What is a booking engine? Complete guide to hotel booking systems
An online booking engine is your key to commission-free direct bookings; a way to optimise your property’s sales strategy and maximise profit.
Internet Booking Engines
Having your own hotel booking engine online is vital for your direct booking strategy. Research what internet booking works best for you and integrates with your hotel website. Learn about what an internet booking engine can do for your hotel by reading our blogs or downloading our eBook.
Why your hotel should offer a ‘shopping cart’ experience
Hotels need to start thinking about offering a more distinct shopping cart experience, one that gives travellers the freedom they truly want. Here’s why...
Why your hotel’s booking engine needs the help of a beautiful website
Your hotel’s online booking engine needs to be integrated with a beautiful and functional website if you’re to drive the direct bookings you need at your property. Here’s how.
Hotel Management Life Hacks: Tips and tricks to get the best from your online booking engine
Your online booking engine is more than just a way to accept direct bookings. You can use it to market, brand, and build loyalty. Check out the following tips from SiteMinder.
Meet the Creators: SiteMinder’s Mike Ford says “if we can’t find good technology to integrate with, then we build it ourselves”
Mike Ford discusses the partnership between integral SiteMinder products, TheBookingButton and Canvas, and how they help deliver direct bookings to hotels.
Are you using these products to delight business travellers at your hotel?
Business travellers are often on the lookout for service that prioritises efficiency and convenience above all else. Here are some simple ideas to boost guest experience at your hotel.
How to maximise your connection with your hotel’s property management system
Your hotel’s property management system connection has to be a serious consideration if your hotel business is to be successful. Find out how to maximise your integration in this SiteMinder blog.
How to remove friction from your guest’s hotel booking experience
Customer friction is a powerful booking barrier because it can come from many directions, but the good thing is how easy it is to solve. Find out how in this SiteMinder blog.
Free SiteMinder on-demand webinar: Lets book it! Winning the hotel booking
In this on-demand video from SiteMinder you’ll learn how to restore the balance between OTAs and direct bookings by: adopting a high-converting website; navigating multiple booking platforms; and operating the best online booking engine.
Hotel Booking Engine: What benefits and features should you look for?
What are the benefits of using a hotel booking engine? What key features should you look for in a online booking system? SiteMinder explores the topic in this blog post.
Hotel Technology: How to spot the difference between business essentials and expensive tech gimmicks
Let’s take a look at some of the most impressive hotel technology implementations in hotels today and discuss their value in terms of generating revenue...
The best hotel technology in the travel industry: What does it look like?
Here is the best hotel technology that every hotel needs to get more bookings, more profitably.