London, UK – SiteMinder, the world’s main resort distribution and income platform, unveiled the winners of the 2024 SiteMinder Companion Awards throughout a ceremony at WTM London, recognising companies throughout 5 continents which have efficiently simplified an increasingly-complex panorama for hoteliers. From the simplification of income administration to funds, digital advertising and marketing, direct bookings, and upselling, the winners highlighted the necessity for hoteliers to lean on know-how and consultants to navigate at present’s rising challenges, spurred by a fast-changing and dynamic shopper surroundings.
SiteMinder’s annual awards program recognises the tech corporations and repair suppliers powering the worldwide lodging {industry}. There are two classes: the Efficiency Awards, primarily based on enterprise metrics from SiteMinder’s official accomplice program, and the Excellence Awards, determined by a panel of knowledgeable judges. This yr, they had been Annemarie Gubanski, Founding father of income administration consultancy Taktikon AB; Daniel Segerblom, Head of Income Optimisation & Buyer Success at income administration platform DIAMO; and James Bishop, Vice President of Ecosystem and Strategic Partnerships at SiteMinder.
The ceremony marked a major milestone, with 4 new awards making certain protection throughout SiteMinder’s complete industry-leading ecosystem for the primary time, and adopted a document variety of entries. The 4 new awards included ‘Distribution Companion of the Yr’, ‘Breakthrough Companion of the Yr’, ‘Hoteliers Alternative Companion of the Yr’ and ‘Income Companion of the Yr’.
“I’m past excited to witness the evolution of the SiteMinder Companion Awards, and by the chance to recognise our complete ecosystem of greater than 2,150 various companions devoted to powering the resort {industry},” says Bishop. “In a yr that required accommodations to be as dynamic because the ever-changing world round them, it was the tech options and consultants that enabled accommodations to navigate challenges with agility and adapt their income and distribution methods at pace that had the largest affect.”
The 2024 SiteMinder Companion Awards winners are:
Efficiency Awards
- Knowledgeable Companion of the Yr – Lodge Options, headquartered in Colombia.
- PMS Companion of the Yr – Suitech, headquartered in Spain.
- App Companion of the Yr – Welcome Pickups, headquartered in Greece.
- Distribution Companion of the Yr (New) – Hopper, headquartered in Canada.
Excellence Awards
- Innovation Companion of the Yr – Roibos headquartered in Spain, for creating a direct resort distribution market that connects accommodations and journey distributors, notably by way of the Roibos Pockets, which centralises reserving funds.
- Breakthrough Companion of the Yr (New) – ezTravel headquartered in Taiwan, for attaining 33% development in room nights with roughly 800,000 bookings, and being the primary native OTA to introduce ‘e book and pay later’ performance.
- Hoteliers Alternative Companion of the Yr (New) – RevenYou headquartered in Australia, for serving to properties of all sizes optimise efficiency and navigate operational challenges via sensible {industry} data and innovation.
- Income Companion of the Yr (New) – Sojern headquartered within the US, for optimising digital advertising and marketing to drive visitor acquisition, partnering with SiteMinder to allow over 350 properties to attain $19 million in direct reserving income at a median of $54,000 per property.
“We’re thrilled to be recognised because the inaugural Distribution Companion of the Yr by the SiteMinder Companion Awards,” mentioned Gabi Demarco, Director of Provider Integrations at Hopper. “Hopper is thought for creating dynamic and progressive marketplaces that serve each our clients and our companions. Being recognised because the best-performing distribution accomplice of the yr reveals that we’re dedicated to creating solution-driven and data-backed journey merchandise that handle the {industry}’s core wants and transfer the needle on outcomes.”
Commenting on the worth of the awards program to the worldwide resort {industry}, Annemarie Gubanski, Founding father of Taktikon AB, says, “The annual SiteMinder Companion Awards are distinctive in the best way they shine a vibrant gentle on the improvements and excellence of our {industry}’s behind-the-scenes stars. I stay up for seeing this program proceed to raise these tackling the distinctive challenges confronted by hoteliers at present.”
This yr’s awards marked the fourth anniversary of the SiteMinder Companion Program – essentially the most in depth coaching and academic program for resort advisors, resort know-how startups and property administration system (PMS) distributors globally.
For extra in regards to the winners, head right here.
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About SiteMinder
SiteMinder Restricted (ASX:SDR) is the title behind SiteMinder, the world’s main resort distribution and income platform, and Little Hotelier, an all-in-one resort administration software program that makes the lives of small lodging suppliers simpler. The worldwide firm is headquartered in Sydney with workplaces in Bangalore, Bangkok, Barcelona, Berlin, Dallas, Galway, London, Manila and Mexico Metropolis. By way of its know-how and the biggest accomplice ecosystem within the world resort {industry}, SiteMinder generates greater than 120 million reservations price over US$50 billion in income for its resort clients every year.
