces New CRS Product Features, Plus PMS and OTA Integrations
SHR | September 24, 2018
HOUSTON, TX, September 24, 2018—SHR, Sceptre Hospitality Resources, a pioneer of advanced hotel distribution technologies, has unveiled several new features within their Windsurfer® CRS Enterprise and Essentials products, in addition to two new key product integrations. Windsurfer Enterprise clients will now be able to Assign Policies by Channel, allowing them, for example, to set one cancellation policy for the Windsurfer® Booking Engine and a different policy for GDS. They will also enjoy a newly-expanded Registered Guest Reports feature. This means that reports can now be pulled at hotel level or chain level, helping En...
The Rainmaker Group Now Integrates With Central Reservation System, Windsurfer® CRS, to Provide a More Streamlined Interface for Customers
Rainmaker | September 20, 2018
ALPHARETTA, GA. — September , 2018 —The Rainmaker Group (Rainmaker), a leading provider of cloud-based hospitality revenue and profit optimization software announces a full integration between Rainmaker's premier revenue management system, guestrev®, and SHR, Sceptre Hospitality Resources, a pioneer of advanced hotel distribution technologies and developer of Windsurfer® CRS. This integration allows guestrev® to send pricing recommendations directly to Windsurfer CRS, giving properties the ability to access strategic information as they make pricing decisions. Hotel properties that utilize both guestrev® and ...
SHR Integrates With Rainmaker Guestrev® to Provide Advanced Revenue Optimization Tool
SHR | September 20, 2018
ALPHARETTA, GA and HOUSTON, TX, September 20, 2018—SHR, Sceptre Hospitality Resources, a pioneer of advanced hotel distribution technologies and developer of Windsurfer® CRS, has become fully integrated with the The Rainmaker Group's guestrev® product to help drive revenue and manage forecasting for SHR clients. Hotel properties that utilize both guestrev and Windsurfer will now be able to see Daily Rates, overbooking (at the property level or room type level), and Open/Close to Stay-Through within the CRS, instead of waiting for their PMS to relay the same data. And by sending pricing recommendations directly to Windsurfe...
SHR Selected by GreenTree Inn Hotels as New Distribution Partner
SHR | September 13, 2018
SCOTTSDALE, AZ and HOUSTON, TX, September 13, 2018—SHR, Sceptre Hospitality Resources, a pioneer of advanced hotel distribution technologies and developer of Windsurfer® CRS, has been chosen by GreenTree Hospitality Group, a leading hotel owner, operator, and franchisor of the GreenTree Inn and GreenTree Inn & Suites branded hotels, as its strategic distribution technology provider. GreenTree Hospitality, the U.S. arm of GreenTree Inn, made the move in an effort to find a technology solution that could grow with their business, that was customer service-centric, and yet could offer their franchisees a cost-effective soluti...
SHR Announces VHP PMS Integration for APAC Region
SHR | May 21, 2018
HOUSTON, TX, May 21, 2018—SHR, Sceptre Hospitality Resources, a leading provider and pioneer of advanced hotel distribution technologies, has announced the integration of a new global Property Management System (PMS) for its Windsurfer® CRS. This integration, Visual Hotel Program or VHP, marks SHR's continuing commitment to provide additional and more robust integrations for its rapidly growing Asia-Pacific (APAC) market partners. The VHP PMS, created by PT. Supranusa Sindata, primarily serves the Indonesian market as a fully-integrated, modular business intelligence solution for the region's hotel industry. "At SHR, we are co...
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