Online Travel Agencies

"The calendar of events is one of the major reasons visitors come to our Web site. One staff person could not possibly do this level of work without outsourcing. BeDynamic's community resources and collaborative work supports SCVB's mission to achieve economic prosperity for the Seattle region, which is a win-win for everyone."

Tracey Wickersham, Cultural Tourism Director
Seattle Convention & Visitors Bureau

A Hop, Skip and a Stay

As an Online Travel Provider, you know how fierce the competition is. A slip in the search engines and a bad marketing gimmick can really wreck your week. That's because everyone's essentially selling many of the same travel deals. Customer loyalty in your sector tends to be low- when in 'booking mode', travelers will hop around to multiple travel sites just to make sure you're the cheapest. What if those people wanted to stay on your site longer, and liked you more because of it, at least enough to come back again and again without hopping around like they used to? Once you deliver a comprehensive, actionable entertainment guide to your online customers that can be customized, planned and booked on the spot, you're going to one step closer to helping them with their travel purchases, while building loyalty and trust.

Products and Benefits for Online Travel Agencies

Google research found that the average traveler spends 6.7 weeks searching the web and performs 8.1 travel related searches before booking. Over time the range of influences is narrowed down, a destination is chosen, and the consumer books a trip. If your travel site is simply a place to book the cheapest room or fare, your customers will only go to the site when they want the cheapest rate. In other words, you're just a number and a commodity. However, if they visit your site and find fantastic events and dining spots to check out while on their trip, they're much more likely to book and come back to you when thinking of their next stay. Why?, because you've gone above and beyond their expectations as a travel provider and offered them a simple, contextual way to plan a richer itinerary without having to go elsewhere.

ArrivalGuides: The World's Largest Network of FREE Travel Guides

ArrivalGuides delivers unique and concise travel information to travellers before and during their trip. High quality journalism, local languages, photographs on every page and detailed maps separates us from the bulk of travel guides to be found on the internet. Viewed on your web site or downloaded in PDF format, our magazine style publications entice the traveller with unbiased content, honest reviews, constantly updated information and our uniquely printable format. With over 400 ArrivalGuide destinations translated into over 22 languages it’s easy to see why ArrivalGuides are the traveller’s choice. Designed for easy and quick access to information the ArrivalGuides are offered free of charge to travellers by hundreds of ArrivalGuides partners worldwide. Offering destination content online has gone from being a nice feature on a travel website to a critical business driver. High quality content in local languages is crucial both to attract potential customers to a travel website and the ability to convert visitors to clients. Over 200 travel companies have chosen ArrivalGuides including 40 top airlines, hotels, online travel agencies and media companies.

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The Virtual Concierge: Plan It, Book It, Experience It!

Get more trips and room nights sold on your web site with the Virtual Concierge. An easy and affordable way is to offer a fun and playful widget bursting with fantastic top local events, activities and dining spots that promote and inspire client to book flights and stay at your hotels. Our white-label Virtual Concierge widget provides local, up-to-the-minute, bookable content for lifestyle events and attractions including theatre, sports, art, music, dance, festivals, and tours allowing customers to plan their trip in a simple, contextual way. Do you want to stay connected to your customer before, during and when they return home? Then check out the Virtual Concierge and Mobile Concierge for a speedy affordable alternative to your current channel.

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The Mobile Concierge: Stay in touch with Your Customers In-Destination

Travel providers need better ways to reach their customers in-market and be able to up-sell other travel products and destination activities using mobile solutions. The Mobile Concierge companion solution for the iPhone can help visitors explore their destination in a fun and informative way, with top picks, what's around me, couponing, special offers and more.

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BeDynamic Entertainment Content Feed: Fully Integrated.

If you need full integration of data into your existing framework, consider the Entertainment Content Feed. BeDynamic provides the most relevant, up-to-the-minute event and activity information based on key criteria including destination, event dates and special interest categories. You can then build a customized application around the rich content and integrate directly into your existing platform. We'll help you all along the way.

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Benefits

Increased room and fare bookings – By providing your customers with exciting and attractive events in your destination, you increase the likelihood that they will book with you now and in the future, thereby driving more of your core business.
New revenues – BeDynamic works on a revenue share, so as your customers book events through your BeDynamic Virtual Concierge, you share in the revenue stream.
Easy to implement – BeDynamic customizes the widget code and content and you just insert the links into your existing website. It is almost trivially easy to implement.
Upside with little downside – More room/fare bookings, increased revenues, and minimal up-front costs make the BeDynamic Concierge a no-lose proposition.