SACO – The Serviced Apartment Company
SACO - The Serviced Apartment Company
SACO - The Serviced Apartment Company has grown to become one of the leading providers of apartment accommodation for corporate and leisure travellers giving access to over 30,000 apartments in more than 220 key destinations across 35 countries.
Challenges:
- A property management system that was suitable for the unique and complex nature of the serviced apartment industry
- Implement a multi-site PMS which had the functionality to accommodate a central Reservation office in addition to agent reservations generated from SACO’s partners
- The system needed the ability to:
- Pre-allocate apartments up to 24 hours prior to arrival
- Display true availability in real-time
- Maximise occupancy
- Generate invoices and VAT receipts upon reservation for corporate clients
- Address the VAT changes which occur for apartment stays over 28 days
- Drive online traffic through its own website and increase revenue across all online channels
Solution:
- Rezlynx CRS for centralised rate management and reservations
- Rezlynx PMS
- Channel Manager
- Online Booking Manager (OBM)
- PCI Manager
- Corporate Online Booking Manager for agent/partner reservations
- LANSync for statistical reporting
- Bespoke Rezlynx web-services for communicating with the SACO CRM system
Benefits:
- Increase in online booking sales across all channels - their online bookings have doubled in the first 12 months
- Rates can be managed easily from within the Rezlynx PMS system and distributed automatically
- More efficient booking process for the customer
- LANSync provides up-to-date reporting on marketing and sales opportunities
- PMS reporting platform allows for improved day to day business management
- Dedicated UK-based support
- Ongoing training and development
"Since the installation of the Online Booking Manager, SACO has already doubled the number of online bookings. OBM is really helping us increase the volume of bookings via our own website.
Whether customers are turning to the OTAs to benefit from room rate comparisons, or to book a room, we identified Channel & Distribution Manager as the ideal solution as it allows us to control rates and availability from a single real-time source. This proves very effective in securing last minute bookings due to short stays or cancellations.
Utilising new technology enhances and facilitates the booking process for our guests, corporate clients and agency partners. We believe distribution and technological innovation will be critical to the continued success of the Serviced Apartment Sector and that SACO’s systems will provide a real differential in the market place - this latest development is just the start."