Instant Software Launches ISILink for Vacation Rental Home Managers
New database gives mangers the power to reach global distribution sales channels
ORLANDO, FL, November 11, 2005. Vacation rental management companies can now connect with travel global distribution channels via ISILink, a new technology that makes it easier for the vacation rental and property manager to reach any sales distribution channel in the travel industry including the Global Distribution System (GDS).
Instant Software, the Florida-based technology firm that provides reservation management systems for the vacation rental industry, has developed ISILink. ISILink acts as a database linking property information and rental availability to various sales distribution channels. With ISI Link, the door is open for small vacation rental operators to reach travel agents and travel agencies efficiently and effectively.
The entire line of Instant Software Group's products, including First Resort Software, Entech and Property Plus, will now have a method to reach the GDS. ISI Link can also provide vacation rental properties easy access to other key distribution systems such as web based agencies and portals.
"Smaller vacation rental property companies have always been at a decided disadvantage when it came to the travel distribution channels not only because of their size, but the type of accommodations offered made it difficult to provide the critical mass needed to pave the way for access to the GDS system,'' said Dave Hopcroft, founder and President of Instant Software. "ISILink gives us critical mass and gives our partners the flexibility to compete anywhere they want."
"Vacation home managers want to use multiple distribution channels at the same time and ISILink makes this easy and most importantly, allows independent owners to reach a wider audience through distribution channels,'' said Hopcroft.
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