Clarity Hotel Manager Adds Text Communication

The November 2015 release of Clarity Hotel Manager adds SMS text communication to its capabilities. This will allow two way communications with your guests in very flexible ways. You can send confirmation of their booking, you can send a welcome text, you can send a text inviting them to ‘happy hour’ in the bar, you can send them details of a ‘special’ if they book for dinner, you can send them a ‘thank you for staying’  message – and they can respond! 

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15 amazing Hotels from around the world

As long as you're traveling to some beautiful or exotic location, you might as well consider making your hotel a travel-worthy destination as well. Each of these unusual hotels around the world does its best to provide guests with, in one way or another, a unique and unforgettable experience.

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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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