A recent survey conducted by a global hotel booking company shows that hotel prices in the UK rose by 12% last year once again making Britain the most expensive country for tourists to visit in Europe. The Hotel Price Index 2008 represents good news for hospitality providers as those in a position to charge premium rates are able to gain greater revenue mark ups whilst independent and non-branded hotels, inns and guesthouses are able to offer better value accommodation to more cost conscious travellers.
Not everybody is in a position to pay hotel prices that are currently averaging £115 a night in London, £117 in Bath and £113 in Oxford. Many tourists intent on visiting Scotland may be in for a shock as hotel prices have risen by an average of 34% in the last year. It is a market that offers excellent opportunities for hospitality providers that can undercut branded hotel chains.
Discover Global Bookings is an online promotion and bookings platform that enables independent and non-branded hospitality providers to gain extra custom from overseas travellers on a budget. Subscribers are able to promote their businesses and take instant online bookings from 500,000 worldwide travel agents and many more millions of individuals seeking good value accommodation for their trip to the UK.
Besides enabling owners of independent accommodation businesses to promote and take room bookings from over 5,000 travel websites and via all of the major global distribution systems used by the international travel trade, the Discover Global Bookings package also offers subscribers an individually tailored and attractive bookings-led property website that will increase business turnover further.
The user-friendly Discover Global Bookings platform requires no specific IT knowledge and lets hospitality providers manage all room pricing and availability options from a simple menu. Travel agents and prospective customers from around the world can see the same information almost instantaneously before booking online.
Subscriptions to Discover Global Bookings are currently available at heavily discounted prices and start from £299. The once only payment offers subscribers ongoing access to all the benefits Discover Global Bookings has to offer hospitality businesses. Small room commissions are payable on each booking.
Andrew Grieve, managing director of Discover Global Bookings, explained: “Escalating prices being charged by mainstream hotel chains in Britain offers independent hospitality providers the opportunity to gain custom from travellers who want to spend their money on themselves rather than on accommodation.”
“Discover Global Bookings gives independent accommodation providers the opportunity to gain worldwide business from cost conscious travelers with little extra effort required.”
“Signing up with Discover Global Bookings is a very easy process. Just get in contact with our staff and we’ll take care of the rest to help you take advantage of the current market conditions.”