GuestCentric Systems Offers the Best Revenue Share Pricing Plan for e-Commerce Management Tools in the Hotel Industry
FAIRFIELD, NJ. February 9, 2010. GuestCentric Systems ( http://www.guestcentric.com ), the premier Software-as-a Service provider for the independent hotel industry, announced a new pricing model for its web-based e-commerce management solution capped at $499. This new pricing model includes GuestCentric's best-in-class hotel booking engine, hotel analytics, guest CRM and the just released social commerce tools.
“Despite GuestCentric's consecutive months of increased sales records, in 2009 we noticed that some prospect properties from our main markets US, UK and Spain were not able to commit to the monthly fixed cost. That was when it was decided to share the risks with our customers and offer a revenue-share plan with a monthly threshold that will simplify our pricing and expand our potential customer's base.” Said Miguel Bahia GuestCentric's E-commerce director.
With the new pricing plan, hoteliers are guarantee that they will only be charged for usage of the comprehensive e-commerce management platform when they make money. The default rate for hotels of up to 100 rooms is 6% capped at $499 for bookings that are processed with GuestCentric's portable booking engine. This means that regardless the amount of reservations received per month, hoteliers will never pay more than $499. For properties larger than 100 rooms or portals with multiple properties, the pricing will be negotiated on a case-by-case basis.
The new pricing provides opportunities for independent hotels to have access to top-notch technology to sell their rooms online, manage rates and availability, and optimize their customer engagement process using social media outlets at affordable prices. This breakthrough pricing presents for the first time a real opportunity for small hotels to access such a high-end product.
About GuestCentric's features:
Powerful e-commerce
• Portable hotel booking engine - GuestCentric's best-in-class booking engine provides a unique shopping experience with unparallel speed and convenience for guests willing to book online. GuestCentric's booking engine is the only portable booking engine in the market that can be directly integrated to different websites, like Facebook, YouTube or partner websites.
• Hotel analytics - GuestCentric offers dashboards and reports provides alerts and notification of how to improve the property's online progress, as well as check the website's visibility, sales focus, bookable offers, and overall performance.
• Guest CRM - The system automatically collects a complete guest profile with the guest's stay history. This information is crucial to create successful marketing campaigns to promote special deals and loyalty.
Social customer engagement.
• Twitter center - Send, track, monitor and schedule messages on Twitter and easily monitor what people are saying about the property.
• Follower specials - Increase the brand exposure, create a loyalty program and easily reward social media followers with special deals created and available exclusively for them.
• Customer intimacy - Provide a more personalize service to your guests and learn more about who they are, what they want, need or think. Twitter profiles as well as last post are fully integrated with guest's profile.
Time saving tools
• Set and forget setup - The easy-to-use interface of the platform allows a quick setup process in 45 minutes.
• Multilingual support - Increase brand presence and reach other regions by offering the booking engine and website in up to 5 languages in a fast and intuitive manner.
• Picture manager - a sophisticated and intuitive picture manager that allows you to easily upload and display images as you wish on your website.
Additional pricing information and details on signing up for a 14 day free trial, available on www.guestcentric.com/pricing
Listen to GuestCentric's CEO Pedro Colaco speak at the PhoCusWright Travel Innovation Summit, November 2009:
About GuestCentric Systems
GuestCentric Systems develops and markets web services that revolutionize the way independent hotels work. GuestCentric has built a Software as a Service platform that allows independent hotels to develop long-standing relationships with guests, improve online revenues and lower expenses associated with online distribution. Through use of Web 2.0 technologies, GuestCentric provides easy-to-use tools at reasonable prices that up until now were only available for hotels with big budgets.
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