UK: Direct bookings platform Quendoo will launch within the UK following a €1 million funding spherical led by Capital Funding Fund, a part of the Bulgarian Growth Financial institution.
Quendoo supplies a reserving engine, channel administration, and web site era merchandise for accommodations, operators and property managers.
Its cloud-based instruments combine with Google Resorts, Opera PMS (Oracle) and Clock PMS+, enabling direct visitor entry to reside availability. For operators and managers, the platform supplies synchronisation throughout advertising and marketing channels, providing alternatives to upsell and improve income.
Quendoo additionally supplies a B2B market the place hoteliers and property managers can publicise particular charges, displayed by way of a real-time API integration on tour operators’ and brokers’ personal channels.
Co-founder of Quendoo, Christophe Gater, mentioned: “All accommodations use software program to handle costs and availability, however many lack real-time connectivity to distributors, advertising and marketing channels and fee programs; this restricts their revenue and progress. Quendoo presents hoteliers the chance to entry and revenue from real-time bookings, maximising the worth of every reserving and retaining the shopper relationship.
“It’s stunning what number of UK accommodations nonetheless don’t have a reserving facility on their web site, as a substitute counting on OTAs. This leaves too many business professionals handing over income and manually logging bookings. Our optimisation instruments allow hoteliers to take again management of their bookings, scale back threat and retain income,” he added.
The corporate’s providers haven’t any set-up charges or subscriptions, and costs for the reserving engine are 1.95 per cent per reserving.
Its newest €1 million funding spherical (June 2024) was led by Capital Investments Fund, the expansion funding arm of state-owned Bulgarian Growth Financial institution, alongside Vitosha Enterprise Companions.
