New Interface for WORLDHOTELS' Rate Loading Process

New Interface Enables Automated Rate Loading for Corporate Rates

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. October 14, 2008

JULY 22, 2008. Every year, the corporate rate loading period is a nightmare for the majority of hoteliers and corporate travel managers. Hundreds of thousands of negotiated rates have to be manually loaded, which is a very time consuming process. WORLDHOTELS, a leading hotel group for independent hotels, is one of the first companies to provide its affiliate properties and travel managers with a solution to this hot issue: A new seamless interface between WORLDHOTELS" contracting platform Nexus and its Central Reservation System, Trust Voyager, will allow for an automated rate loading process of global corporate contracts. The WORLDHOTELS" interface will be up and running in time for next year"s rate loading season.

With this new interface, rates accepted in the corporate contracting process will automatically be uploaded into WORLDHOTELS" Central Reservation System and onwards into the various distribution channels - whether that"s the Global Distribution Systems or Internet channels. WORLDHOTELS is the first company to employ an interface linking the technology leaders, Nexus World Services and Trust International.

Affiliate Hotels and Corporate Clients will both benefit from this new automated rate loading process as it ensures immediate access to negotiated rates upon acceptance, as well as rate accessibility throughout the term of the contract. In this way, slow, costly, and error-prone manual data processing is almost completely eliminated, while rate accuracy and consistency are substantially improved. WORLDHOTELS also conducts regular negotiated rate auditing checks.

"The automated rate loading process will ultimately drive more corporate business to the hotels as travel managers will appreciate negotiated rates being available in a timely manner to their company"s staff," said Shirley Perezic, senior director of sales for WORLDHOTELS-the Americas. "Each year our over 30 sales offices worldwide negotiate global contracts with more than 400 companies for our hotels. As a result, we deal with more than 100,000 rates for various seasons and different room types. This new automated rate loading process will mean a substantial improvement of the service that we offer to our hotels and corporate clients."