HeBS Digital's smartCMS Technology Wins a Gold Stevie Award in The 2015 American Business Awards
HeBS Digital's smartCMS, the industry's most advanced Content Management System (CMS) technology, won a Gold Stevie® Award in the Best Software Programming/Design category in The 2015 American Business Awards SM for the second consecutive year.
New York, NY. June 25, 2015 - HeBS Digital, the award-winning hotel digital technology, website design, full-service digital marketing and website revenue optimization consulting firm today announces its proprietary smartCMS technology won for a second consecutive year a Gold Stevie® Award in the Best Software Programming/Design Category in the 2015 American Business Awards.
The American Business Awards represent the nation's most prestigious software-for-business awards program. This marks HeBS Digital's third consecutive Stevie® Award and second consecutive Gold Stevie® Award.
Powering the most innovative and revenue-generating hotel websites in the industry today, the smartCMS is so much more than a Content Management System. The smartCMS offers hoteliers complete control over their websites and direct online revenue streams. In a recent case study for an independent hotel in Chicago - one of many hundreds of hotels enjoying the benefits of the smartCMS - HeBS Digital increased revenue by 114% with smartCMS technology, website design and digital marketing. Notable features of the smartCMS include:
- Software as a Service (SaaS) Cloud-First Technology
- Supports full responsive and adaptive design for the three screens (desktop, mobile, tablet)
- Supports multi-brand, chain, multi-property and single property hotel, resort and casino websites
- Offers complete content control of the property website (visual, promotional, textual)
- Dynamic Content Personalization Module for targeted, one-to-one marketing and merchandising, an industry first
- Advanced Merchandising Module to convert lookers into bookers
- Rooms Showcase Module to display accommodations in an eye-catching format and boost room and suite upsells
- Smart Booking Widget to provide a user-friendly and conversion-focused reservations process
- Full compliance with SEO best practices
- Reservation Recovery Module to win back abandoned bookings
- Website Design Themes Module to update the look-and-feel of the hotel website at the click of a button
- Multi-Language Module, enabling foreign language content across the entire site
- Over 50 modules, and much more
“It is truly an honor to accept the prestigious Gold Stevie® Award. When we set out to develop the smartCMS, our vision was to create something groundbreaking that would be so much more than a hotel website's Content Management System,” said Max Starkov, President & CEO of HeBS Digital. “True to form, it has become the catalyst for our clients' success, with an ability to compete in the marketplace and drive major revenues through the property website like never before. This award is further validation that we are truly setting the bar for excellence and revolutionizing the hospitality technology field.”
About HeBS Digital
Founded in 2001, HeBS Digital is the industry's leading digital technology, full-service hotel digital marketing, website design and direct online channel consulting firm based in New York City ( www.HeBSDigital.com ). HeBS Digital has pioneered many of the “best practices” in hotel digital marketing and website revenue optimization, as well as a range of industry-first digital technology applications. The firm has won more than 280 prestigious industry awards for its digital marketing and website design services, including numerous Adrian Awards, Davey Awards, W3 Awards, WebAwards, Magellan Awards, Summit International Awards, Interactive Media Awards, and IAC Awards. A diverse client portfolio of top-tier major hotel brands, luxury and boutique hotel brands, resorts and casinos, hotel management companies, franchisees and independents, and CVBs are benefiting from HeBS Digital's direct online channel strategy and digital marketing expertise. Contact HeBS Digital's consultants at (212) 752-8186 or [email protected].
About The Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in six programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 10,000 entries each year from organizations in more than 60 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at www.StevieAwards.com.
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