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Agoda.com, Asia’s global hotel booking site and part of Nasdaq-listed priceline.com Inc., announced the launch of Express Connect 2.0 – a free hotel sign-up tool that allows hoteliers to quickly and easily start distributing their property’s reservations through Agoda.com.
Using Express Connect 2.0, hoteliers who wish to partner with Agoda.com can set up a hotel page in a matter of minutes. Guided through the process, step-by-step, hotel owners upload property information, rates, promotions, and photos, with the ability to save their progress at any stage to finish later.
After the content is uploaded and submitted, the page will be live on Agoda within 24-48 hours, with rooms instantly confirmable in 32 languages. Hoteliers then have access to the Yield Control System (YCS) – inventory management software that allows them to seamlessly update rates, availability, and content at their convenience. Hotels can also use the YCS to create tailored promotions according to their property’s need periods.
Both the Express Connect 2.0 and YCS systems are free to use, with payment only made upon receipt of confirmed bookings.
On signing up with Agoda.com, hotel partners have access to more than two million members worldwide, with regular targeted emails sent out every week to reach those members. Agoda.com also offers the dedicated support of market professionals to work closely with hotels to maximize yield.
Even hotels who do not have their own booking engine can sign up using Express Connect 2.0, as Agoda also offers a free hotel booking engine called BE3, which can be easily integrated into the hotel’s website. Unlike most hotel booking engines, which charge a share of revenue or a monthly fee, BE3 enables direct online hotel bookings with no charge to the hotel.
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