HITEC 2015 NEWS: Agilysys and Travelnuts Partner to Integrate Web Booking Engine to PMS
Agilysys, Inc. and Travelnuts, Inc., a developer of innovative hotel booking engine technology, have announced a partnership agreement whereby the Travelnuts booking engine will be integrated with the Agilysys rGuest™ Stay property management system to help hotel customers improve conversion rates, drive incremental revenue and increase guest satisfaction.
rGuest Stay is the SaaS property management system from Agilysys, built on the company's new rGuest cloud-based hospitality technology platform. The guest-centric PMS is a standards-based solution on an open platform that enables rich integration for applications delivered from Agilysys, its partners and customers. With this partnership, rGuest Stay hotel customers will benefit from Travelnuts' unique booking engine, which will allow them to offer highly customized guest stays by making recommendations during the booking process for activities in and around the property.
Because the booking engine integrates directly with rGuest Stay, room availability, rates and inventory are presented in real time, and the risk of overselling rooms is virtually eliminated. The booking engine allows independent properties to reduce their dependency on higher-cost OTA channels and improve profitability. Hotel guests can also make and manage their reservations easily from a variety of devices, such as a desktop computer, tablet or smartphone.
The Travelnuts booking engine, which is built with state-of-the-art cloud technologies, is an online and mobile-compatible solution that drives conversion rates and increases revenue by upselling guests and displaying value-added items. With Travelnuts' support, based on cutting edge data analysis techniques, rGuest Stay properties can select the ancillary products and services they want to offer, either from their own hotel inventory or from the Travelnuts partner network. Travelnuts will optimize item selection, placement and pricing to maximize sales. In addition, advanced analytics tools incorporated into the booking engine will provide rGuest Stay customers with insights into guest purchasing behavior and enable a personalized booking experience based on guest profile data as well as the type of device the guest is using.
rGuest Stay is the SaaS property management system from Agilysys, built on the company's new rGuest cloud-based hospitality technology platform. The guest-centric PMS is a standards-based solution on an open platform that enables rich integration for applications delivered from Agilysys, its partners and customers. With this partnership, rGuest Stay hotel customers will benefit from Travelnuts' unique booking engine, which will allow them to offer highly customized guest stays by making recommendations during the booking process for activities in and around the property.
Because the booking engine integrates directly with rGuest Stay, room availability, rates and inventory are presented in real time, and the risk of overselling rooms is virtually eliminated. The booking engine allows independent properties to reduce their dependency on higher-cost OTA channels and improve profitability. Hotel guests can also make and manage their reservations easily from a variety of devices, such as a desktop computer, tablet or smartphone.
The Travelnuts booking engine, which is built with state-of-the-art cloud technologies, is an online and mobile-compatible solution that drives conversion rates and increases revenue by upselling guests and displaying value-added items. With Travelnuts' support, based on cutting edge data analysis techniques, rGuest Stay properties can select the ancillary products and services they want to offer, either from their own hotel inventory or from the Travelnuts partner network. Travelnuts will optimize item selection, placement and pricing to maximize sales. In addition, advanced analytics tools incorporated into the booking engine will provide rGuest Stay customers with insights into guest purchasing behavior and enable a personalized booking experience based on guest profile data as well as the type of device the guest is using.