BookingCenter Customer Newsletter Fall/Winter 2006

Hello from the BookingCenter Team!

We hope you are well and have enjoyed a great year of bookings. During this holiday season, we would like to express our thanks and gratitude for the privilege of serving your business.

Throughout 2006 BookingCenter released new features and expanded distribution opportunities. We also welcomed exciting new customers, partners, and employees.

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

Is Your Property in the Global Booking Network?
Training to Maximize your BookingCenter Potential
BookingCenter System Improvements
See BookingCenter On the Road in 2007
Welcome New Customers, Partners, and Team Members

As always, we welcome your comments about how BookingCenter helps your property. Feel free to contact us and let us know how you are doing and ways we can improve the services we provide.

Thank you for your continued support and for allowing us to help your property get more bookings with less work.

In gratitude,

Jeff Tweddale & The BookingCenter Team
President, BookingCenter

Is your property in the Global Booking Network?

BookingCenter increases bookings and occupancy by giving you visibility at the most popular travel web sites including Expedia, Hotels.com, Orbitz, Travelocity, and more. BookingCenter's Desktop Pro, MyPMS, and Management Tool all automatically synchronize, with the Global Booking Network of consumer travel websites and all Global Distribution Systems (GDS). You control rates and availability including different rates and allocations per channel.

If you are not yet selling through the Global Booking Network, contact us today to lean how easy it is.

Training to Maximize your BookingCenter Potential

Is everyone on your staff "up to speed" on using BookingCenter? Perhaps you have new employees who were never formally trained?

Schedule a training and consultation and learn to maximize your possibilities with BookingCenter. Sample training topics include:

  • Email special promotions to your repeat guests.
  • Sell value-added items and packages directly from your website.
  • Track your sources for more targeted marketing.
  • Start your own local Agent network to increase local business.

Contact BookingCenter today at sales@bookingcenter.com to learn how to implement these ideas to improve your potential!

BookingCenter System Improvements

BookingCenter Pro Desktop Property Management Software
BookingCenter Pro is now at version 5.13. Log in to your Support Area (support.bookingcenter.com/) to download the newest updater. Here are three important new features.

SMS Messaging
Sign up for BookingCenterís new SMS notification service, and have new, modified, and cancelled booking notifications sent as text messages to your mobile phone. Chose to be notified on only the messages you want, such as GDS and/or web site bookings.

Corporate Accounts
Do you use Direct Bills or Debtor Accounts? Use the new reporting tools to issue 'Unpaid Statements' and email an account summary with complete details for fast and easy direct billing.

Booking Engine Enhancements
Add the option to require (or not) confirming policy, dietary restrictions, and special needs info prior to completing a booking.

BookingCenter MyPMS - Web based Property Management Software
The MyPMS development team has made upgrades to the server environment, resulting in increased speed and improved over all performance and reliability.

BookingCenter Management Tool
The Management Tool is updated to include new fields required for the GDS (latitude and longitude and airport codes) and improved error checking to make creating new seasons and rates faster. The manual is also updated.

See BookingCenter On the Road in 2007

Come see BookingCenter at these upcoming Trade Shows.

California Association of Bed & Breakfast Inns (CABBI)
CABBIís 15th Annual Conference and Trade Show
January 28‚30, 2007
Irvine Marriott Hotel, Orange County, CA
www.cabbi.com/innspire

Professional Association of Innkeepers International (PAII)
2007 PAII Convention and Trade Show
March 26-29, 2007
Myrtle Beach Convention Center, Myrtle Beach, SC
www.paiiconvention.org

Welcome New BookingCenter Customers, Partners, & Team Members

New BookingCenter Customers
We welcome these new independent properties to the growing family of properties around the world.

Ameristay, Waverly, OH, USA, MyPMS, CRS, GDS, POS
Ameristay, Batavia, OH, USA, MyPMS, CRS, GDS, POS
La Playa Condos, Playa del Carmen, Mexico Management Tools, GDS
Pelican Post Motel, Brandenton Beach, FL, USA, Management Tool, GDS
Hotel M, San Jose, Costa Rica, Desktop PMS, CRS, GDS, POS
Pomegranate Inn Portland, Maine USA, Desktop PMS, CRS, GDS, POS

New BookingCenter Partners
We are proud to announce a Local Distribution System partner in the Pocono Mountain region of Pennsylvania, the Poconos Vacation Guide. To book accommodations in all areas of the Poconos go to www.800poconos.com.

Web sites powered with a Local Distributions System offer a more local focus to increase online bookings for their properties using BookingCenter’s tools to synchronize rates and availability.

Contact us at info@BookingCenter.com to request a Free White paper explaining how to get a Local Distribution System to power your local market or association’s web site.

New BookingCenter Team Members
The BookingCenter team continues to grow and welcomes Jason Mispagel.

Jason Mispagel, Account Manager
Jason brings to BookingCenter a sales background for companies including Airborne Express and Cingular/BellSouth Wireless Data. Being in solution sales for 14 years, he has consulted with fortune 500 executives, small business owners, and property managers on how to make their daily work environment and goals more manageable. With a focus on operational efficiencies and his ability to help customers with technology, Jason makes an excellent addition to the BookingCenter team.

When Jason is not helping customers he spends time as a photographer and drumming instructor. He also enjoys golf and running wild. Jason graduated from Saint Mary’s College with a BA in Business Administration. He has recently become a father and enjoys every day spending time with his children and wife.

We are very pleased to have him on the team.