Barata Hotels Select GuestCentric for Multi-device Website and Booking Engine
NEW YORK, NY (PRWEB) March 31, 2015 -- GuestCentric, the leading provider of cloud-based digital marketing software for hotels, announced today that Barata Hotels, one of the leading hotel management companies in the Algarve, have selected GuestCentric’s cloud-based digital marketing software for all their 6 resorts. Barata Hotels’ new website and booking engine will help the resorts group drive brand exposure and increase direct bookings, thus, decreasing Barata’s dependency on booking intermediaries.
Established in 1974, Barata Hotels is one of the leading family-owned resort groups in Portugal. The resort group boasts five exclusive properties in Algarve, and one in the Alentejo.
“We chose GuestCentric after evaluating all other options in the market – and GuestCentric came clearly on top in terms of design, technology and service,"said Fernando Duque, Revenue Manager Director at Barata Hotels. “In just a few weeks of deployment, we can already see how powerful GuestCentric is, with a significant boost to our brand and direct bookings."
The responsive design of Barata Hotels’ new website and booking engine enables them to provide their guests with a unique shopping experience across desktops and hundreds of mobile devices, assuring that no reservation is lost. Along with these features, the resorts group also gained access to an easy-to-use content management system and extensive reporting and analytics, that enable the hotels’ management to quickly react to demand changes based on market data.
“We are thrilled to have been selected by Barata Hotels with our all-in-one digital marketing platform," said Pedro Colaco, CEO of GuestCentric. “With GuestCentric’s solution, Barata Hotels will be able to defend their brand online and convert website traffic into direct reservations, by providing their guests the best booking experience through all online channels."
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About GuestCentric
GuestCentric is a leading provider of cloud-based digital marketing software that helps hoteliers protect their brands, drive bookings and connect to their customers and on all digital platforms. GuestCentric’s all-in-one platform provides hoteliers with award-winning responsive web sites for mobile, tablets and desktops; a user-friendly booking engine; a social marketing module to publish deals on Facebook, Twitter and other social networks; and a channel manager to offer rooms on Booking, Expedia, TripAdvisor and hundreds of other channels.
GuestCentric has operations in New York, San Diego, London, Barcelona and Lisbon and is a proud partner of hotels that are part of collections like Design Hotels, Small Luxury Hotels, Leading Hotels of the World and Relais & Chateaux.
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