Hotel and B&B bookings - are you missing out?

Hotel and B&B bookings - are you missing out?

01 May 14 admin 0 Comments

Hotel and Bed and Breakfast online bookings from Flame Concepts
by Steve Bishop - Flame Concepts

57% of business travellers, book their hotel whilst in the area, on their mobile. If you're B&B or hotel doesn't either have a website that is user friendly on a mobile let alone online booking, then you're missing out. Online booking for hotels is one of the key opportunities for your business, and I'm not talking about the big boys and channel managers, we're looking at direct bookings to your own website.

Having a mobile friendly website is great and a must in this digital and mobile world, but what if your booking system, if you have one, doesn't work on mobile either? Are you too reliant on major channel managers to bring you sales taking valuable profits away? Competition is always there, and ever increasing in a digital world, so being able to compete for business on every level is vital. Using the channel managers can be an important way to gain extra exposure, even using some of the old tourist board websites may help with traffic, but with so much paying 10% + in commission, its not an easy pill to swallow. All of these are challenging questions and luckily, there is an easy and signle answer...

Built in success for your business

The online property management system from Flame Concepts has a number of key features built in.

An easy to use, searchable calendar with images of your rooms helping to showcase your property to the maximum
Ability to create special offers to entice and reward customers
Mobile reactive helping your customers to search, book and pay on the go
Commission free with direct payments and bookings

Owning the customer data, you'll be able to use our CRM elements to send branded e-newsletters to customers to promote offers and reward loyalty. A full reporting suite with downloadable reports keeps in in total control and helps understand your business performance.

To find out how your B&B or hotel can benefit from this cost effective and commission free system, get in touch by calling 01900 268281 or emailing info@flameconcepts.com

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Steve is director of Flame Concepts with 25 years business management and development experience from small retail to supermarket stores both in store management and area/regional project management and support roles including Harvey Nichols. Building on the success and experience, Steve has gone on to build 2 online businesses, Flame Concepts started in 2012 offering specialist event ticketing and conference registrations all of which is now an international brand with increasing success supporting businesses, events, charities and conferences grow.