Optimal Business Logistics ManagementInntopia.com, the real-time leisure lodging network, recently announces it will release its innSynch(TM) management logistics inventory free to hotels and inns worldwide. Through innSynch, inntopia.com gives independent hotels and inns a cost-efficient, time-saving way to manage inventory and reach a broader audience of online leisure travel consumers. Inntopia.com has signed La Toscana in Stowe, Vermont and John Egan's Big World in Waitsfield, Vermont as the first users of innSynch. Valued at more than $500, innSynch is the first complete software solution that provides hotels and inns with both front-desk operations and a fully- synchronized connection to a global online booking network. innSynch is also the first system to allow central reservation centers, destination Web sites and the inntopia.com Web site to generate hotel room reservations in real- time, 24 hours a day.
"The innSynch technology has helped me manage my property more easily than ever before," says the owner of John Egan's Big World. "By performing the same tasks in less time, I will be able to both increase my profitability and operate my business more successfully." Previously, hotels and inns were forced to fax or phone inventory changes to central reservation agencies to keep their databases updated or maintain two sets of room inventory records for online booking. innSynch synchronizes the front desk of each hotel with the inntopia.com global distribution network, which connects the hotel in real-time to its own Web site, the inntopia.com Web site, inntopia.com's online travel partners, as well as hundreds of destination-based affiliate and central reservation agency Web sites. This innSynch technology now performs database updating automatically and instantly, with just a click of a mouse, resulting in an unparalleled increase in efficiency. Designed specifically for independent inns and hotels in the leisure travel category, innSynch's front-desk room inventory management system delivers a wide range of features. In addition to tracking room availability, inns and hotels can maintain a database of guest profiles, enabling properties to chart pertinent information about guest preferences and their travel habits. Compared to expensive and proprietary global distribution systems (GDS), inntopia.com enables independent hotels to compete with the larger chains by allowing them to sell available rooms worldwide and only charging a nominal commission of five to ten percent on rooms sold. As an additional benefit, inntopia.com offers online room auctions, giving hotels a unique way to move excess room inventory. Hotels are only charged a five percent commission on bookings sold through inntopia.com online auctions. "With innSynch, we are helping revolutionize the entire business of running an independent hotel or inn," says co-founder of inntopia.com. "By allowing our member hotels to electronically manage room inventory and promote room availability worldwide through the Internet, they can compete directly with larger hotel chains and increase profitability. Inntopia.com, the real-time leisure lodging network, provides central reservation agencies and independent hotels with a cost-effective, easy-to-use and comprehensive system for managing and selling hotel room reservations through the Internet. The inntopia.com global room-reservation network creates an unmatched opportunity for hotels and inns to increase sales and sell excess inventory, while providing consumers with a real-time tool for finding and booking quality lodging at hotels, inns and bed and breakfasts around the world. |