According to Amadeus’ Demand360 data as of April 6, 2023, this year is shaping up to be a busy one for meetings and events, with 15.5 million more group room nights booked globally for H1 compared to the same time in 2022. As demand grows, busy planners are looking for venues with efficient processes and hassle-free booking options. Naturally, this moves hotels with instant online booking capabilities to the top of their lists.
To further support the return of group business and expand on the current partnership, Amadeus announces it will now offer MeetingPackage’s Venue Sales Management (VSM) solution. This is an additional offering on top of Amadeus’ sales and catering software suite. The VSM solution fills a critical gap, especially for hotels that have limited or no dedicated sales staff. The partnership between MeetingPackage and Amadeus will help increase the volume of instantly bookable meeting rooms in the market, generating valuable revenue opportunities for the properties.
For chains and other enterprises, VSM integrates with most major property management systems and sales and catering solutions, and enables any multi-property client to present VSM as a single sales channel to planners whether the properties are using sales and catering software or not. This is a unique offering to the global market and further automates the process for all parties involved.
The benefits and integration possibilities of the technology for hotel customers also include:
- Easy to use, self-service onboarding, and direct management of venue content, pricing, inventory and images
- Booking engine integration to sell meeting rooms online via direct channels using a branded end-to-end sales process. For planners, the event booking process becomes as simple as booking a hotel room
- Channel manager integration to manage distribution strategy in one place without the need to maintain third-party websites, commissions, or ways of working
For more information, visit www.meetingpackage.com.
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