Services:

At Hotels in the Best Destinations we provide all or partial services of a complete sales and marketing department. Whether the property is a small limited service inn to a full service convention hotel, we can assist with your leisure sales market segments. This is just a sample menu of programs.

Web Site Design and Development:
We have been designing and developing web sites in the lodging industry since 1994. We have a unique understanding of the demands and needs of web sites for our industry. We can develop a new site or revamp your existing one. We can provide a path to a solid ROI. We specialize in virtual tours for the lodging industry, a proven enhancement to any web site.

Web Site Marketing:
We have been marketing lodging web sites since 1995. We pride ourselves in keeping up with the latest trends in web site marketing. We attend national conferences and trade show to keep on top of this ever-changing subject. If you have a web site that is struggling to give you a satisfactory ROI, you might want to look at you web site marketing strategy.

Electronic Media Distribution Channels:
If your property is flagged or independent, with today's changing environment and all the various electronic travel booking sites, it is important to have a strong understanding of the different electronic media channels and that your property establishes prominent visibility and presence to gain a significant edge over your competition. We specialize in offering strategic positioning and loading of your property in these sites, and will provide rate management training and support that will allow you to evaluate industry trends and positively improve your contribution from the various travel sites.

Leisure Sales Programs:
Today's leisure traveler is looking for value. This includes the family market as well as the mature traveler.

We assist you in creating the value added packages. Then we determine where to promote these value added packages.

Then we turn to the front office sales staff. They are an important part of the hotel sales team. We develop sales programs that generate higher average daily rates. This is done through a revenue share program.

Trade Shows and Sales Missions:
Trade Shows, Sales Calls and Sales missions are an important tool to a property. At "Hotels in the Best Destinations" we know it is important to build a strong relationship with the customer. Therefore we attend many different trade shows that target a variety of the leisure markets. These shows and sales missions include Domestic, International, the consumer direct and the Trade.

Some of these shows are done through property coops, and Convention Visitor Bureaus. These shows include Pow Wow, NTA, ITB, and World Travel Market. In addition we target consumer shows in California, Washington, Nevada, Utah, Canada and Texas.

On a bi-yearly basis, we make direct calls to clients in the major markets, that in include Orlando, New York, Miami, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Clients include AAA offices, Tour Operators and 3rd party vendors.

All of these leisure segments are important to any property

Reservations Center Property Presentations:
Let us handle all details and professionally present your property to the reservations center to maximize the reservations system's value to your property and your owners. This will include a complete comprehensive review of the property's positioning in the reservations system based on input by the reservations agents as well as our analysis of property reports provided by the reservations center.

Brand Conversion:
We will provide consulting and support to ensure your property's transition to a new flag is smooth and effective. This includes interfacing with property franchise staff to ensure all necessary requirements are met. We will assist with facility design and renovation, repositioning of the property's operational, sales and marketing efforts to include pre-opening training to allow a seamless and successful franchise transition.

Hotel Revenue Management

We offer a Revenue Management Program that fits today's revenue management requirements without having the expense of hiring a Revenue Manager. Imagine being able to bring on an experienced, knowledgeable Revenue Manager at nearly the same cost as hiring a front desk agent plus we hit the ground running eliminating the process of recruiting, interviewing, paperwork, orientation, training, etc... Most hotel operators do not have the resources or time to maintain their online booking channels capability to its fullest potential. Revenue management is a must in today's hospitality industry and for a fraction of what it would cost to hire a revenue manager, we can dramatically increase your sales through all distribution booking channels.