BookingCenter Customer Newsletter Winter 2004/2005

Greetings from the BookingCenter Team!

We hope you enjoyed a great holiday season. When you are busy it is even smarter to take advantage of all that BookingCenter brings you. Having a Property Management System that is fully integrated with the Internet saves you time and increases your bookings.

BookingCenter has been delivering this type of integration since 1999. And we are excited to continue bringing independent lodging properties even more distribution opportunities and powerful management tools previously available only to larger or franchise hotels.

In this edition of the BookingCenter Customer Newsletter you will find:

BookingCenter thanks you for your support and sends best wishes to you and your families.

We love hearing about your experiences on how BookingCenter is helping your property get More Bookings with Less Work. Please contact us and share your success stories with BookingCenter.

Wishing you much success,

See BookingCenter at the CABBI InnSpire 2005 Conference

BookingCenter will be at the upcoming CABBI InnSpire 2005 Conference January 23-25, 2005 at the Monterey Embassy Suites in Seaside, California.

Please stop by, say hello, and learn about all the latest developments including BookingCenter's MyPMS. Ask us questions about some easy money making ideas for your inn.

Learn more by participating in the workshop and user group below.

Workshop: Selling Your Rooms Over the Internet
Sunday, January 23, 2005 1:30– 3:00pm
There are so many ways to harness the world wide web… how do you maximize your share? During this interactive panel session, experienced innkeepers and associates will reveal their success stories and opportunities.

BookingCenter User Group
Tuesday, January 25,2005 2:15 - 3:30 pm
Meet other BookingCenter owners and learn new tips and tricks using BookingCenter Property Management Software, including: better source reporting, easy email marketing, and creating your own agent network.

BookingCenter partners with SynXis to expand its Global Booking Network

BookingCenter has partnered with SynXis, a leading provider of distribution for the hospitality industry. This partnership provides seamless integration of BookingCenter’s MyPMS web based Property Management Systems and the SynXis global network of consumer travel websites, including all the Global Distribution Systems (GDS).

SynXis GDS connectivity and distribution includes more than 1,200 popular Internet travel sites and assists independent hotels build revenue and manage their distribution channels directly from BookingCenter’s MyPMS Property Management System.

Hotel operators use BookingCenter’s MyPMS to manage a single image of their inventory, which automatically synchronizes distributed rate plans and availability between the two systems.

Net Rate Programs
BookingCenter’s MyPMS customers who chose to, can now take advantage of offer rooms via NetRate / Merchant Model programs, which further increases bookings from popular web sites including Travelocity, Travelweb, Orbitz, Hotwire, Pricelein and more.

See: http://www.bookingcenter.com/products/net_rate.html

Add Automatic Credit Card Processing to your BookingCenter system

Accept credit card payments easily, economically, and automatically.

Increase Bookings: Make it easier for your customers to pay and they are more likely to book with you.

Improve cash flow: Credit card payments are deposited directly into your existing bank account.

Confirm bookings: Accept credit cards for deposits to secure your customer's commitment.

Simplify banking: Use the online reporting tools to easily reconcile your monthly statements.

Settle incidental charges: Authorize your customer's credit card to process incidental charges.

Save time: Credit card payments take only seconds to process from your software or web site.

BookingCenter's Point of Sale Module lets you receive credit card payments from BookingCenter PMS and/or your web site. Funds are deposited directly into your existing merchant account. This is faster and easier for reservation staff and provides easy, remote reporting capabilities for owners.

This allows guests to purchase extra items or complete packages, from your web site, increasing the revenue per guest for the hotel. Some BookingCenter owners offer value added products and services to their guests, from a bottle of wine, to spa services, or even recreational items, like boat trips, and sporting equipment rentals – all book-able online.

Contact us today to For a free consultation on how to add this simple yet powerful solution to your BookingCenter system Call 1-800-315-0042 x 201 or send an email to Sales@BookingCenter.com.

Welcome New BookingCenter Customers

BookingCenter welcomes these new independent properties to the ever growing BookingCenter family of more than 1,700 properties around the world.

• Adante Hotel, San Francisco, CA MyPMS, CRS, GDS, POS
• Country Plaza Inn, San Clemente, CA MyPMS, CRS, GDS, POS
• Three Palms, Scottsdale, AZ Desktop PMS CRS, GDS, POS
• Ottlley’s Plantation Inn, St. Kitts, West Indies Desktop PMS, CRS, GDS, POS
• Stay St. Lucia, St. Lucia, Caribbean multi-property Local Distribution System

Guest Tracker Upgrade Program

Do you know anyone still using GuestTracker software?

Now that GuestTracker is officially 'sundowned' many property owners are seeking a solution that seamlessly integrates their property management software (PMS) with central reservation services (CRS) into the Global Booking Networks

BookingCenter is offering a special deal to all GuestTracker users.

We will offer Free data migration to any Guest Tracker customer who purchases a BookingCenter QuickStart Package. This includes software, custom setup, Guest Tracker data migration, 3-hour personal training, and 3 months of support.

BookingCenter will migrate all past guests, bookings, future bookings, source reports, and receipts from Guest Tracker to BookingCenter - providing a complete data conversion and successful transition to the BookingCenter platform.

See http://www.bookingcenter.com/products/GT_upgrade.html for complete details.