Avvio Webex

To find out more about our Affiliate Marketing solution and the BOOK DIRECT concept, sign up for one of our weekly online Webex demos every Thursday at 2pm by emailing webex@avvio.com.

Meet Avvio at the following upcoming events in 2008:

January:

FITUR, Madrid: Jan 31st - Feb 2nd

February:

Travel Technology Show, London: Feb 5 - 6th, Stand A31

EHTEC, Amsterdam: Feb 10 - 12th

Hostec Europe, London: Feb 18 - 20th

March:

ITB Berlin, Mar 5 - 9th, Stand 121, Hall 6.1

April:

HEDNA, Lisbon: Apr 28 - 30th

May:

Travel Distribution Summit, London: May 20 - 21st

November:

World Travel Market, London: Nov 10 - 13th
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11th Annual HSMAI Awards a huge success for Avvio clients
October 2007



Marketing excellence in the travel and hospitality industry was on display when the 11th Annual Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) Awards for advertising, public relations and Web marketing were handed out last Tuesday night at a Gala Dinner at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin.

In a great night for Avvio clients, no less than six clients were shortlisted under various categories, including 'Best Website', in recognition of their successful website and Internet strategies. Congratulations to the Athlone Springs Hotel, Dingle Skellig Hotel and Mount Falcon Country House Hotel for being shortlisted and Destination Westport and Carlton Hotel Group for winning awards on the night, the latter being for 'Best Website for a Multiple Operator.'

We were also proud to sponsor three categories on the night - including Marketing Innovation/Innovator 2007, Best Customer Retention Strategy and Best Marketing of a new property venue or product - sponsored by Avvio Connect, our revolutionary online advertising solution. To find out more about Avvio Connect, click here.


Real-Time Online Reservations Just a Click Away
October 2007



Booking a hotel room is going to become a lot easier following a business collaboration between Avvio and Tierney's Office Automation. Over the coming months we will be rolling out new online technology offering clients greater control over their hotel reservations through the provision of real time accommodation rates and room availability updates.

Avvio Suite will have a seamless interface with Tierney's existing 'Hotellinx Suite', a Property Management Solution installed in hundreds of hotels worldwide. Brian Reeves, (MD, Avvio) predicts that the integration between websites and property management systems will gain increasing momentum as hotel operators - faced with rising costs and increasing competition locally and internationally - are forced to more dynamically promote their rooms stock online.

"Anyone visiting a hotel website that uses this new technology will be able to view exactly what the hotel reservations staff see, in terms of room rates and availability", he explained.

"Online reservation systems have been the subject of criticism in the past for advertising accommodation rates and rooms that may no longer exist. The new technology eliminates this problem and enables customers to view real time rates, as and when the hotelier introduces them. The on-line booking engine incorporates existing hotel booking systems to ensure incidences such as double-booked rooms and out of date accommodation rates are a thing of the past", Mr. Reeves added.

Andy Tierney of Tierney's Office Automation, the industry leader in hotel IT support, described the agreement with Avvio.com as a very significant development for the Ennis-based company.

He continued, "The CONVERT system is simple to use and goes far beyond simply capturing reservations. It also produces the information and marketing analysis which guides you towards improving your website conversions", concluded Mr. Tierney.

Click here to listen to Brian Reeves being interviewed about this collaboration on Morning Ireland.

In a major step towards accomplishing seamless integration between Avvio Suite and all of our client's Property Management Systems, Avvio are delighted to announce that we are also working with Micros Fidelio (Opera), Paragon Business Systems (HotSoft) and Agilysys (Visual One) - more info on this coming soon!


Avvio User Groups
October 2007

'Informative and well presented'....'Excellent presentation, well done.... 'Very informative session - gained more product knowledge in Avvio'.... 'Extremely informative - very interested in voucher module'



Thanks to all who attended the recent user groups we hosted around the Country - we hope you found the sessions both interesting and useful. We were delighted with the overall attendance, giving us the chance to meet with you in person and discuss the opportunities for maximising your online revenue.

For clients who were unable to attend, don't despair! You can still receive a copy of the presentations made on the day - simply send an email to nichola.oconnell@avvio.com or login to the Avvio control panel to download the presentation. We'll also be running another round of user groups in the coming months, which we'll inform you of closer to the time.

Avvio deploy Salesforce.com – The Leader in On Demand Customer Relationship Management
June 2007

With some of the world’s top organisations using Salesforce, Avvio has successfully rolled out the solution to the entire company, from our business development managers to our design and software teams all using the software.

With the deployment of Salesforce.com, Avvio now have in place a real-time, consolidated, customer view allowing us to manage all aspects of our relationship with you, the client. You may already have started to see the results of a process-driven response to all product and service delivery schedules. Importantly, as Avvio grows, Salesforce.com will allow us to continue to deliver upon our goal of increasing our client’s revenue by the effective deployment of our ever-growing product and service suite.