A Swiss hotel is hoping to woo space fanatics and art lovers to stay overnight with their new out-of-this-world suite. The Grand Kameha Zürich hotel has unveiled a space station-inspired suite that will cost guests $2,000 a night to feed their interstellar fantasies.
Read MoreWith 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!
Read MoreWe'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.
Read MoreRecent 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.
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!
Read MoreAs 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.
Read MoreDougall here, writing from Wananavu Beach Resort, Fiji! Installing Clarity POS Software.
Read MoreThere are many up sides to jumping on board with Clarity Software Solutions one is the fact that we don’t just resell pick’n’mix solutions, our family of hospitality software solutions work beautifully on their own, and work beautifully together.
Read MoreIs 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.
Read MoreIt 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.
Read MoreAs large as the hotel industry has become and as steady as it has grown over the years, the technology powering it has not kept pace. Innovation has come from companies focusing on the consumer side of travel.
Read MoreOn behalf of Clarity we would like to congratulate two clients on their recent successes.
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