Hotel Booking Engine
Use a booking engine to take control and drive direct bookings
SiteMinder’s #1 ranked Booking Engine brings demand right to your front door. Available with the world’s leading hotel commerce platform and designed from the ground up to optimise every step of the direct hotel booking experience, this is your chance to control your booking journey.
Growing direct easily with a booking button.
Maximise direct revenue
Connect with new travellers, drive more conversions and reach new levels with an average ROI of 63x.
Make it simple
Provide your guests with a frictionless, intuitive and secure booking experience that truly converts.
Reduce commission fees
Reduce your reliance on OTAs and third parties and increase your profits with commission-free bookings.
Own the guest journey
Boost your bottom line with upsells and packages, and give guests the confidence to book with clear information and cancellation policies.
A booking engine to propel your hotel forward.
Easy mobile bookings
Make it simple for guests no matter where they are with a seamless 3-step mobile booking experience.
Competitor and rate parity insights
Be a winner in your local market with real-time data to ensure you always offer the most competitive rate for your rooms.
Drive Bookings from Social Media
Easily connect social media channels with your booking engine to maximise your direct revenue.
How an online booking engine turns browsers into buyers.
Advanced and intuitive booking calendar
Drive more bookings with a flexible date calendar that gives guests the ability to book multiple rooms in a single reservation.
Simple payment processing
Streamline your payment process with a seamless and secure PCI compliant payment gateway.
Powerful plug-in apps
Maximise your direct revenue and improve your guests’ booking experience with a range of powerful third party apps.
Your SiteMinder booking engine turns guests into fans.
Automated guest notifications
Create customised guest communications and build a relationship with your guests, even before they arrive.
Add optional extras and special offers
Increase your revenue and inspire guest loyalty with extras, add-ons, extended stay discounts as well as early bird and last minute deals.
Manage guest reviews
Auto-trigger reviews on Tripadvisor for guests who have completed their stay – word of mouth is a powerful marketing tool!
Perfect for independent properties and hotel groups alike.
Enhanced guest experience
Help guests discover your full portfolio through interactive mapping and seamless navigation between properties to reduce booking abandonment.
Grow portfolio performance
Monitor and optimise direct booking performance across your entire group in one place – with no additional tech requirements.
Unified brand control
Deliver a consistent brand experience across all properties and set group-wide promotional rates from a single, intuitive interface.
A direct booking engine that’s built to grow your business.
Award-winning
Voted #1 Booking Engine 2025 by HotelTechReport.
Global
Available in more than 20 languages and currencies to attract global travellers.
Integrated
Seamlessly integrate with your website or connect to our website builder for up to 20% more conversions.
Highly secure
PCI DSS and GDPR compliant.
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“The SiteMinder Booking Engine is very easy to use and the best tool we have found for providing promotional codes and special offers – as soon as we publish a promo code our customers snap them up.”
David Belon
Casa Palacete 1822
Granada, Spain
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“SiteMinder’s Booking Engine has helped us to grow our business by significantly increasing the number of direct bookings made through our website. It truly is a phenomenal product.”
Dimis Panayiotou
Mon Repos Design Hotel
Ayia Napa, Cyprus
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“SiteMinder’s Booking Engine has evolved substantially over the years, providing our hotel’s rates and packages to our guests in a clear, concise, and attractive format.”
Rudy Kalele
Iconic Hotels by Geocon
Canberra, Australia
Why a hotel web booking engine is crucial for direct reservations
See how booking engines help boost reservations and maximise profit at your hotel.
Frequently asked questions about hotel booking engines
Yes, most hotels benefit from using booking engine software. It increases direct, commission‑free bookings, strengthens guest loyalty, and supports a balanced mix of direct and indirect distribution to maximise revenue and occupancy.
A hotel booking engine also integrates with your website and tools like your channel manager, helping you manage reservations more efficiently and reduce manual work.
A hotel booking engine helps you attract, convert, and retain guests directly, rather than relying solely on OTAs. The right booking engine can:
- Increase conversions with a simple, branded booking experience
- Save time by reducing manual data entry and automating key steps
- Provide real‑time integration with your website, channel manager, and PMS
- Give you better data to understand demand and optimise pricing
- Strengthen guest relationships through personalised offers and communications
Together, these benefits improve occupancy, reputation, and revenue for your hotel.
The best hotel booking engines include:
- A seamless guest experience with real‑time availability and quick, frictionless checkout
- Support for multiple languages, currencies, and payment options to attract global travellers
- Mobile‑optimised design and the ability to take bookings from desktop, mobile, social media, and metasearch
- Deep integrations with your PMS, channel manager, payment gateway, and other hotel apps
- Personalisation tools for guest communications, promo codes, packages, and upsells
- Custom branding so the booking experience matches your hotel website
- Built‑in analytics or integrations with tools like Google Analytics to track performance
- Strong security and compliance, such as PCI DSS and GDPR, to protect guest data
Start by checking that the booking engine integrates smoothly with your website and supports secure payments in multiple languages and currencies. Look for features that maximise conversions—such as mobile responsiveness, custom branding, and easy multi‑room bookings—as well as strong guest communication and upsell options.
You should also consider how easy the technology is to use day‑to‑day, what level of support is available, and whether it can manage both your direct and indirect channels from a single place. Choosing a proven, award‑winning provider like SiteMinder gives you added confidence in reliability and performance.
SiteMinder’s hotel booking engine is ideal for independent hotels. It’s used by tens of thousands of hoteliers worldwide, consistently rated among the top solutions by HotelTechAwards, and combines powerful features with an easy‑to‑use interface, strong security, and global support.
For smaller properties such as B&Bs and guesthouses, Little Hotelier offers an all‑in‑one platform that includes a booking engine, backed by SiteMinder’s world‑leading technology.
Yes, SiteMinder’s Group Booking Engine supports direct bookings across hotel groups. It unifies the portfolio on a single platform, displays real-time availability and pricing, and delivers a consistent booking and brand experience. Guests can search inventory across all properties from one page.
Costs vary based on property size and provider. With SiteMinder, pricing is based on room count and includes tools for managing both direct and indirect distribution. The return on investment often exceeds the monthly cost due to increased direct bookings, time savings, and added features like rate parity insights and integration capabilities.
Yes, SiteMinder offers a 14-day free trial of its booking engine. During this period, you can explore its features and assess its fit for your hotel. There are no lock-in contracts, and you can cancel anytime. This trial helps you evaluate the return on investment before committing.