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Having a web site, and not promoting it, is like buying a flashy new car and leaving it in your garage; great web site, but few people will ever see it. Some people still think that simply having a web site is enough to drive new business; wrong. The biggest problem with this thinking is [...]

This is the second year running that SiteMinder, founded in 2006, has made the prestigious list and follows the release of figures showing SiteMinder’s distribution platform delivered its global hotel customers more than USD$2 billion dollars in booking revenue from online channels in the 12 months to June 30, 2012 – double the figure from the previous financial year.

The worldwide surge in online hotel bookings has seen SiteMinder – a technology business that has built an industry-standard distribution platform between hotels and online reservation websites – named as one of Australia’s 100 fastest-growing companies as part of the 2012 BRW Fast 100 List unveiled last night.

Business for global online distributor, SiteMinder has jumped almost five-fold in Europe this year, with the company announcing two more senior appointments based in its London offices to meet the accommodation industry’s growing demand for software that supports the online booking boom.

A London-based hotel group, Bespoke Hotels, which manages ‘chic’ boutique hotels in the UK and around the world, has partnered with global distribution company, SiteMinder, to boost online bookings across the group. The Bespoke portfolio’s hotels’, which includes boutique properties in the UK, across Europe and also in Thailand and the Caribbean, are described as [...]

Top tips for driving traffic to your website and Maximising your Online Revenue using a booking engine. Having a Commission free Booking Engine is just the start! So you have created a wonderful site for your Hotel, made sure it adheres to industries best practices for design, usability and navigation; You have implemented a great [...]

A worldwide surge in online hotel bookings and a rapidly expanding property base are behind a doubling in year-on-year booking revenue for hotels using SiteMinder’s international online distribution platform. SiteMinder today reported that its distribution platform delivered its growing list of global hotel customers using the platform just over USD$2 billion dollars in booking revenue [...]

Travellers seeking a five-star holiday at three of Bali’s top resorts – The Bale, The Amala and The Menjangan – will find it easier to book accommodation following a new partnership forged between Lifestyle Retreats and international online travel distribution provider, SiteMinder. Lifestyle Retreats is a Singapore-based boutique hotel management company which operates the three [...]

Leading online hotel distribution switch, SiteMinder, is accelerating its global rollout, following an investment of more than $5 million by Bailador Investment Management.

As accommodation providers worldwide cut costs to protect thinning margins in a challenging market, one hotel chain in Asia has slashed more than 50 per cent off its costs through commission savings in less than two years after partnering with online distributor, SiteMinder. Malaysia’s premium-rated Avillion Hotel Group also saw revenue rise 30 per cent [...]