Sydney, Australia – SiteMinder, the identify behind the one software program platform that unlocks the total income potential of inns, has been recognised on the 2024 HotelTechAwards for its management in converging income administration and advertising software program for inns. For the second consecutive yr, the resort expertise pioneer has taken dwelling the title of ‘Greatest Resort eCommerce Platform’, which is awarded to the corporate that finest brings collectively all of the essential capabilities hoteliers have to be profitable on-line.
Amongst these capabilities are distribution, direct bookings and sustaining a web-based presence. SiteMinder’s relentless give attention to these buyer wants has seen the corporate obtain the Individuals’s Selection Award for the third straight yr. As testomony to its management inside these three areas of income administration and resort advertising, SiteMinder has additionally taken out the highest award within the respective classes of ‘Greatest Channel Supervisor’, ‘Greatest Reserving Engine’ and ‘Greatest Resort Web site Design’.
Moreover, SiteMinder has been named the highest finalist within the class of ‘Greatest Resort Administration System’ for Little Hotelier, the corporate’s all-in-one answer for small lodging suppliers.
Leah Rankin, Chief Product Officer at SiteMinder, says, “For your entire staff at SiteMinder, it’s a true honour to be recognised by the shoppers who drive our ardour and our dedication to constructing the fully-integrated resort platform of the longer term. Our mission is to make subtle income administration accessible to each resort on the earth, and accolades comparable to these function recognition that we now have the strongest basis inside the resort expertise trade to make this a actuality. Hoteliers from greater than 40,000 lodging around the globe, who banked greater than US$45 billion in income from over 115 million bookings final yr, have instructed us by these awards that they share our imaginative and prescient for a future with subtle income administration functionality steeped into each facet of a resort’s expertise answer.”
SiteMinder’s platform at present integrates channel administration, direct reserving, market intelligence, metasearch and fee options along with the resort trade’s largest companion ecosystem of greater than 1,800 revenue-centred resort methods and consultants. The subsequent technology of SiteMinder’s platform will likely be launched later this yr and can converge income optimisation, distribution and intelligence, to make inns as dynamic because the journey surroundings by which they function.
“Convergence refers to the concept that as a way to maximise resort bookings, resort entrepreneurs should be properly versed in not simply advertising but additionally gross sales, distribution and income administration. This convergence amongst business roles has led to an elevated reliance on software program instruments to handle the entire complexities,” says Jordan Hollander, CEO of Resort Tech Report, the host of the annual HotelTechAwards. “Along with level options, the annual consumer alternative awards recognise the highest eCommerce Platform that covers the entire essential capabilities wanted for inns to determine a web-based net presence and generate direct and oblique on-line bookings. Regardless of it being probably the most aggressive yr in HotelTechAwards historical past, SiteMinder pulled it off.”
Heather Minyard, Director of Business Technique at Smoky Mountain Resorts in Tennessee, says: “After counting on SiteMinder as my go-to answer for 3 years, it has been a exceptional journey witnessing the continual evolution and enhancements made to the platform. The diligent dedication to progress exhibited by SiteMinder has not gone unnoticed. Their dedication to refining and increasing the platform has resulted in a sturdy and highly-effective software that has persistently met and exceeded my expectations. It has grow to be an indispensable a part of my every day operations. It liberates me from the laborious handbook duties that had been as soon as the usual follow, considerably enhancing my workflow. This newfound effectivity permits me to allocate extra time and a focus to significant duties.”
In regards to the HotelTechAwards
Based mostly on resort buyer suggestions and proprietary knowledge alerts, the HotelTechAwards is the one data-driven awards program to recognise the world’s finest lodging software program. Class winners are chosen from greater than 200 of the highest expertise merchandise around the globe, decided by product opinions from a world neighborhood of verified resort expertise customers throughout greater than 120 international locations. Throughout this yr’s awards interval, greater than 800,000 hoteliers visited Resort Tech Report back to contribute greater than 16,000 verified product opinions.
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About SiteMinder
SiteMinder Restricted (ASX:SDR) is the identify behind SiteMinder, the one software program platform that unlocks the total income potential of inns, and Little Hotelier, an all-in-one resort administration software program that makes the lives of small lodging suppliers simpler. The worldwide firm is headquartered in Sydney with places of work in Bangalore, Bangkok, Barcelona, Berlin, Dallas, Galway, London and Manila. By its expertise and the most important companion ecosystem within the world resort trade, SiteMinder generates greater than 115 million reservations value over US$45 billion in income for its resort clients every year.
