Open Hospitality Increases Bookings Via Websites
APRIL 21, 2009 - Open Hospitality, a global provider of hotel Internet marketing solutions, is delivering consumer focused features that deliver more bookings to hotels by converting shoppers into buyers.
Consumers are presented with straightforward concise rate-of-the-day displays, nightly average rates are computed including all taxes, quick iconic currency conversion and large descriptive room images all add to the buying experience.
David Hess, General Manager at the Ramada Hollywood Beach Resort (www.ramadahbr.com) in Hollywood, Florida states 'Open Hospitality made great strides in providing our hotel with increased visibility on the Internet.' He adds, 'More customers are visiting our website, with a vast increase in the number of online bookings we receive. It's a night and day change since our affiliation with Open Hospitality. '
'Open Hospitality has devoted years of research to and has experience in consumer buying behaviors. We are experts in balancing hotel functionality needs with a consumer focus,' comments Chris Wichers, Executive Vice President, Open Hospitality. 'Powerful features, such as highlighting savings on various rate options, simplify the online travel booking steps for the consumer. Helping consumers buy more often online, leads to higher conversion rates for our hotels,' he adds.
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