BookingCenter and WorldRes.com Partner to Offer Seamless Management and Distribution Solution to Independent Properties.Business Editors & High-Tech/Travel Writers Professional Innkeepers Association Conference CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 15, 2002 BookingCenter, a provider of integrated property management and Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the reservation systems and WorldRes.com, a leading online hotel reservation network, today announced a seamless, two-way connection between WorldRes and BookingCenter. Hotels, resorts, and inns of all sizes can now realize the power of combined property management and the WorldRes distribution network. Simple and affordable software from BookingCenter automates the process of maintaining rates, availability and rich content while accepting real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. , confirmed reservations from the WorldRes network. This network includes top Internet travel sites, global distribution systems, travel agents and the consumer Web sites PlacesToStay.com and BedandBreakfast.com BedandBreakfast.com is an Internet-based Bed and Breakfast directory and travel agency, part of ELG Hospitality, Inc., headquartered in Austin, Texas, USA. It displays information on roughly 6,500 bed and breakfasts, and enables bed and breakfast and inns reservations, and sells . "At WorldRes, we are committed to offering the most diverse and unique group of properties across our network," said Wolfgang Kitza, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of WorldRes. "Our partnership with BookingCenter continues to help small, independent hotels gain easy access to our system." "BookingCenter makes it easy to manage my WorldRes reservations," said Win Schahter, manager of Inn 1890 in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Calif. "New reservations are directly entered into the software and my rates and availability are updated automatically across the WorldRes network." "We are proud to be the only 2-way property management system partner with WorldRes. BookingCenter customers have not only increased distribution through WorldRes, but also added a simple, automatic way of synchronizing synchronizing, n a technique that a therapist uses to coordinate his or her breath with that of the client; builds trust and establishes relationship. their rates and availability," said Jeff Twedale, co-founder and president of BookingCenter. "Properties using BookingCenter streamline Internet distribution and feel more comfortable about managing their inventory. Now, they can allocate To reserve a resource such as memory or disk. See memory allocation. as much inventory as they desire without worrying about double-bookings -- the bookings come automatically to their front desk." Properties easily set up and manage their profile on the WorldRes network through BookingCenter software. All information, including rates, policies, images and inventory can be updated any time through a single keystroke key·stroke n. A stroke of a key, as on a word processor. key  stroke .
About WorldRes.com WorldRes.com is a leading online hotel reservation network with more than 30,000 properties. The network includes over 2,000 Web distribution partners, travel agents and global distribution systems. WorldRes.com also owns and operates the consumer Web sites, PlacesToStay.com (www.placestostay.com), BedandBreakfast.com (www.bedandbreakfast.com) and DiscountPlaces.com (www.discountplaces.com). Founded in 1995, WorldRes.com is headquartered in San Mateo San Mateo (săn mətā`ō), city (1990 pop. 85,486), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1894. It is a commercial and retail center with some high-technology manufacturing. San Mateo, Spanish for St. , Calif., with global offices in France, Germany and the United Kingdom. About BookingCenter BookingCenter (http://www.bookingcenter.com) is a leading supplier of management and reservation software. The company is committed to providing, simple, cost-efficient, reservation products for the hospitality industry, including hotels, resorts, inns, condominiums, and timeshares. BookingCenter Property Management Software was developed in 1991 and refined with user input to simplify the reservation process, provide central reservation central reservation Noun Brit & NZ the strip that separates the two sides of a motorway or dual carriageway central reservation n (BRIT) (AUT) → mediana and online booking capabilities, and reduce marketing costs. |
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