RateTigereRevMax has appointed Keith Watson as VP Corporate Product to lead the growth of RTCorp, RateTiger's rate shopping system for hotel groups, corporate travel buyers and travel websites.

Formerly the owner and director of Internet Retail Technologies, specialising in search engine optimisation (SEO) and web sales and development, Keith will lead the strategic development and positioning of RateTiger within corporate travel markets. Prior to Internet Retail Technologies, Keith was sales manager for IDeaS Revenue Management and has experience in online distribution and PMS following successful roles at WorldRes, and PMS companies Ramesys and Hotel Information Systems (HIS).

RTCorp provides rate shopping information that will help monitor hotel rates in both real-time and scheduled reports. Automated alerts filter the data into exception reports and deliver those to the appropriate manager for auctioning or directly to the supplier.

Both travel bookers and online travel agents can monitor hotel rates across multiple channels to ensure that prices are reflective of negotiated rates or conform to contractual agreements. The tools assist hotel group headquarters' to monitor all rates for the portfolio across multiple channels and how each property compares with its competitive set. This data can be extracted from over 600 travel websites and the Global Distribution Systems (GDS).

"RTCorp is becoming a much needed product for the travel industry as more businesses begin utilising specific market intelligence data for pricing strategies and purchasing decisions," said Keith Watson, VP Corporate Product, eRevMax. "Increasing competition between consumer price comparison websites and negotiated corporate rates require travel suppliers to become more competitive and travel buyers to become savvier with hotel rates. RTCorp gives businesses the control over pricing that hasn't been there within ecommerce and will mark the beginning of more innovative pricing strategies for the hospitality market."

Sascha Hausmann, CEO, eRevMax said, "Keith brings specialist ecommerce knowledge that will help us to better serve our corporate customers. He will help to even better utilise our market intelligence data and thus develop additional product offerings in the area of business intelligence."

Keith Watson, VP Corporate Product will be based in eRevMax's European headquarter in London.

About RateTiger

RateTiger by eRevMax is a market leader in hotel technology and provides Channel Manager,  Rate Shopper, Booking Engine, Website Design, Digital Marketing services as well as GDS and Metasearch Distribution solutions to large hotel chains and resorts, mid-scale groups as well as independent boutique properties worldwide.

RateTiger connects to over 450 distribution and technology partners. It has deep two-way integration with distribution channels as well as leading PMS, RMS, CRS, Booking Engine and other hotel technology systems for a seamless online distribution experience. Data security and privacy is a key aspect for RateTiger – it is ISO and PCI certified as well as GDPR compliant. RateTiger is known for its stable solutions with 99.9% product uptime and provides 24x7 multilingual customer support to hotels globally to assist in revenue generation objectives.

For more details, please visit www.ratetiger.com or contact us on [email protected].

Neha Ginoria
Marketing
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