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Approach Document For
Emarald Group Of Hotels

         www.constient.com
                             Oct 15, 2012
INTRODUCTION
Background
    CGS VP, Business Development Mr. Kishore had a meeting with Emarald Group of Hotels’ CMD
Mr. Faisal Mohammed on 07/07/2012, where the following items were discussed, mutually agreed and
    finalized

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Vision of Mr. Faisal Mohammed, Chairman & Managing Director:

   CGS to be Emarald’s exclusive Technology Partner that provides end to end technology support for
    Emarald Hotels’ technology needs.
   Development, maintain and promote a trendy website for Emarald to attract business persons and
    tourists from other countries primarily and attract domestic tourists as well.
   Impressive and easy site navigation for website visitors
   Add system to balance off season and peak season tariffs and maintain better occupancy ratio.
   Promote Emarald Hotels & Resorts through direct online/SMM/MMM marketing team.
OUR APPROACH
Phase 1
       Website Development
       Online Booking
       Digital Marketing
       Search Engine Optimization
    
                                              o
        Online campaign / Search Medial Marketing / Search Engine Marketing
Phase 2
       Hotel Management System (HMS)
       Property Management System (PMS)
       Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
       Point Of Sale (POS)
       Business Intelligence
Phase 3
       Mobile Apps (IPhone / Android)
       Data Analytics
WEBSITE


                                  Aligned with nature of business
                                  Compatibility-Desktop, Laptop,ipad etc
                                   o
                                  Followed typography & International colour std




     1.Clean & Initiative Navigation
     2.Search Engine Friendly Website
     3.Reaching Global Audience
LIKES & SHARES…

     Social Media Likes and share for promoting business



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  Benefits:

         1. More Traffic to website
         2. Email Marketing Capability
         3. More Effective Advertising
SERVICES & FACILITIES

Representing all services and facilities with Graphical Icon based on
the locations, types of rooms and packages etc with one click solution

                                  o
CUSTOMER FRIENDLINESS



              o
GOOGLE MAPS…

   Location mapping from Airport,
    Railway Station, etc. to Hotels with
    Distance

   Tourist location around the hotel witho
    map location, distance, etc.

   Facilitates customers to locate
    Emarald Hotels & Resorts

   Customers find business listing using
    mobile phones
TECHNOLOGY ...
Massively Reduces your Server Bills.
           Royalty Free
    Ready Made Frameworks
  100% Free (No Software Cost)
                                               Canvas Technology
                                                  Web Video
                                        o        Audio on Web



                                 100% Secured
                           Better for Business growth
LOGIN INTERFACE ...




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 Fast Access to Emarald Site

 Gather user details, information and interest through Social Media

 Customers can find us through Social Media which generating more leads

 Social Media can be much cost effective than traditional advertising and
   promotional activities
WELCOME & FOLLOWUP MAIL



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             Auto Welcome Email   Request : 1st Reminder after 3 Days
PIVOTAL RESERVATION SYSTEM
Integrated Reservation System provides complete solution for
Direct and Third Party Bookings

         Direct Booking
                                          o
         Website
         Front office booking
         Express Check-in (Existing Customers)

         Third Party Booking
         Agoda
         Makemytrip
BOOKING SYSTEM ARCH.

                 Room Availablity




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Front-Office &
   Website                          3rd Party
ONLINE RESERVATION ...

FEATURES:
 Centralized Database maintenance which will be the inputs for CRM to

maintain the customers contacts
 Provides Seasonal based tariff

 Provides discounts to customers o

BENEFITS:
Centralized booking system:
  Good business relationship with Partners and Third-party agents

  Provides insight details on available offers & Customer can choose their

    rooms available services to customers
  Higher rate of occupation.

  Provides different options to vendors and Emarald to use the un-occupied
    room after a cut-off time.
  3rd party can know the availability of rooms.
HMS - Dashboard



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DIGITAL MARKETING SERVICES



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   SEM:
  Sponsored
 Link: Search
 and Content
  Networks/
 Banner Ads
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Targeting Search Network-SEM
WHY CONTENT NETWORK:
Reach customers with the world's largest advertising network


Business Consultant in                        •Reach: reaches 80% of global INTERNET users
      Chennai                                 making it the world's #1 ad network. Thousands
                                              of advertisers use Google to reach users on
                                              hundreds of thousands of web sites across all
                                              industries, from large, well-known sites to niche
                                              sites and audiences.
                                       o
                                              •Leads: High traffic increases the probability to
                                              capture and generate new customers from your
                                              advertising efforts. We use Google's renowned
                                              targeting technology to match your ads with the
                                              web users most likely to become real customers.
                                              This helps you gain more qualified leads at a
                                              lower cost, boosting your sales and ROI.
                                              •Branding: Most search networks only allows
                                              text ads, which makes content network more
               Business Development           valuable for online branding campaigns. You can
                  Executive in US             run text ads, image ads, and video ads on content
                                              network pages.
SEARCH BASED TEXT ADS



              o
GOOGLE BANNER ADS



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S.E.O: Search Engine
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    Optimization
WHY SEO?
Why search engine marketing is so
important today?

   85% of Internet users find websites o
    through search engines.
   90% of Internet users do not go past
    the top 30 search engine results. They
    simply type something else in if they
    can't find a relevant site.
   75% of Internet users have the
    intention of purchasing a product or
    service when using search engines.
SEO ACTIVITIES

    Article Creation                        On Page Optimization
   Article Optimization                     Ranking Check
   Article Implementation                   RSS Creation
   Article Submission                    o  RSS Updation
   Competition Analysis                     RSS Submission
   Directory Submission                     Site Study
   E Book Creation & Implementation         XML Site Map - Creation and
   E-Book Submission                       Submission
   Initial Site Activities                  Blog Section Creation*
   Link Building                            Blog Post Creation
   Link Building Validation                 Blog Optimization
   Log File Analysis/ Traffic Analysis      Blog Posting/Implementation
   Monthly Activity Report                  Blog Submission
                                             Internal Activity
SMO: Social Media Optimization
 Engaging Customers through Social Media



        Photo Sharing                      Discussion Board
                                   o

        Video Sharing                          Widgets



         Chat Rooms                            Blogging
FACEBOOK RECOMMENDATION
Customized Brand Page with:

   Landing page tab
   Discussion board
   Customer Testimonials
   Contact us tab                       o
   Polls
   Deals
   Slide share ppt / Videos
   Recent News / Articles on Services
TWITTER RECOMMENDATION
Customized Twitter Page with

   Basic info
   Brand image in the background
   Daily tweets on product , customer
    views
                                         o
   Linking to other social networks
    (Eg : Slide share,scribd,myspace)
VIDEO OPTIMIZATION EXAMPLE



                o
SOCIAL BOOKMARKS



              o
ARTICLE CREATION & SUBMISSION



                 o
GOOGLE LOCAL BUSINESS LISTING



                  Google Map
                  o
OUTCOME



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PHASE 2- Hotel Management
System
   Property Management Software (PMS)

   CGS Solution covers all important functions of property management right from
 Reservation to Housekeeping, Groups to Company Accounts and meaningful reports . It is
 designed to cater Hotels, Motels, B & B, Service Apartments, Corporate Guest House etc.
                                              o
 Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

 Capture customer profiles to maintain guest history, send greetings, send promotional
 offers, collect guest reviews, thus enable management to offer better customer
 engagement and personalized service.

    Console for Travel Agents and Corporates
    CGS Solution enables your Travel Agents and Corporates to enter booking from
    their console. Not only that, they can also keep a track of their account
    statement and commission. Special rates and room can be allocated to them.
BENEFITS…
   Rate Management
       Daily and long-stay rates
       Multiple rates and rate types support in a single day
   Reservation Management             o
       User defined reservation type – Confirmed, Unconfirmed, Wait Listed
       Reservation cancellations with defined rules for cancellation charges
   Front Office
       Room move allowed at any point of time
       Incident invoice for non staying guests (Miscellaneous sales)
   House Keeping
       User defined room statuses: Dirty, clean, inspected, under repair
       Visibility of remark/request/message set by guest/front office staff
POS-Point Of Sale…

   CGS Solution POS is an advanced computerized point of sales system for
    restaurants, resorts, pubs and other hotel outlets.
                                         o
   POS products a full solution for all managerial needs such as cash register
    management, printing job orders to the different food preparation
    sites(Kitchen),Price management and price equipment's
   This is done in a friendly and easy manner with full combination with all
    other systems
BUSINESS INTELIGENCE

   CGS gives powerful reporting capabilities to gain real insight into
    the performance of Emarald Group of hotel(s) and networks.
                                   o
   See where revenues wins and losses occur in order to more
    effectively plan management strategies and marketing
    promotions.
   Business Intelligence can be integrated with data analytics/Big
    data to understand the pulse of global customers expectations
    and win the game
DATA ANALYTICS

 Data Analytics and Modeling
solutions to Emarald and Group
of hotels providing them a        o
geographical based framework
for data driven decision making
and maximizing the value of
customer service and yield
better business and profit.
STRATEGIES INCLUDES:
1) Response Modeling
           combines guest demographics, behavior and preferences along with past
history of customer's behavior to predict the propensity of prospects to respond to
different promotional offers, likelihood of their behavior in future, and their life time
value
                                               o
2) Deeper Guest Knowledge through Effective Segmentation
           Segmentation solutions help clients differentiate between customer segments
based on their needs, attitudes, behaviors and demographics in ways useful for
marketing.

3) Maximize Guest Value through Effective Cross Sell Strategies:
           Cross-selling helps maximize guest value by effectively marketing additional
products and services to customers. Profiles of common customer behavior patterns can
be created through analysis of guest demographics, preferences and other significant
variables. Then, by comparing new customers to these profiles, cross-sell solutions can
predict which guests are likely to follow the same paths
STRATEGIES INCLUDES CONT…
 4) Maximize Revenue through Yield Management:

            Yield management maximizes profits from the sale of perishable assets such
 as hotel rooms and other facilities by controlling price and inventory and
 differentiating product and service. Unique customer segments, based on behavior,
                                               o
 price sensitivity, usage pattern, etc. are identified. Appropriate products are then
 created along with targeted price and service levels. To maximize the revenue from
 existing inventory, Yield Management solutions utilize analytics to predict the demand
 and booking patterns from each of these segments of customers. It allows service
 providers to plan for lean periods and maximize their revenues by attracting
 customers who are likely to respond in low traffic seasons.
MOBILE APPS …
Why Mobility ?

   Forrester Research reported that mobile booking quadrupled from 2008 to 2010,
   while Google forecast that mobile will exceed PCs as the most common Web-access
   devices by 2013. Expect mobile devices to be used more and more for everything
                                           o
   related to travel, from researching hotels to online booking and communicating
   preferences to hotel staff. To stay competitive, hotels must make sure that their
   websites are optimized for tablet and smartphone use to make the mobile
   experience as easy and enjoyable as possible – MDG BLOG


  Options:
  • Access Emarald Website from all mobile devices
  • Online reservations
  • Feedbacks, social media integrations and sharing
ADVANTAGES …
•   Get into mobility world
•   Pull more customers
•   Facilitates customers with greater flexibility
•   Ensuring business continuity
                                         o
•   Wining new customers
•   Promising tangible business benefits such as real time return on investment
    (ROI)
•   Helping us to gain and sustain a competitive advantage
SUMMARY
Phase 1
  Website & Online booking
     • Acts as a face of Emarald Hotel & Resorts
                               o
     • User Friendly and search engine friendly website
     • Drive more traffic to the site which will bring more
       leads.
     • Centralized booking system for end-users and Third
       parties with full customer centric
     • Minimize the cutting of Third Party commissions
SUMMARY CONT …
 Digital Marketing
   • Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
       This will help to improve the direct customer base
   • Social Media Marketing (SMM)
                          o
       Will support customer engagement
       Give good marketing reach (sharing, likes)
SUMMARY CONT…
Phase 2:
   Hotel Management System (HMS)
     •   Rate Management
     •   Reservation Management o
     •   House Keeping
     •   Front Office
  Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
     • Detailed customer preferences
     • New selling opportunities
SUMMARY CONT …
Phase 3:
  Mobile Applications
     • Get into mobility world
     • Facilitates customers with greater flexibility
                                  o
  Data Analytics
     • Response Modeling
     • Maximize Revenue through Yield Management
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                     CONSTIENT GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INC.

                                   USA
               2610 Wedding ton Rdg Ne I Marietta I GA 30068

                       11574 Broadview Way I UT 84092

                                    INDIA
ALTIUS I Level 2 I Olympia Technology Park I Guindy I Chennai I TN I IND 600 032

                                        UAE
         Al Maqta Oil Field Services I Post box:36864 I Abu Dhabi I UAE

                        Email : kishore@constient.com
                                Skype: kishoresp
                          Mobile : +91 99620 45899

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  • 1.
    o Approach Document For EmaraldGroup Of Hotels www.constient.com Oct 15, 2012
  • 2.
    INTRODUCTION Background CGS VP, Business Development Mr. Kishore had a meeting with Emarald Group of Hotels’ CMD Mr. Faisal Mohammed on 07/07/2012, where the following items were discussed, mutually agreed and finalized o Vision of Mr. Faisal Mohammed, Chairman & Managing Director:  CGS to be Emarald’s exclusive Technology Partner that provides end to end technology support for Emarald Hotels’ technology needs.  Development, maintain and promote a trendy website for Emarald to attract business persons and tourists from other countries primarily and attract domestic tourists as well.  Impressive and easy site navigation for website visitors  Add system to balance off season and peak season tariffs and maintain better occupancy ratio.  Promote Emarald Hotels & Resorts through direct online/SMM/MMM marketing team.
  • 3.
    OUR APPROACH Phase 1  Website Development  Online Booking  Digital Marketing  Search Engine Optimization  o Online campaign / Search Medial Marketing / Search Engine Marketing Phase 2  Hotel Management System (HMS)  Property Management System (PMS)  Customer Relationship Management (CRM)  Point Of Sale (POS)  Business Intelligence Phase 3  Mobile Apps (IPhone / Android)  Data Analytics
  • 4.
    WEBSITE  Aligned with nature of business  Compatibility-Desktop, Laptop,ipad etc o  Followed typography & International colour std  1.Clean & Initiative Navigation  2.Search Engine Friendly Website  3.Reaching Global Audience
  • 5.
    LIKES & SHARES… Social Media Likes and share for promoting business o Benefits: 1. More Traffic to website 2. Email Marketing Capability 3. More Effective Advertising
  • 6.
    SERVICES & FACILITIES Representingall services and facilities with Graphical Icon based on the locations, types of rooms and packages etc with one click solution o
  • 7.
  • 8.
    GOOGLE MAPS…  Location mapping from Airport, Railway Station, etc. to Hotels with Distance  Tourist location around the hotel witho map location, distance, etc.  Facilitates customers to locate Emarald Hotels & Resorts  Customers find business listing using mobile phones
  • 9.
    TECHNOLOGY ... Massively Reducesyour Server Bills. Royalty Free Ready Made Frameworks 100% Free (No Software Cost) Canvas Technology Web Video o Audio on Web 100% Secured Better for Business growth
  • 10.
    LOGIN INTERFACE ... o  Fast Access to Emarald Site  Gather user details, information and interest through Social Media  Customers can find us through Social Media which generating more leads  Social Media can be much cost effective than traditional advertising and promotional activities
  • 11.
    WELCOME & FOLLOWUPMAIL o Auto Welcome Email Request : 1st Reminder after 3 Days
  • 12.
    PIVOTAL RESERVATION SYSTEM IntegratedReservation System provides complete solution for Direct and Third Party Bookings  Direct Booking o  Website  Front office booking  Express Check-in (Existing Customers)  Third Party Booking  Agoda  Makemytrip
  • 13.
    BOOKING SYSTEM ARCH. Room Availablity o Front-Office & Website 3rd Party
  • 14.
    ONLINE RESERVATION ... FEATURES: Centralized Database maintenance which will be the inputs for CRM to maintain the customers contacts  Provides Seasonal based tariff  Provides discounts to customers o BENEFITS: Centralized booking system:  Good business relationship with Partners and Third-party agents  Provides insight details on available offers & Customer can choose their rooms available services to customers  Higher rate of occupation.  Provides different options to vendors and Emarald to use the un-occupied room after a cut-off time.  3rd party can know the availability of rooms.
  • 15.
  • 16.
    DIGITAL MARKETING SERVICES o SEM: Sponsored Link: Search and Content Networks/ Banner Ads
  • 17.
  • 18.
    WHY CONTENT NETWORK: Reachcustomers with the world's largest advertising network Business Consultant in •Reach: reaches 80% of global INTERNET users Chennai making it the world's #1 ad network. Thousands of advertisers use Google to reach users on hundreds of thousands of web sites across all industries, from large, well-known sites to niche sites and audiences. o •Leads: High traffic increases the probability to capture and generate new customers from your advertising efforts. We use Google's renowned targeting technology to match your ads with the web users most likely to become real customers. This helps you gain more qualified leads at a lower cost, boosting your sales and ROI. •Branding: Most search networks only allows text ads, which makes content network more Business Development valuable for online branding campaigns. You can Executive in US run text ads, image ads, and video ads on content network pages.
  • 19.
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  • 21.
    S.E.O: Search Engine o Optimization
  • 22.
    WHY SEO? Why searchengine marketing is so important today?  85% of Internet users find websites o through search engines.  90% of Internet users do not go past the top 30 search engine results. They simply type something else in if they can't find a relevant site.  75% of Internet users have the intention of purchasing a product or service when using search engines.
  • 23.
    SEO ACTIVITIES  Article Creation  On Page Optimization  Article Optimization  Ranking Check  Article Implementation  RSS Creation  Article Submission o  RSS Updation  Competition Analysis  RSS Submission  Directory Submission  Site Study  E Book Creation & Implementation  XML Site Map - Creation and  E-Book Submission Submission  Initial Site Activities  Blog Section Creation*  Link Building  Blog Post Creation  Link Building Validation  Blog Optimization  Log File Analysis/ Traffic Analysis  Blog Posting/Implementation  Monthly Activity Report  Blog Submission  Internal Activity
  • 24.
    SMO: Social MediaOptimization Engaging Customers through Social Media Photo Sharing Discussion Board o Video Sharing Widgets Chat Rooms Blogging
  • 25.
    FACEBOOK RECOMMENDATION Customized BrandPage with:  Landing page tab  Discussion board  Customer Testimonials  Contact us tab o  Polls  Deals  Slide share ppt / Videos  Recent News / Articles on Services
  • 26.
    TWITTER RECOMMENDATION Customized TwitterPage with  Basic info  Brand image in the background  Daily tweets on product , customer views o  Linking to other social networks (Eg : Slide share,scribd,myspace)
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  • 28.
  • 29.
    ARTICLE CREATION &SUBMISSION o
  • 30.
    GOOGLE LOCAL BUSINESSLISTING Google Map o
  • 31.
  • 32.
    PHASE 2- HotelManagement System  Property Management Software (PMS) CGS Solution covers all important functions of property management right from Reservation to Housekeeping, Groups to Company Accounts and meaningful reports . It is designed to cater Hotels, Motels, B & B, Service Apartments, Corporate Guest House etc. o  Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Capture customer profiles to maintain guest history, send greetings, send promotional offers, collect guest reviews, thus enable management to offer better customer engagement and personalized service.  Console for Travel Agents and Corporates CGS Solution enables your Travel Agents and Corporates to enter booking from their console. Not only that, they can also keep a track of their account statement and commission. Special rates and room can be allocated to them.
  • 33.
    BENEFITS…  Rate Management  Daily and long-stay rates  Multiple rates and rate types support in a single day  Reservation Management o  User defined reservation type – Confirmed, Unconfirmed, Wait Listed  Reservation cancellations with defined rules for cancellation charges  Front Office  Room move allowed at any point of time  Incident invoice for non staying guests (Miscellaneous sales)  House Keeping  User defined room statuses: Dirty, clean, inspected, under repair  Visibility of remark/request/message set by guest/front office staff
  • 34.
    POS-Point Of Sale…  CGS Solution POS is an advanced computerized point of sales system for restaurants, resorts, pubs and other hotel outlets. o  POS products a full solution for all managerial needs such as cash register management, printing job orders to the different food preparation sites(Kitchen),Price management and price equipment's  This is done in a friendly and easy manner with full combination with all other systems
  • 35.
    BUSINESS INTELIGENCE  CGS gives powerful reporting capabilities to gain real insight into the performance of Emarald Group of hotel(s) and networks. o  See where revenues wins and losses occur in order to more effectively plan management strategies and marketing promotions.  Business Intelligence can be integrated with data analytics/Big data to understand the pulse of global customers expectations and win the game
  • 36.
    DATA ANALYTICS DataAnalytics and Modeling solutions to Emarald and Group of hotels providing them a o geographical based framework for data driven decision making and maximizing the value of customer service and yield better business and profit.
  • 37.
    STRATEGIES INCLUDES: 1) ResponseModeling combines guest demographics, behavior and preferences along with past history of customer's behavior to predict the propensity of prospects to respond to different promotional offers, likelihood of their behavior in future, and their life time value o 2) Deeper Guest Knowledge through Effective Segmentation Segmentation solutions help clients differentiate between customer segments based on their needs, attitudes, behaviors and demographics in ways useful for marketing. 3) Maximize Guest Value through Effective Cross Sell Strategies: Cross-selling helps maximize guest value by effectively marketing additional products and services to customers. Profiles of common customer behavior patterns can be created through analysis of guest demographics, preferences and other significant variables. Then, by comparing new customers to these profiles, cross-sell solutions can predict which guests are likely to follow the same paths
  • 38.
    STRATEGIES INCLUDES CONT… 4) Maximize Revenue through Yield Management: Yield management maximizes profits from the sale of perishable assets such as hotel rooms and other facilities by controlling price and inventory and differentiating product and service. Unique customer segments, based on behavior, o price sensitivity, usage pattern, etc. are identified. Appropriate products are then created along with targeted price and service levels. To maximize the revenue from existing inventory, Yield Management solutions utilize analytics to predict the demand and booking patterns from each of these segments of customers. It allows service providers to plan for lean periods and maximize their revenues by attracting customers who are likely to respond in low traffic seasons.
  • 39.
    MOBILE APPS … WhyMobility ? Forrester Research reported that mobile booking quadrupled from 2008 to 2010, while Google forecast that mobile will exceed PCs as the most common Web-access devices by 2013. Expect mobile devices to be used more and more for everything o related to travel, from researching hotels to online booking and communicating preferences to hotel staff. To stay competitive, hotels must make sure that their websites are optimized for tablet and smartphone use to make the mobile experience as easy and enjoyable as possible – MDG BLOG Options: • Access Emarald Website from all mobile devices • Online reservations • Feedbacks, social media integrations and sharing
  • 40.
    ADVANTAGES … • Get into mobility world • Pull more customers • Facilitates customers with greater flexibility • Ensuring business continuity o • Wining new customers • Promising tangible business benefits such as real time return on investment (ROI) • Helping us to gain and sustain a competitive advantage
  • 41.
    SUMMARY Phase 1 Website & Online booking • Acts as a face of Emarald Hotel & Resorts o • User Friendly and search engine friendly website • Drive more traffic to the site which will bring more leads. • Centralized booking system for end-users and Third parties with full customer centric • Minimize the cutting of Third Party commissions
  • 42.
    SUMMARY CONT … Digital Marketing • Search Engine Optimization (SEO)  This will help to improve the direct customer base • Social Media Marketing (SMM) o  Will support customer engagement  Give good marketing reach (sharing, likes)
  • 43.
    SUMMARY CONT… Phase 2:  Hotel Management System (HMS) • Rate Management • Reservation Management o • House Keeping • Front Office Customer Relationship Management (CRM) • Detailed customer preferences • New selling opportunities
  • 44.
    SUMMARY CONT … Phase3: Mobile Applications • Get into mobility world • Facilitates customers with greater flexibility o Data Analytics • Response Modeling • Maximize Revenue through Yield Management
  • 45.
    o CONSTIENT GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INC. USA 2610 Wedding ton Rdg Ne I Marietta I GA 30068 11574 Broadview Way I UT 84092 INDIA ALTIUS I Level 2 I Olympia Technology Park I Guindy I Chennai I TN I IND 600 032 UAE Al Maqta Oil Field Services I Post box:36864 I Abu Dhabi I UAE Email : kishore@constient.com Skype: kishoresp Mobile : +91 99620 45899