tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220665033125331073Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:09:47 +0000http://blogs.bookassist.com/blogs/news/noreply@blogger.com (Des)Blogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220665033125331073.post-1428888917404647419Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:39:00 +00002008-08-15T15:47:25.868+01:00FranceCorporate newsFollowing Bookassist's recent corporate website release in Spanish, the leading provider of booking technology and online marketing expertise to the accommodation sector has today launched a comprehensive corporate website in French (bookassist.fr). Bookassist opened its Paris-based office in late 2007 and is gaining significant business in this competitive marketpace. This latest release by the http://blogs.bookassist.com/blogs/news/2008/08/bookassist-corporate-website-launch-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Des)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220665033125331073.post-7264531320909974079Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:34:00 +00002008-08-15T16:09:47.803+01:00Corporate newsSpainBookassist, the leading provider of booking technology and online marketing expertise to the accommodation sector, has today launched a new comprehensive corporate website in Spanish (bookassist.es). This latest roll-out by the company highlights the fast pace of growth that Bookassist is experiencing with its hotel booking engine, its Site Builder web development product and its Traffic Builder http://blogs.bookassist.com/blogs/news/2008/08/bookassist-enhances-its-corporate-web.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Des)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220665033125331073.post-7465539754337136383Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +00002008-07-28T16:27:39.829+01:00PolandCorporate newsBookassist has launched its award-winning booking engine technology in Poland with initial hotels going live for direct sales online through their own websites in the popular destinations of Warsaw and Krakow. Piotr Byrski, Lukasz Kidon and Anna Stabrawa of Wirtualny Turysta, Bookassist's exclusive partner for Poland, are the initial team involved in market research, sales and technical http://blogs.bookassist.com/blogs/news/2008/07/czesc-polsko-bookassist-launches-hotel.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Des)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220665033125331073.post-8552246234976791217Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:07:00 +00002008-07-22T12:14:49.787+01:00Corporate newsawardsTradetravel 2.0Almost 90% of customers rate the Bookassist booking engine experience at 8/10 or higher, with almost 60% giving it 10/10 A staggering 89.4% of online users who have used the Bookassist booking engine rate the system at 8/10 or higher, with a significant majority of users, almost 60%, giving it a full thumbs up with the highest 10/10 rating, according to statistics gathered from tens of thousandshttp://blogs.bookassist.com/blogs/news/2008/07/almost-90-now-rate-bookassist-at-810-or.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Des)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220665033125331073.post-4443620996982837468Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:10:00 +00002008-06-10T15:27:41.199+01:00Corporate newstechnologyBookassist clientsinnovationBookassist and SoftBrands announced today that they have implemented a direct connection between the Bookassist online reservations system and the SoftBrands PORTfolio Property Management System allowing for live interaction from web to the reservations desk. SoftBrands, Inc., a global supplier of enterprise application software, has significant traction in the Irish and UK marketplaces with http://blogs.bookassist.com/blogs/news/2008/05/bookassist-connects-live-to-softbrands.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Des)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220665033125331073.post-5564283226079718406Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:00:00 +00002008-06-12T15:17:54.060+01:00Corporate newsBookassist has today launched a completely new corporate website on the bookassist.org domain to give comprehensive online information on Bookassist services and products and to integrate Hotel Industry blogs and client services in one single location. "Bookassist corporate information has been a section of the bookassist.com website for years, but with so many visitors looking for direct http://blogs.bookassist.com/blogs/news/2008/06/bookassist-launches-new-corporate.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Des)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220665033125331073.post-4991727875986685303Thu, 29 May 2008 08:25:00 +00002008-06-03T10:47:11.265+01:00Corporate newsBookassist clientsTradeCzechBookassist invited a number of hotel and hotel group clients to the Ireland - Czech Republic Trade Dinner organised by Enterprise Ireland and the Irish Embassy on May 28th at the Intercontinental Hotel in Prague. The Trade Dinner was hosted by His Excellency Donal Hamill, ambassador to the Czech Republic and Ladislav Muller, Enterprise Ireland Director for the Czech Republic & Slovakia. http://blogs.bookassist.com/blogs/news/2008/05/trade-dinner-in-prague.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Des)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220665033125331073.post-1277523068827243600Thu, 08 May 2008 09:54:00 +00002008-05-08T15:53:04.623+01:00Corporate newsBookassist clientsinnovationtravel 2.0The Cara Hotel Group in Ireland is the first in Ireland to take advantage of the new Bookassist groupwide Travel 2.0 services which builds directly on the Travel 2.0 Booking Engine services launched recently, another industry first. The advanced services allow Hotel Groups to offer all hotels for booking in one site, as well as take advantage of Google mapping services, integrated with booking,http://blogs.bookassist.com/blogs/news/2008/05/cara-hotels-deploys-bookassist-group.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Des)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220665033125331073.post-7314798631734986597Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:39:00 +00002008-04-28T09:11:26.752+01:00Corporate newstechnologyinnovationIn a free upgrade to the award winning Bookassist Booking Engine, Bookassist today launched the most comprehensive reporting facilities on the market and a vital aid to online strategic planning and yield management for hotels. The reporting facilities are just part of a comprehensive update to the Bookassist administration system which also features extended language support and new account http://blogs.bookassist.com/blogs/news/2008/04/powerful-reporting-engine-launched-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Des)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220665033125331073.post-4498107249898269593Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:26:00 +00002008-06-12T14:48:38.290+01:00innovationBookassist celebrates four years of SMS messaging this month. Making a reservation on any of hundreds of Bookassist client hotels has always been easy, but it's also remarkable convenient. Your reservation details can be delivered by SMS text message instantly when you click the confirm reservation button. There are still very few systems in the marketplace that have managed to develop SMS texthttp://blogs.bookassist.com/blogs/news/2008/04/four-years-of-bookassist-sms.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Des)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220665033125331073.post-5769519968882217213Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:13:00 +00002008-04-27T21:05:20.970+01:00Corporate newsIrelandtravel 2.0The importance of Travel 2.0 to the Irish hospitality industry was outlined by John Hearne of the Irish Examiner today in conversation with Des O'Mahony of Bookassist. See Examiner 20080415.pdf © Irish Examinerhttp://blogs.bookassist.com/blogs/news/2008/04/travel-20-crucial-to-irish-hospitality.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Des)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220665033125331073.post-4515212720147782083Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:35:00 +00002008-06-12T16:52:13.150+01:00Corporate newsSeminarsBookassist clientsTradeSpainAt a wide-ranging seminar event for the hospitality industry on Wednesday April 9th, Bookassist, the leading hospitality booking engine provider and online marketing partner provided over 70 hotel owners and managers with a snapshot of where their industry is going in the coming years and just how rapidly it is getting there. The warning was clear that the hospitality industry must stay on top ofhttp://blogs.bookassist.com/blogs/news/2008/04/bookassist-seminar-highlights.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Des)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220665033125331073.post-6285855656100316240Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:55:00 +00002008-04-18T09:52:53.247+01:00Corporate newstechnologyinnovationAt a seminar attended by over 70 hotel managers and sales managers, Bookassist today announced Sitebuilder, a comprehensive solution for hotels wishing to build a 21st century website presence. Sitebuilder is a complete content management system that integrates Bookassist's Booking Engine and Travel2.0 technology and allows for electronic marketing to play a central part in a hotel's online http://blogs.bookassist.com/blogs/news/2008/04/bookassist-launches-sitebuilder-web.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Des)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220665033125331073.post-2405478291892832352Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:37:00 +00002008-04-17T15:18:48.290+01:00ItalyCorporate newsTradeIn the same month that Bookassist unveiled its new Travel2.0 booking engine, Bookassist's Italy operation also attended the trade fair in Rome - Globe 08. Globe 08 is now one of the biggest trade fairs held in Italy and attracted over 35,000 delegates from hotels, tour operators, travel agents and technology companies from Italy, Southern Europe and the Mediterranean. The Bookassist Italy team http://blogs.bookassist.com/blogs/news/2008/03/globe-08-trade-fair-in-rome.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Des)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220665033125331073.post-3184607993430901986Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:44:00 +00002008-04-16T15:50:19.451+01:00Corporate newstravel 2.0The nature of the internet is rapidly changing. The online accommodation business is moving away from the large channel operators and directly to the hotel's own website. But the modern or second generation internet user wants real information and service online, with trustworthy customer generated media and interactivity as well as security in booking. The popularity of sites such as TripAdvisorhttp://blogs.bookassist.com/blogs/news/2008/03/major-product-rollout-from-bookassist.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Des)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220665033125331073.post-6537065462448169510Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:15:00 +00002008-06-12T16:56:13.506+01:00presentationsCorporate newsSeminarsBookassist held a major press event in Madrid today to highlight the latest features in the Bookassist Booking Engine and Trafficbuilder services. The event highlighted Iberia as a major focus for the company, with Bookassist having expanded the Madrid office team significantly in the past 6 months and having entered the Portuguese market also. The press event was attended by over 40 journalists http://blogs.bookassist.com/blogs/news/2008/02/bookassist-press-conference-in-madrid.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Des)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220665033125331073.post-4213270054187445444Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:58:00 +00002008-04-16T16:00:52.212+01:00Corporate newsAppointmentsCiaran Rowe will be responsible for operations in the Trafficbuilder service team for the Irish market at Bookassist. Ciaran has been with the company since early 2007 and has been involved in the planning and strategy behind the rapid expansion of the Trafficbuilder team throughout 2007 and 2008. He is Senior Search Engine Marketer with Bookassist and is a qualified Google Adwords Professional. http://blogs.bookassist.com/blogs/news/2008/04/ciaran-rowe-appointed-to-lead.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Des)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220665033125331073.post-866924409871434746Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:38:00 +00002008-04-18T09:55:37.634+01:00Bookassist clientsTravel review site Tripadvisor have just published their Travelers' Choice Awards for 2008, listing the top 100 hotels in the world. Only one Irish hotel makes the mark: coming in at 69 is the 5-star St. Clerans Manor House in Galway, which uses the Bookassist engine on its website www.stclerans.com. Congratulations to St Clerans from the Bookassist team for an excellent and well deserved http://blogs.bookassist.com/blogs/news/2008/01/hotel-with-bookassist-technology-hits.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Des)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220665033125331073.post-7172272241011799700Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:58:00 +00002008-04-29T14:32:34.983+01:00Corporate newsawardsBookassist has earned Google Adwords Professional Company status from Google. The Trafficbuilder online marketing service, which has seen Bookassist client hotels make extraordinary gains in direct sales online, is staffed entirely by qualified Google Adwords Professionals in the various Bookassist offices, which is a minimum requirement for joining the team. Bookassist's professional status canhttp://blogs.bookassist.com/blogs/news/2008/01/bookassist-is-google-adwords.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Des)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220665033125331073.post-4950768448387484051Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:01:00 +00002008-04-17T15:29:08.456+01:00Corporate newsTradeBookassist had a significant presence at the FITUR trade fair in Madrid, with the Bookassist Spain team kept busy meeting hundreds of hotel and hospitality clients and introducing the Bookassist Booking Engine and Trafficbuilder services at the company's booth. Cristina Arano, Head of Operations for Spain, noted strong interest in Trafficbuilder in particular: "Hotels and hotel groups are waking http://blogs.bookassist.com/blogs/news/2008/01/bookassist-makes-strong-impact-at-fitur.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Des)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220665033125331073.post-336398640631573822Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:10:00 +00002008-04-18T12:17:22.729+01:00Corporate newsIrelandAppointmentsChristina Roche has been appointed as Business Development Advisor in Bookassist's Dublin office. Christina will work directly with Bookassist partner clients to help increase direct revenue through their hotel websites. Christina is a graduate of the Dublin Institute of Technology at Cathal Brugha Street where she studied for a degree in Hospitality Management. Prior to her appointment with http://blogs.bookassist.com/blogs/news/2008/01/bookassist-appoints-new-business.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Des)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220665033125331073.post-4691473226060704737Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:55:00 +00002008-04-18T09:42:48.303+01:00Corporate newsAppointmentsVivian Kelly has joined Bookassist as Financial Controller for the Group. Prior to this role, Vivian worked in Property Development and IT Consultancy working with various Companies in both the Hospitality and Travel Reservation Software Industry. Vivian is an associate of the Irish Institute of Taxation and also a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.http://blogs.bookassist.com/blogs/news/2008/01/bookassist-appoints-new-financial.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Des)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220665033125331073.post-2400195633953798148Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:02:00 +00002008-04-16T16:45:18.861+01:00Corporate newsTradeCzechBookassist directors address the annual conference of the Association of Hotels & Restaurants (AHR) in the Czech Republic on the Future of Internet Distribution At the recent annual conference of the Association of Hotels & Restaurants of the Czech Republic, Bookassist was invited to present their view of the future of internet distribution over the next quarter century. Operating in the http://blogs.bookassist.com/blogs/news/2007/11/bookassist-directors-address-czech.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Des)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220665033125331073.post-598849724364775513Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:00:00 +00002008-04-08T17:51:12.946+01:00ItalyCorporate newsBookassist to roll out Booking Engine and Trafficbuilder services in Italy, launches Bookassist Italy office. Bookassist has this month launched its award-winning services on the ground in Italy with an initial base in Perugia, Umbria. The Italian office will be responsible for the roll-out of the Bookassist Engine incorporating new Travel2.0 technology being pioneered by Bookassist as part of http://blogs.bookassist.com/blogs/news/2007/11/bookassist-office-opens-in-italy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Des)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220665033125331073.post-3242836328069051126Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:11:00 +00002008-04-18T09:41:14.561+01:00Corporate newsBookassist clientsBookassist client Cork International Airport Hotel wins Best Website at the annual HSMAI Awards - Multiple Bookassist clients nominated The travel and hospitality industry honoured its best and brightest at the 11th Annual Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) Awards at a Gala Dinner at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin. Bookassist online marketing (Trafficbuilder) and http://blogs.bookassist.com/blogs/news/2007/10/bookassist-clients-at-hsmai.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Des)