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New Tourism Wales UK Reservations Booking Service
Or call 0800 422 00 88 or email tourismwalesuk@eviivo.com quoting your property name and Unique ID
Tourism Wales UK is the online membership marketing organisation that serves the needs of independent tourism business owners in Wales that want to grow their businesses and increase their bottom line profit.
It manages a network of 14,000 Wales-branded tourism websites - the largest of its kind in the UK - 7,000 of which are owned by its accommodation members and are mobile-phone ready for the next big leap in online marketing developments.
It is this network that provides the thrust for the new commission-free reservations booking service for Wales, using Google Places and TripAdvisor as its main distribution channels.
Tourism Wales UK has chosen the award-winning eviivo frontdesk® to enable the the service, regarding it as best of breed with a customer support service second to none.
Commitment to the new service has been demonstrated by eviivo through their appointment of a fulltime manager for Wales and a waiver until 31st December 2010 of its set-up and training fees of up to £295 for Tourism Wales UK members.
Google took the tourism industry by storm by an all-out launch of Google Places commanding the top eight positions in its own listings for placename-based searches. The opportunities for small independent tourism businesses to expose their products to new markets are too great to be ignored.
TripAdvisor has grown enormously over the last year to become a dominant global marketing force for tourism. The recent introduction of its Owners' Centre has enabled the smallest of independent tourism businesses to find a place in the sun alongside the bigger hotels, large multiples and most important of all the wholesalers that take such a big slice of small businesses' profits.
Sara Gray of the the Kinmel Hotel, Llandudno has this to say about eviivo frontdesk®:
"To sell more rooms and get access to online distribution channels, to be able to show online customers real-time room availability, join a strong network and get advice and suggestions on online marketing - all of the above were reasons why I became a frontdesk® user. As soon as the front of house system had been installed, we began using it straight away and the bookings started coming in. We also noticed an increased number of enquiries and more traffic to our website. "
"We now have a higher occupancy and are more price-aware. With the Daily Rate Manager functionality in frontdesk® we flex our rates to meet demand and we benefit from either more revenue per room or higher occupancy at reduced rates."
"Our initial reservations about using frontdesk® were mainly around double-bookings, but after all reception staff had been briefed on how important the updating process was and everyone had attended a webinar on how to use frontdesk®, there have been no problems at all - definitely no overbooking and also no loss of sales due to under allocation."
"I would recommend eviivo frontdesk® to anyone currently not utilising the Internet to maximise sales! At this price, the product and support is second to none, the commission should be built into your margins and don't forget to 'flex' your prices whenever you can, busy or quiet times pricing is paramount!
"The webinars are fantastic, informative and very, very helpful and our account manager is an angel!"
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