MaximRMS Announces Real-Time Group Availability Synchronization with Sales & Catering Systems
CHICAGO, Illinois - April 22, 2010 - Maxim Revenue Management Solutions (MaximRMS) announced the capability to link its e.FLEX revenue management system's Group Availability Search functionality with Sales & Catering Systems, providing a real-time two-way interface between the two systems.
"Seamless, real-time group availability searches offer a vast improvement over difficult-to-manage, static "ceiling-based" or "lose it" group rate strategies that currently exist in Sales & Catering systems," states Kathy Chandler, Director of Client Services at MaximRMS, "With this new functionality, salespeople enter a group's criteria in the Sales and Catering System and moments later they receive e.FLEX group availability results on their screen."
e.FLEX adds valuable price and displacement analysis capabilities and a more robust availability search tool for Group and Catering salespeople, with these added benefits:
- Includes forecasted transient revenue displacement considerations specific to the proposed stay pattern in availability searches, using a real-time interface to e.FLEX
- Provides guidance on pricing that allows salespeople to upsell customer-preferred dates during high demand periods, driven by displacement analysis in e.FLEX
- Accommodates customers with flexible dates, including specific day-of-week arrival patterns
- Enhanced functionality for display of group and catering availability search results, such as sorting, filtering, and convenient links to function space and sales diary views
- Real-time, two-way interface: e.FLEX receives intra-day tentative and definite bookings to ensure the most up-to-date availability
- Multi-property search functionality based on hotel criteria (resort, city, pool, beach, golf) is ideal for National Sales Offices and third-party vendors
About Maxim Revenue Management Solutions (MaximRMS)
MaximRMS is the leading provider of automated revenue management for hotels and resorts worldwide.
Since 1995, MaximRMS has provided revenue management solutions for all types of properties - city-center,
suburban, roadside, convention, resort, select/limited service, extended stay - ranging from 40-room
boutique resorts to 5,000-room mega-convention properties. Through its patented Marginal Value Engine (MVETM), Maxim e.FLEX offers optimization of net profitability, across all markets and distribution channels. The result is an increase directly to the bottom line - delivered every day in hundreds of installations around the world. Maxim offers the easiest to use and most complete portfolio of revenue management tools available, including group forecasting and management, distribution channel optimization, competitive rate analysis and intra-day optimization. Maxim products are compatible with all PMS, CRS, GDS and Internet distribution channels. With the large scale deployment of Maxim e.FLEX systems, Maxim offers the ultimate in implementation flexibility along with the best ROI.
To explore how e.FLEX can improve your property's performance, please contact MaximRMS at +1-773-572-2060 or visit www.MaximRMS.com today.
