| USP | Feature | Benefit - Sales & Marketing | Benefit - Finance |
| Innovative pricing model | No commission on bookings, fixed cost structure - pricing based on number of units of accommodation (not number of sites), server hosting included |
| Reduced cost per booking, operational costs increase proportionally with the size of your business, therefore initial outlay is less and costs can easily be passed on to client and / or property owner |
| Supports wide range of accommodation pricing models | Including variable length of stay per unit or per person, variable arrival days, mid week surcharge, variable prices throughout the year | Gives you the flexibility to be creative with your pricing models |
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| Supports wide range of pricing models for extras | Per day, per week, per person booking | Generate incremental revenues through being able to offer clients flexible extras |
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| Supports unlimited rateplans | Multiple price configurations attached to Offer codes | Segment your clients and offer different prices accordingly - Corporate rates, Friend and family, Repeat clients etc. |
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| Supports wide range of meal options | Self catering / accommodation only, bed and breakfast, half board, dinner bed and breakfast, full board and fully inclusive | accommres matches different business models and needs, securing sales of meals at time of main booking |
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| accommres is fully scaleable |
| You never need to replace the system due to business growth - you never outgrow our system | You never need to replace the system, regardless of how fast your business grows and large it becomes |
| Multi language capabilities | Client can enquire, check availability, check prices and book in own language, booking confirmation emails and all other online and printed client documentation e.g. invoices in their own language | Increase the number of global bookings, increase conversion of traffic through your website, maximise ROI from online marketing spend by losing less bookings |
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| Multi currency | Clients are quoted in their own currency | Increase enquiries and sales due to transparent pricing | Fewer charge backs and problems with deposits |
| Offers ability to sell extras | e.g. leisure activities, welcome packs, airport transfers | Generate incremental revenues from extras. Improve efficiency of planning of added value supplies e.g. welcome packs | Generate incremental revenue streams |
| Real-time online integration | Face to face, telephone and online booking all share same price and availability information | Save time by only maintaining one system instead of two (or more) to hold prices. Generate more money by increasing availability across all marketing channels i.e. the same availability is offered irrespective of whether its face to face, over the phone or online | Headcount related cost savings due to the business having only to maintain one system and not two. Increase revenues by not losing any bookings because, staff do not have time to update multiple systems |
| Automatically updates online agent websites | Online agent websites do not need updating with availability and pricing information | Save time by only maintaining one system instead of multiple agent websites with pricing and availability information. Generate more money by not losing bookings due to multiple systems not being up to date | Headcount related cost savings due to the business not having to update agent websites. Increase revenues by not losing any bookings because, staff do not have time to update multiple systems |
| Shares inventory across multiple agents | Monitors and modifies availability across multiple agents websites | Do not lose bookings due to mismanagement of agent inventory | Headcount related cost savings due to the business not having to update agent websites. Increase revenues by not losing any bookings due to mismanagement of agent inventory |
| Increase number of agents you work with | Makes your inventory available through hundreds of online agents worldwide and all GDS as used by 500k global travel agents | Dramatically increase exposure and subsequent revenue streams (for existing customers, cost on this = 5-15% of the revenue generated) | Increase revenue streams through increased exposure |
| "web kit" included | A fully functional website for your business which you can modify. Contains all the functions you need | Changes/Additions to your properties are live on your site within seconds. accommres integrates to the web kit. Web designer not required for day to day changes | Majority of your web site included with our online service. No additional cost and significant reduced website development cost |
| Your online booking site can be fully tailored to your own brand identity and visuals |
| If you wish you can have Complete control over the appearance and branding of your website, consistent brand experience |
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| Includes merchant service integration | Ability to take online and offline credit card payments | Happier customers because risk of error is removed as payments are only processed through a single system ie. Do not use separate PDQ systems any more | Save time and hassle by reducing areas of human error and resulting credits and charge backs |
| Sophisticated deposit rules | Option to secure bookings with a debit or credit card and / or take a deposit based on a range of criteria including booking value, number of units/rooms booked, or number of people | Increase bookings by not forcing deposits at the time of booking. Guests can pay deposit using non-card methods | Improve cash flow by implementing the deposit rules that best suit your business |
| Supports PCI-CISP card handling standards as defined by VISA and Mastercard |
| Be able to payments by Card | Meet VISA and Mastercard requirements in order to be allowed to transact online |
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| Property Owner related USP's |
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| USP | Feature | Benefit - Sales & Marketing | Benefit - Finance |
| "web kit" includes Owner login area | Owners can update their details, make owner bookings, look at availability, view statements, make payments online |
| Statements are provided online and do not need to be mailed - reducing costs and enquiries. Owners who need to make payments can do so online, reducing labour requirements |
