"Maintaining rate integrity over all of our electronic channels is a daunting and
time- consuming task. Turning that responsibility over to gCommerce took a lot of
pressure off of us and allowed us to do what we do best, direct selling. Not only
do we now present a common front electronically, we have seen significant improvements
in occupancy and ADR. Our revenues from electronic channels have increased nearly
24 percent, or about $140,000 a month."
Chuck Castiglia
Savoy Miami
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gCommerce Solutions, a unique eMarketing firm specializing in the hospitality industry, today
announced that it has signed an online management contract with The Lenox Hotel in Boston,
Mass. to manage all of the hotel’s electronic marketing services, ranging from website
management to social media applications.
“With the economy continuing to head south, hotels are finding that they need to work harder and
smarter to maintain their bottom line,” said Scott van Hartesvelt, gCommerce president. “Savvy owners
are very aware of the huge potential the Internet offers their hotels, from increased bookings to online
promotions. The Lenox Hotel, long a local trendsetter, has decided to take proactive steps to maximize
their online presence and revenue potential.”
gCommerce Solutions, a unique eMarketing firm specializing in the hospitality industry, today announced that it has signed contracts with a casino, a resort and an airport hotel to manage all of their respective electronic marketing services, ranging from website management to on-line promotions. The new agreements are with the 244-room Ramada Inn (converting to Holiday Inn November 1, 2007) Chicago/O’Hare in Illinois, the 160-room Prescott Resort and Conference Center in Arizona, and the 42-room Inn at Eagle Mountain, also in Arizona.
I met an owner the other day that had some interesting thoughts about the hotel he owned. “I have eight sales managers on staff, responsible for bringing in 40% of my total business. I have one person managing my website, which is also responsible for 40% of my total room revenue.” The moral of the story was obvious…
gCommerce Solutions, a unique eMarketing firm specializing in the hospitality industry, today announced that it has signed agreements with seven, separate hotels to manage all of their respective electronic services, ranging from website management to on-line promotions. The new contracts are with the 307-room Georgian Terrace in downtown Atlanta, the 316-room Hotel ZaZa Houston in Texas, the 100-room Hotel Park City in Utah, the 116-room Rosario Resort on Orcas Island, the 342-room MCM Elegante Albuquerque in New Mexico, the 112 room Premiere Suites in New Haven, Connecticut and the 100-room Prospector Square Lodge and Conference Center, also in Utah.
DALLAS, Texas, June 2007—In anticipation of record international business over the next calendar year, gCommerce Solutions, a unique eMarketing firm specializing in the hospitality industry, today unveiled a website translation and search optimization service designed to increase international bookings at U.S. hotels. The service is expected to help hotels capture a record number of international travelers expected to flood the U.S.
GenaRes Worldwide Reservation ServicesSM Ltd., the hotel industry’s newest and fastest growing global representation and reservations company, and gCommerce Solutions, a unique eMarketing firm specializing in the hospitality industry, today announced that they signed an Internet management contract with the Carlton Hotel in New York City. During the first 120 days of the contract, the hotel experienced an increase of 57 percent in consumed electronic revenue from the hotel’s global distribution system, third party travel sites (what’s this acronym?) and Web site, including a 78 percent increase in consumed Web site revenue, over the same period 2006.
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