nightsbridge
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Presentation by Theresa Emerick from Nightsbridge at ETEA14 in NairobiTRANSCRIPT
What is your call to action?
Destination: Your Site
Make sure your site is designed to inspire with great photos and video. Design to inform with maps and activities to do in your area.
Design to Convert
Ensure you convert your social media interest by having an online booking form integrated to your site.
Make it easy & obvious how to book - put your booking button above the fold, or use a date widget.
Realtime Booking
The nightsbridge online booking form shows available dates, with rates, room photos and
descriptions, as well as the ability to upsell via web extras.
Offer "Book & Pay"
Payment Gateway Integration
• Iveri
• KCB
• I&M Bank
• 3G Direct Pay
• PayGate
• VCS
• Barclays -- coming soon
• PayPal - coming soon
Design to Adapt
Adaptive for Mobile
Choose a website design that displays across all devices and adapts the information display according to the size of the screen. !Nightsbridge works with Springnest.com -- a great solution focused on tourism businesses.
NightsBridge can help you integrate you website and booking form into your Facebook page, including an option to book directly.
Front-Office / Reservation / Property Management SystemBegin with the end in mind when you choose your front-end booking system.
This is where the information will come from that we connect all your online agents, so it needs to be easy to use.
• Invoicing
• Account info
• Arrivals report
• In-house report
• Outstanding payments
Front-Office / Reservation / Property Management System
NightsBridge can connect to your existing property management system, or use our own.
• NightsBridge
• ResRequest
• Opera
• Receptionbook
• Semper
• InnKeeper, etc.
Front-Office / Reservation / Property Management System
The NightsBridge front-office system is mobile and accessible.
The booking flow: you enter a phone or email booking into your front-office. Synch to NightsBridge. We update all your websites. Bookings go straight back into your system.
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• Flexible scheduling • Resource management • Lots of rates options
Online Booking Form Features
https://www.awoltours.co.za
Creating Cross-Selling Communities
Accommodation Sites, Tourism Organisations, Affiliate Sites, Travel Agents, Marketing Groups
(White Label Solutions & XML/JSON Integrations)
The local experts: Concierge -- earn commission. Accommodation owners can book activities and other accommodation for their guests.
Email to Arriving Guests promoting activities and car hire.
We can connect you to a wide range of websites,agents, tour operators, TripAdvisor and the GDS.
International Channel !Connections
Tour Operators !Travel Agents
GDS
Local & Regional!Websites
TripAdvisor:!Automated Review
Collection,!TripConnect!
Instant Booking
Accommodation Associations
Corporate Travel: !Fast Growing
Activity Bridge!Channels
Via NightsBridge, work with Springnest to easily update your website with an integrated blog, to ensure fresh content for your site on Google.
One article, easy sharing
Link to a landing page e.g event
Design to Integrate
Booking & Payment
Review Collection
Channels
Web & Mobile
Concierge