Skyware PMS Completes two-way integration to expand rate and inventory distribution

One of the fastest growing companies in North America Skyware Hospitality Solutionshas completed two-way XML connectivity with eRevMax to serve automated channel management and reservation delivery to its growing base customers across the country.
As Skyware Hospitality Solutions grows and matures in the hospitality industry, we are always looking for organizations that provide a technical advantage to our customer base.  eRevMax’s, RateTiger is a great example of this. They provide a flexible solution with multiple channels and easy to use software.  Their pricing model fits well within our customers’ price point,” said Bob Palloni, Chief Operations Officer, Skyware Hospitality Solutions.

Skyware Hospitality Solutions, serving the hospitality industry with its 24/7 service and state-of-the-art technology, is widely recognized for providing hotels, resorts, and management companies with flexible software solutions. With this integration accommodation providers connected to Skyware PMS can distribute pricing and availability to the major third party booking sites through RateTiger and Connect solutions.



AB Hotels selects eRevMax for rate optimization

A collection of luxury hotel brand in England, AB Hotels has partnered with eRevMax to get maximum benefit from real-time rate intelligence and competitor price analysis to maintain its market leadership position. Two properties of the group Arch London and Sopwell House St Albans have selected RateTigerShopper to get live alerts on rate changes and rate reports for upto 3 years in advance.

AB Hotels is delighted to be working with RateTiger by eRevMax as we endeavour to constantly improve the tools we use for revenue management. RateTiger offers the most detailed and comprehensive solution in the market and this allows us to have more knowledge over our competitors and ensure we are competing as best as possible,” said Rafi Bejerano, Director, AB Hotels
The partnership enables revenue management team of the hotels to compare rates and packages of its competitors, like-for-like, at both beds and room-type level while also being notified immediately of competitor rate changes through rate alerts owned luxury hotels.


GreenPark Hotels & Resorts improves online sales with eRevMax

Leading Indian Hospitality chain GreenPark Hotels and Resorts has selected eRevMax to boost its online bookings and expand online presence. Five properties of the group are using RateTiger Chanel Management Solution to manage their rate and room inventory updates in real-time accurately across all connected sales channels.


“RateTiger provides us with all the major channels to efficiently distribute rates and inventory. We have enjoyed excellent online sales growth over the past several years with RateTiger as our channel manager. Instant updates to all our channels, the ability to modify last minute rates and maintain tighter control of our inventory has contributed to higher occupancy and revenue,” said Antariksh Mathur, Group Revenue Manager, GreenPark Hotels and Resorts.
Recipients of several national and international awards, GreenPark Hotels & Resorts are also using RateTiger Shopper to monitor rate parity across all its channels. Further, to optimize its room rates and improve price forecasting, the team is also tracking competitor rates and sales position through the rate reports and live alerts that Shopper provides.

Kotimaailma Apartments selects eRevMax for online expansion and revenue growth

One of the leading apartment-hotel chains in Finland, Kotimaailma Apartments has selected eRevMax to expand its business exposure and optimize online revenue. All five apartments of the group are using RateTiger Channel Manager for rate and inventory management.

A channel manager program is a “must” in our business nowadays since we are expanding to new cities in Finland and consumers and tourists are a growing part of our business. To have a tool like RateTiger for managing multiple channels is just great. And good support and training from RateTiger is highly appreciated,” said Hans Ekholm, Owner, Kotimaailma Apartments.

One of the finest service apartments in Finland, Kotimaailma can maximize its revenue opportunity and reduce its distribution costs by quickly and efficiently increasing its distribution reach. RateTiger Channel Manager will help Kotimaailma to increase online sales by ensuring real-time room availability across all distribution channels through the automatic adjustment of availability from a pooled inventory.

Sweden Hotel recommends RateTiger solutions for its affiliated hotels

Sweden Hotels, the personal hotel chain of Sweden has endorsed RateTiger as its preferred Channel Manager for all its affiliated properties across the country. Founded in 1977, the group has over 60 properties with three-and four-star hotels spread across Sweden all starred under European Hotel Stars Union.

RateTiger Channel Manager and Rate Shopper products are amongst the best available in the market for hoteliers who want to retain control of their rates and availability being marketed and sold through various booking channels.  The purpose of this strategic partnership is to make it easier for our member hotels to select the most suitable technology solution to find their best match in channel management solutions,” said Eva Palmgren, CEO, Sweden Hotels.

The leader in  online distribution, channel connectivity, market intelligence and revenue management solutions, eRevMax’s flexible, multi-platform solution to manage online sales and exposure, has been used by over 20,000 hotels across the world. This endorsement from Sweden Hotels will allow all member hotels of the chain to streamline their online distribution through rate shopping, channel management, reservation delivery and guest review management and expand their distribution network.

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ResorTime integrates with eRevMax Channel Ecosystem for seamless booking connectivity

ResorTime, the leading timeshare condo rental reservation site, has integrated with eRevMax the leading provider of online distribution solutions, to further expand connectivity options available to its fast growing portfolio of resort and hotel partners. Accommodation providers connected with ResorTime will now be able to make immediate ARI (Availability, Rates and Inventory) updates on the channel through eRevMax’s RateTiger solution.
Jeff Farr, Vice President, ResorTime, said “We continue to deploy new technologies that enable our guests and lodging partners to find each other, allowing us to deliver better rates and services to both segments. This integration helps our partners reduce their reaction time to constantly changing market demands.” ResorTime’s improved connectivity to eRevMax’s hotel customers is an opportunity to tap new partners thereby increasing supply and reach.

One of the leading timeshare condo in U.S, ResorTime offers its services to more than 900 resorts located in top destinations throughout the U.S., Mexico, Caribbean, and Canada, making it one of the largest condominium rental services. With this new partnership with eRevMax ResorTime will be able to manage their ARI more effectively through the eRevMax Channel Ecosystem.

Spa & Golf Resort Weimarer Land Selects eRevMax for maximising online sales

The four-star-superior hotel Lindner Spa & Golf Hotel Weimarer Land, a luxury hotel brand in Germany, has selected eRevMax to streamline its online distribution. The property, is using CONNECT by eRevMax to ensure real-time connectivity between the property and online travel agents, meta-search agencies, travel agents and corporate clients.


“eRevMax solutions give instant control over yield management, allowing our properties to handle more product types while automating the distribution process. We were able to identify the best producing websites, while also improving our overall online booking,” said Mark A. Kühnelt, General Manager, Spa & Golf Resort.

Opened in 2013, the 160 hectare complex, including a 36-hole-golf course Lindner Spa & Golf Hotel Weimarer Land offers 94 rooms on 5 channels. From now they can utilize eRevMax’s superior connectivity with over 100 global and regional distributors including OTAs, Tour Operators and Wholesalers to reach out to new markets.

eRevMax redefines rate shopping with RateTiger Managed Report Service

eRevMax, the leading hospitality technology & solutions provider of channel management and connectivity solutions has launched Managed ReportsService  which will offer high quality market intelligence data for informed pricing decisions. Hoteliers now can get high quality rate intelligence data from over 42000 hotel sites and around 100 travel sites.

Vishal Arora, VP – Product Management, eRevMax states that understanding market trends and implementing balanced pricing strategy is very crucial in this ultra competitive world. Managed Reports will help hotels evaluate pricing strategies for their properties and that of competitors and turn that insight into bottom-line results based upon actionable business intelligence.

The data goes through a strict Quality Assurance (QA) process for maximum accuracy, thereby hotels get highly accurate data to plan and forecast with greater precision through historical and future rate analysis.

Trust Customer Conference

Being a Trust Partner, we got invited to the Trust Customer Conference in Amsterdam recently. This year’s event theme was “Blossom your distribution”. It was very well organized and provided a great platform to engage with hoteliers and also showcased the upcoming plans that Trust has for its product range.

The forum was designed mainly to exchange ideas and conduct informative, lively and interactive discussions between the Trust team and its business partners. Speakers were invited from leading companies including Google, TripAdvisor, Kayak, ICEPortal, and Essec Business School and shared key insights on industry issues, business opportunities and market trends.


Our COO Greg Berman was invited to present on the upcoming trends and technologies in Channel Management. It was an interactive session where Greg laid stress on eRevMax’s partnership with Trust Voyager and how it simplifies the distribution process to boost the revenue funnels.

Overall the event was a great chance for me to interact directly with multiple hoteliers, revenue managers as well as sales and marketing heads.
Pilar Sanchez Aita is Director Strategic Account Management at eRevMax. She can be reached at pilars@erevmax.com 

Brazil 2014 – Capture the Craze – Infographic

eRevMax, the leader in hotel online distribution and channel management solution has released an interesting infographic “Brazil 2014 – Capture the Craze” in time for the Games!
The infographic based on several market studies sheds key insights on international tourists flow to Brazil and Hotel Price Index. The study shows that in 2012 around 5.7 million travellers visited Brazil which will double by the end of 2014. eRevMax suggests hoteliers to focus on their distribution portfolio with a balanced mix of global and regional channels as an estimated $25 billion expected to be spent by tourists.

Brazil is witnessing an explosion of hotel inventory supply with over 173,000 new rooms being added before the event. With the online travel industry growing at over 34%, eRevMax believes there was never a better time for the Brazilian hotel industry to maximise revenues through intelligent online distribution.
 
To access the full infographic, click Brazil 2014: Capture the Craze