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Malta based Osborne Hotel improves online revenue with RateTiger

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Osborne Hotel

Valletta, 04 August 2022


Experiences consistent growth with RateTiger Channel Manager and Rate Shopper

Housed in one of the magnificent palaces built by the knights of the Order of St John, Osborne Hotel, a 3-star luxury property in Valletta, has strongly recommended RateTiger as its technology partner of choice for hotel rate shopping, channel management and online distribution.

The property has experienced significant improvement in their operational efficiency by leveraging RateTiger’s cloud-based channel manager and on-demand shopping tool. They have been leveraging the 2-way XML connectivity with global and regional OTAs, and niche channels to drive more bookings.

RateTiger’s pooled inventory model allows the revenue management team to continuously distribute its live rates and inventory to multiple booking channels and deliver updates back into its property management system (PMS) in real-time, without worrying about overbooking. The in-built booking trends and business analytics data combined with competitor benchmarking reports give them key market insights to make informed decisions.

With summer travel in full swing across Europe, hotels are spreading their inventory across multiple distribution touch-points and creating attractive packages & promotions and RateTiger provides the platform to make this easy.

We have been using RateTiger for the past 7 years and are extremely satisfied with it and we highly recommend RateTiger to other hoteliers. RateTiger helps us increase revenue through OTAs. It is very easy to use, especially updating rates and availability. We have a dedicated Account Manager, and the technical support team is highly efficient. The team always try to resolve problems efficiently and as quickly as possible. Thanks to RateTiger, in this competitive market, their solution is helping us greatly to recover our business after the difficult time in the last 2 years,” commented Brian Caruana, General Manager, Osborne Hotel.

“Malta is one of our key markets in Europe and we are happy to win this strong recommendation from Osborne Hotel. We strive to help hotels by making online distribution management easy and seamless while assisting with revenue maximization. We have invested in building stable connectivity with over 450 OTAs and technology providers. Our solutions simplify operations, improve efficiencies, and give hoteliers time to focus on strategy. Backed by real-time data and analytics, hoteliers can respond to market dynamics more efficiently, and optimize online revenue,” said Trupti Mokal, Regional Sales Head, RateTiger.

The 63-room hotel is set amongst Valletta’s 320 monuments, is the perfect place to stay, for families & business travelers, to discover one of the most concentrated historic centres in the world. RateTiger provides channel management, booking engine, rate shopping, website development and online distribution solutions to hotels worldwide.

 
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Travel Tech Announces Third APAC Edition from 12 – 15 July 2022

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Singapore, 7 July 2022


Invites Asia Pacific hotel and travel tech professionals to participate

Travel Tech, the world’s largest education-based travel technology conference series, is proud to announce its third event of the 2022 schedule: TRAVEL TECH APAC, taking place online from July 12 – 15, 2022.

Travel Tech APAC will feature expert speakers from top travel technology companies, including RateTiger, BookOnlineNow, ReviewPro, Paraty Tech, KePSLA, HS Latam, HSMAI APAC and many others, to share specific educational knowledge to our trade and actionable strategies to help hotels, travel tech professional and tourism companies.

The Travel Tech APAC conference consists of a daily Masterclass, a two-hour panel discussion featuring top tech executives on topics specifically related to Asia-Pacific tourism, each day.

• July 12, 2022: Best practices to an efficient distribution strategy: Direct and Indirect Sales, Digital Marketing and Revenue Manager in tourism

• July 13, 2022: Guest Experience on smart destinations and hotels. How to empower your sales through guest experience.

• July 14, 2022: The future of tourism: metaverse, gamification, supper apps

• July 15, 2022: Pitch Session

After each day’s Masterclass, professionals will have the chance to learn about the top technological solutions available to improve their operational processes, and increase bookings and revenue, during the 15-minute, live-streamed Pitch Sessions. In the Pitch Sessions, leading hospitality technology companies will teach hoteliers how implementing their solutions could help them to reach profitability more quickly.

TRAVEL TECH APAC is available as a free event for travel and hospitality professionals. Register here – https://traveltechapac2022.getresponsepages.com/

 
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RateTiger Recognized for Connectivity Excellence by Booking.com and Expedia

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Orlando / London, 9 June 2022


One of the few providers to have achieved such status

RateTiger by eRevMax, one of the leading distribution connectivity solution providers, has been recognized for its technology superiority and connectivity excellence by both Booking.com and Expedia.

RateTiger achieved the Booking.com Premier Partner and Expedia Elite Partner status this year respectively, making it one of the very few companies offering such robust connectivity and varied distribution solutions for hotels to grow their digital revenue.

“We are excited to have received Expedia Elite and Booking.com Premier Partner status in 2022, as it highlights our commitment towards product, technology, connectivity, support and new feature addition for our hotel clients. The strategic support we received from Booking.com and Expedia teams was crucial to help facilitate our partners’ growth and we want to thank them for the same. We look forward to continuing our efforts towards distributing happiness and making connectivity powerful and simple for hotels,” said Udai Singh Solanki, CEO, RateTiger – eRevMax.

The Booking.com Connectivity Partner Programme is designed to support connectivity providers in delivering developments, including new APIs like Promotions and Product (Room-Rate Management), among others, which benefit the property partners they work with.

“RateTiger’s commitment to deliver a first-class experience through cutting-edge technology year after year has enhanced the customer and mutual accommodation partner experience, and we’re thrilled to acknowledge that once again,” said Eddy Veldhuizen, Senior Director Connectivity Partnerships at Booking.com.

The Expedia Group Connectivity Partner Program recognizes and rewards top connectivity providers for maintaining high-quality software connections to the Expedia Group travel platform and helping lodging properties grow their businesses.

“RateTiger plays a crucial role in the travel ecosystem by building innovative solutions that empower global lodging properties to grow their businesses and deliver amazing experiences to guests,” said Lisa Chen, Vice President, Global Lodging Connectivity & Solutions, Expedia Group. “We are excited and energized to deepen our relationship with RateTiger in 2022 as a key stakeholder in our collective mission to power global travel for everyone, everywhere.”

RateTiger is one of the first channel management companies to have established 2-way XML integration with Booking.com and Expedia. Over the years, it has been consistently enhancing its channel network with the aim of providing seamless connectivity between hotels and travel sites globally. Being a leader in the online distribution space, RateTiger understands the technology criticality and provides the tools and connectivity to make revenue generation easy and seamless for hotels.

This recognition is a reinforcement of RateTiger’s focus on building and maintaining high-quality connections that empower hotels to grow their online business on world’s most popular hotel booking platforms. With RateTiger, hotels save time and improve efficiencies, while maximizing revenue opportunities.

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RateTiger recognised as a Premier Connectivity Partner by Booking.com

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Amsterdam / London, 10 May 2022


Status a testimony to RateTiger’s robust connectivity and advanced technology

Leading hotel technology provider RateTiger has been recognised as a Premier Connectivity Partner by Booking.com. The status, as part of Booking.com’s Connectivity Partner Programme, is given for the outstanding performance in providing high-quality connection that empowers RateTiger users to grow their business on the digital travel marketplace.

The Booking.com Connectivity Partner Programme is designed to support connectivity providers in delivering developments, including new APIs like Promotions, Product (Room-Rate Management), Photo, among others, that benefit the property partners they work with. Premier partners are Booking.com’s recommended connectivity providers.

Premier Partner status recognizes Connectivity partners for their excellent performance and quality of service delivered to drive their properties’ success. Eddy Veldhuizen, Senior Director Connectivity Partnerships at Booking.com commented: “RateTiger’s commitment to deliver a first-class experience through cutting-edge technology year after year has enhanced the customer and mutual accommodation partner experience, and we’re thrilled to acknowledge that once again.”

“We are excited to have achieved Premier Partner status with Booking.com. This recognition showcases our commitment to deliver best of technology and stay on top of the distribution connectivity space to make online revenue management easier and profitable for hotel partners,” said Kausik Sarkar, SVP – Technology, eRevMax – RateTiger.

For over 20 years, RateTiger distribution solutions have facilitated the growth of hotel online bookings by assisting in rate, inventory and reservation management across OTAs including Booking.com. With RateTiger, hotels save time and improve efficiencies, while maximizing revenue opportunities.

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Novel Hotel City Centre increases occupancy to 90% with RateTiger

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Abu Dhabi, 27 April 2022


Strongly recommends eRevMax solutions for online distribution

Novel Hotel City Centre one of the leading business hotels in Abu Dhabi has increased its occupancy to 90% by leveraging RateTiger. The four-star property has been using RateTiger Connect for 2-way rate and inventory as well as reservation data transfer between sales channels and hotel PMS. The hotel is also using RateTiger’s GDS distribution, Booking Engine, Metasearch Management and Rate Shopper, all available as a one-stop-solution through the RateTiger platform, for efficiently managing online distribution and revenue.Managed by Danat Hotels & Resort, a division of National Corporation for Tourism & Hotels (NCT&H), Novel Hotel City Centre has 215 rooms, historically catering to business and MICE travellers. However, with the boost in leisure demand and increase in competition, the revenue management team felt the need to expand and automate distribution. With RateTiger, they came to know about and connect to top performing online sales channels in their key source markets which led to increase in occupancy

“The extremely competitive nature of Middle East market means we need to update rates and inventories multiple times a day. We needed a solution that will meet our demands for market intelligence as well as channel management. With RateTiger, we have managed to take our occupancy to 90%. Their integrations with leading global and regional OTAs have ensured that we sell on the right channels that bring business to our city. The speed, accuracy, and ease with which we can manage our online operations is fantastic. Further, the Promotions feature has helped us improve visibility on key sales channels which resulted in better RevPAR,” commented Akber Bana, Cluster Revenue Manager – Novel Hotel City Centre. With hotel room supplies in the region overtaking demand, maintaining an effective rate strategy is important to stay ahead of competition. The revenue management team is using RateTiger Shopper to monitor rate movement to implement a dynamic pricing strategy.“We have been able to sell at better rates and maintain rate parity – thanks to Rate Shopper. The support and technical team understand what they are doing and provides speedy resolutions which is amazing. I highly recommend RateTiger to other hoteliers for improving channel connectivity and productivity as well as overall online distribution,” summed up Akber.Check out this video where Mr. Akber Bana, Cluster Revenue Manager – Novel Hotel City Centre shares his experience of using RateTiger products and support –  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-PkcLfvrVg
Team RateTiger will be at ATM Dubai from 9 – 12 May 2022. To book a meeting, contact us today – marketing@erevmax.com About RateTiger

RateTiger by eRevMax is a market leader in hotel technology and provides Channel Manager, CRS, Rate Shopper, Booking Engine, Website Design, Digital Marketing Services as well as GDS and Metasearch Distribution solutions to large hotel chains and resorts, mid-scale groups as well as independent boutique properties worldwide. RateTiger connects to over 450 distribution and technology partners. It has deep two-way integration with distribution channels including Booking.com, Expedia, Agoda, Airbnb, Google, HRS, Hotelbeds, among various others. It connects to leading PMS, RMS, CRS, Booking Engine and other hotel technology systems for a seamless online distribution experience. Data security and privacy is a key aspect for RateTiger – it is ISO and PCI certified as well as GDPR compliant. RateTiger provides 24×7 multilingual support to hotels globally to assist in revenue generation objectives.For more details, please visit www.ratetiger.com or contact us on marketing@erevmax.com

 
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Loumage Suites & Spa experience 15% revenue growth with RateTiger

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Manama, 06 April 2022


 

The Bahrain based hotel endorses eRevMax for excellent products and support.

Loumage Suites & Spa, a premier hotel in Bahrain has been leveraging RateTiger to increase its revenue even during pandemic year. The hotel has been using RateTiger Hotel Channel Manager to manage rates and availability across various online sales channels. RateTiger’s vast network of over 450 OTAs, Metasearch, GDS and Wholesalers have allowed them to expand their distribution mix resulting in revenue growth of 15%.Located in the heart of Manama, Loumage Suites and Spa has 72 suits catering largely to business travelers. With Bahrain’s emergence as one of the top MICE destinations the revenue management team needed a solution to connect to key channels in top source markets.

“I wanted a tool that would help me, and my staff save time, but also a solution that allows me to manage my hotel’s day-to-day room inventory, with a quick and fast overview of all the bookings on one platform. Since we started using RateTiger, we don’t need to worry about updating multiple channels anymore,” remarked Sunil Norampat, General Manager, Loumage Suites & Spa Seef.With direct booking on the rise, Loumage Suites and Spa has integrated RateTiger Booking Engine for increasing commission-free reservations. All direct and online bookings are processed via the RateTiger Channel Manager, thus capturing all reservations in one place. All the connected sales channels get auto-update with relevant availability through the pooled inventory model, thus removing any chance of overbookings.“RateTiger has helped us to create more bookings from the under-performing OTAs. A large part of our business now is coming from regional channels, and RateTiger has played a unique role in getting our product out there – available and visible, also getting us the best rates. RateTiger is our most important partner in this transition, and we have seen 15% surge in revenue by using RateTiger solutions. I would recommend RateTiger to other hoteliers in Bahrain considering using its products,” commented Sunil.Check out this video where Mr. Sunil Norampat, General Manager, Loumage Suites and Spa Seef shares his experience of using RateTiger products and support – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnRBLZc00TcAbout RateTiger

RateTiger by eRevMax is a market leader in hotel technology and provides Channel Manager, CRS, Rate Shopper, Booking Engine, Website Design, Digital Marketing Services as well as GDS and Metasearch Distribution solutions to large hotel chains and resorts, mid-scale groups as well as independent boutique properties worldwide.

RateTiger connects to over 450 distribution and technology partners. It has deep two-way integration with distribution channels including Booking.com, Expedia, Agoda, Airbnb, Google, HRS, Hotelbeds, among various others. It connects to leading PMS, RMS, CRS, Booking Engine and other hotel technology systems for a seamless online distribution experience.

Data security and privacy is a key aspect for RateTiger – it is ISO and PCI certified as well as GDPR compliant.  RateTiger provides 24×7 multilingual support to hotels globally to assist in revenue generation objectives.For more details, please visit www.ratetiger.com or contact us on marketing@erevmax.com

 
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Royal Highland Hotel Scotland experiences occupancy and revenue growth with RateTiger in the pandemic year

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London, 16 March 2022


 

Endorses RateTiger for its powerful hotel technology platform.

The Royal Highland Hotel, one of the long-standing customers of eRevMax, has endorsed RateTiger for consistently delivering results over the years. The hotel, which has been using RateTiger Channel Manager, has experienced growth in occupancy and revenue even in a year marred by global pandemic and travel restrictions.

A heritage luxury destination often visited by the British Royal Family and foreign dignitaries, the Royal Highland Hotel caters to mature and demanding guests. An early adopter of new technology, the revenue management team has been leveraging RateTiger’s connectivity to effectively its manage online presence.

RateTiger Channel Manager has enabled the Royal Highland Hotel to easily connect to a greater number of channels without requiring more of the team’s time and energy.

“RateTiger was a game changer for us. We’ve been using RateTiger hotel channel manager for more than fifteen years; it is simply outstanding. The interface is very easy to use, the automated inventory management is time saving, and we can spend more time on analytics and tactics. It’s a very simple product, but also very powerful. RateTiger is on the top of technology and even when any new OTA comes into the market RateTiger is the one who gets integrated with them quickly,” remarked Indranil Banerjee, Group General Manager, The Royal Highland Hotel.

While hotels in the region have struggled for the past two years due to travel restrictions, thanks to RateTiger’s connectivity with key producing channels, the Royal Highland Hotel has been able to maintain 85% occupancy resulting in revenue growth.

The hotel also uses RateTiger Shopper, eRevMax’s price intelligence tool, to maintain rate integrity and right pricing on various channels.

“Rate parity & accurate inventory management is a must to maintain our property at par with our competitors. I wanted a tool that would help me and my staff save time, but also a solution that allows me to manage my hotel day-to-day room inventory, with a quick and fast overview of all the bookings on one platform. RateTiger instantly confirms that an update has been made in the channel, right in the application, which is essential to my business in terms of saving time and money,” summed up Indranil.

Check out the testimonial YouTube video from Indranil Banerjee, Group General Manager, The Royal Highland Hotel where he shares his experience with the RateTiger product and support.

RateTiger provides channel management, CRS, booking engine, rate shopping, website design and digital marketing solutions to hotels worldwide. It offers 99.9% system uptime and is security certified under ISO and PCI. RateTiger continues to expand its partner base through new integrations to offer hoteliers seamless connections across different systems including PMSs, CRSs, OTAs, Metasearch channels, GDS, Wholesalers and offline tour operators, among others.

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RateTiger Recognized as Top Connectivity Provider

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London, 8 March 2022


The Expedia Group Connectivity Partner Program recognizes and rewards top connectivity providers for maintaining high-quality software connections and helping lodging partners grow their business on Expedia Group’s travel platform.

RateTiger has earned Elite Connectivity Partner status with Expedia Group, the highest designation available in their Connectivity Partner Program. The Expedia Group Connectivity Partner Program recognizes and rewards top connectivity providers – including channel managers, property management systems, central reservation systems, and other vendors – for maintaining high-quality connections and helping connected lodging properties grow their business on Expedia Group websites and better serve travelers.

As a part of its designation, RateTiger may receive early access to new Expedia Group tools and features that it can pilot and integrate into its software. RateTiger will also work directly with Expedia Group’s leadership team, providing feedback and helping shape future products and technology solutions.

The Expedia Group Connectivity Partner Program is in its second year in 2022, and Elite status is awarded annually to an exclusive group of top-performing lodging connectivity software providers who offer excellent quality software connections and advanced tools and capabilities. To be eligible for Elite status, Expedia Group connectivity providers are rated on several technical and business criteria. RateTiger earned Elite status for its commitment to:

  • Improving traveler experiences on Expedia Group websites
  • Enabling a wide range of tools and capabilities integrated with the Expedia Group travel platform
  • Providing a quality connection with a reliable user experience
  • Ensuring a streamlined onboarding experience and high-quality support for properties
  • Empowering business growth for our clients on Expedia Group websites

RateTiger plays a crucial role in the travel ecosystem by building innovative solutions that empower global lodging properties to grow their businesses and deliver amazing experiences to guests,” said Lisa Chen, Vice President, Global Lodging Connectivity & Solutions. “We are excited and energized to deepen our relationship with RateTiger in 2022 as a key stakeholder in our collective mission to power global travel for everyone, everywhere.”

For more details, please visit www.ratetiger.com or contact us on marketing@erevmax.com

 
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Hotelbeds expands partnership with RateTiger as the company launches new pricing model

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Palma, Spain, 3 March 2022


Hotelbeds has just unveiled a new occupancy-based pricing model (OBP), giving hoteliers the power to maximize the exposure of their rooms by displaying different occupancy options – another great tool in their armory as people start to get moving again.

The new strategy, in collaboration with one of our key connectivity partners – RateTiger, gives the hoteliers working with Hotelbeds greater control over the price at which different combinations are offered, depending on occupancy.

Paul Anthony, Digital Commercialization Director at Hotelbeds, explained the advantages of the OBP model. He said: We are excited to move to this new OBP model as we believe there are many benefits to it. For a start, with this model hotels will have a more sufficient overall structure while we develop a much more seamless process with them.” He added that benefits are not only for the hoteliers, but also for the Channel Managers as OBP “allows them to better monitor the inventory they push to all channels.

Paul added: “It’s also great to be working with RateTiger, and for them to be the first to offer our new OBP model. Their real-time monitoring and management of room rates, availability & restrictions across all connected sales channels is a real game-changer.”

Alin Lazar, VP – Product Management at RateTiger said: “We are excited to be the first channel manager to offer Occupancy Based Pricing (OBP) on Hotelbeds. The benefits of this pricing model are huge and helps hotels to appear in more search results, increase occupancy of more valuable rooms and boost revenue opportunities. We are committed to developing new features and functionalities to make channel management more effective and profitable for our common hotel customers.”

For more details, please visit www.ratetiger.com or contact us on marketing@erevmax.com

 
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Hotel Beacon NYC relies on RateTiger for growing online bookings

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New York, 03 Feb 2022

Increases Occupancy & Sales with effective channel management and distribution


Hotel Beacon, a landmark property in New York, has recommended RateTiger for managing online channels and distribution connectivity. The upscale property has been using RateTiger Channel Manager for the last 6 years to update rates and inventory across online sales channels and receive reservations into their Infor HMS property management system (PMS).

The hotel, being the benchmark of providing personalized service and experience, takes the same approach when it comes online bookings. It aims to be visible to tech-savvy and demanding guests and provide them a delightful reservation experience. That the guests come from all over the world makes it even more challenging as the distribution mix must include global and regional high-producing channels.

RateTiger is their preferred connectivity partner for managing online distribution in the extremely competitive New York hotel market. Speed here is essential for a winning sales strategy – rate and availability across online sales channels must be always up to date. With 99.9% product uptime of RateTiger, the hotel experiences great system reliability and leverages real-time connectivity to 450+ OTAs including key ones in their region like Agoda, Booking.com, Despegar, Expedia, Google, hotelbeds and Trip.com.

We’ve been using RateTiger Channel Manager for more than six years, it is simply outstanding. The interface is very easy to use, the automated inventory is time saving, and we can spend more time on analytics and strategy. When I used RateTiger for the first time, it gave me the full support needed from the channel manager. With RateTiger, I can manage hundreds of channels, all in a single user-friendly interface,” remarked Milja Perkovic, Director of Revenue Management, Hotel Beacon NYC.

Given the dynamic nature of online travel, the revenue management team require a 360-degree view of the market to have rich insights for smart decision making. Data captured in RateTiger enables the team to unlock real-time insights on demand trends. With a comprehensive and advanced reporting system RateTiger provides a better understanding of the booking trend, customer demographics, pace, booking sources and other KPIs.

RateTiger was founded with a hotelier’s vision and their technology has enabled our team to focus on delivering a great guest experience. With RateTiger, we did not skip a beat and easily adjusted rates and inventory to meet the new business demand. We believe it offers the best technological solution in today’s online market,.” commented Milja.

RateTiger provides channel management, booking engine, rate shopping, and online distribution solutions to hotels worldwide. It offers 99.9% system uptime and is security certified under ISO, PCI and GDPR compliant. eRevMax continues to expand its partner base through new integrations to offer hoteliers seamless connections across different systems including PMSs, CRSs, OTAs, Metasearch channels, GDS, Wholesalers and offline tour operators, among others.

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