Stayntouch + Skipper partner to sell hotel rooms directly to guests
Integrating Stayntouch PMS with Skipper’s Booking Engine saves distribution costs, reduces operational overhead, and improves the guest experience.
Stayntouch, a global leader in cloud hotel property management systems (PMS) and guest-centric technology, announced a partnership with Skipper, a leading booking engine provider. Stayntouch’s flexible cloud PMS integrates with Skipper to facilitate higher-margin direct conversions through the use of digital wallets and embedded shopping on the hotel’s website.
Stayntouch PMS transforms hotel operations and elevates service standards for independent properties and hotel chains. With advanced automation, comprehensive multi-property management tools, and an intuitive user interface, Stayntouch empowers staff to operate seamlessly and devote more time to guest interactions.
Skipper complements these capabilities by integrating a highly configurable booking engine that optimizes conversions, simplifies cross-selling, and boosts direct bookings. By enabling Stayntouch and Skipper together, hotels can offer guests a superior booking experience from shopping to check-out, including:
Increased operational efficiency by managing availability, rates, and inventory in one channel, instead of multiple;
A streamlined booking experience that keeps guests on the hotel website while allowing them to book with less loading time and fewer clicks;
One-click booking with Apple & Google Pay;
Real-time fraud detection to reduce loss;
Performance insights with an informative analytics dashboard; and
Cross-selling activities & ancillaries – after booking a room, 48% of guests click to book a table through embedded dining reservations.
Jason Shames, CEO of Skipper said, “We are proud to launch our partnership with Stayntouch. Our integration allows properties to sell their available inventory more efficiently directly from the property management system. Owners will immediately notice a faster booking engine producing higher profits due to more direct reservations, greater system efficiency, and lower distribution costs.”
Jacob Messina, CEO of Stayntouch replied, “Optimizing every distribution channel is paramount for hotels striving to enhance margins and drive profitability. Pairing Skipper’s ability to increase top-line sales with Stayntouch’s automated distribution functionality is a powerful force that allows hotels to maximize their revenue potential.”
About Skipper
Skipper is a hotel & resort reservation platform that makes it easy for guests to book everything a hotel has to sell: rooms, dining, and more. Skipper increases booking conversion rates by keeping the guest on the marketing website throughout the transaction and allows guests to pay with digital wallets. Implementation is as easy as inserting a few lines of code on the hotel’s website. To learn more about Skipper, please visit: skipperhospitality.com/
About Stayntouch
Stayntouch delivers a fully mobile guest-centric hotel property management system (PMS) with a comprehensive library of over 1,100 best-in-class integrations. Our cloud-native PMS empowers hotels to drive revenue, reduce costs, enhance service, and captivate their guests. Stayntouch’s newly expanded PMS platform, Stayntouch 2.0, further simplifies hotel operations, allowing hotels to streamline and accelerate direct bookings, process payments easily, and simplify integrations – offering an even more enhanced guest experience. Stayntouch is supported by a team of professionals with deep roots in the hospitality industry and is a trusted partner to industry-leading management companies including Sage Hospitality, HEI Hotels & Resorts, EOS Hospitality, and Stoney Creek Hotels, innovative independent brands such as Village Hotels, Pod Hotels, and First Hotels, and iconic independent properties such as the TWA Hotel and Zoku Amsterdam. For more information, visit www.stayntouch.com.
