Bookassist Scotland now on Twitter

We have been "following" Twitter closely recently to evaluate the potential benefits that this has for hotels in Scotland.

And we've come to the conclusion that there definitely is an opportunity for hotels to reach out to customers in a very easy and potentially rewarding way .

Which is why we have begun "tweeting" today, to allow us to learn a little more about this phenomonon, whilst developing products and services around this technology for our clients.

We will be updating our Twitter every day with the latest developments and news from Bookassist Scotland, so please "Follow us" to keep ahead of the crowd.

New Hotel Goes Online in Troon

The South Beach Hotel Troon are the latest privately owned hotel in Ayrshire to turn to Bookassist for their online reservations.

The hotel which has been in the Watt family for three generations is a well respected property for short break, business and golfing visitors to the world famous golfing destination. As well as incorporating the Bookassist Booking Engine into the website the hotel will also be doing more work on search engine optimisation with a tailored TrafficBuilder programme for the remainder of the year to improve their website presence and increase traffic.

Stuart Watt who now runs the hotel was finally convinced by the need and benefits for Bookassist following an onsite presentation to him and his team by James Kennedy of Bookassist in Scotland.

James said, "We've been really keen to get Stuart and The South Beach Hotel online for some time now and we're delighted that the hotel can see the future benefits of having 24 hour availability, multiple languages and currency and an easy to manage administration system. Being so close to Prestwick Airport and the number of inbound European visitors coming into the area expected to increase due to the weakness of the pound he thought it critical that his booking engine featured the language and currency facilities."

With The Open Championship returning to Ayrshire this year increasing number of hotels are looking at their online marketing strategy and turning to Bookassist for more advice and for many properties it is now recognised as a major part of their business generation.

As a footnote, the first booking at The South Beach Hotel was generated within two hours of the system going live!