Cant wait to cool off this summer

With summer just around the corner here in NZ, its almost time to slip on your shorts and get those pool inflatables pumped up ready for christmas. In the meantime if you feel like getting in the mood for summer take a look at these amazing hotel pools from around the world!

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Booking trends: Don’t ignore impact of GDSes

We've been having several discussions recently around bookings and some of the relating articles we've found are well worth a read. This one discusses how 2015 was a record year for bookings through global distribution systems, the channel used when guests book through traditional travel agents. Surprising? Apparently it was predicted that travel agent bookings were bound to decline.

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Google may have just become your Hotel's best friend

Recent changes at Google mean consumers no longer have to leave Google to book a hotel – bookings can be made right on the Google site via Google Instant Booking.

  • The bookings are made directly to the hotel, and the hotel owns the customer relationship – not the OTA,
  • The bookings are made on a commission model – generally more favorable terms that the OTA’s merchant model,
  • Hotels can get exposure in Google Hotel Ads on a pay for performance basis – not a cost per click (CPC) basis.
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Your Monday Hotel Eye Candy

Clarity Hospitality Software Solutions are big fans of Hotels. We love them whether they use our hotel software or not, although we're a bit biased towards the ones that do. It never ceases to amaze us just what lengths some designers and architects will go to when creating an amazing place to stay. Check out some of these incredible Hotels from around the world. Comment below identifying at least 3 and you win a spot prize!

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The rise of contactless payment

As businesses move into the future we are seeing a lot more new and innovative technologies take over. Helping to speed up our daily interactions contactless payment alternatives such as payWave and Apple Pay are moving into the mainstream. This has great advantages and could be good news for the hospitality industry. 

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Event Manager

Is your business struggling when it comes to managing those important events? What is it that’s keeping some businesses ahead in this never ending rat race? With today’s meetings and events becoming more and more complex and demanding, its easy to get caught with your pants down.

Lucky for you there is a hypothetical belt. It’s a software, and it’s called Clarity Event Manager.

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A big congratulations to our award winning clients

It seems to have been a good month for Clarity Hospitality Software clients. This is the second big announcement this month regarding hospitality awards. Earlier this month we congratulated the CQ Quality Hotel Wellington and Quality Hotel Parnell, both of whom received the 2015 TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence award. Now again we congratulate two further hotels with Clarity Hospitality Software in use for becoming finalists in the 2015 Hospitality New Zealand Awards for Excellence in the 'Best Accommodation' category.

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