St Moritz Hotel’s online bookings soar with Guestline

St Moritz Hotel, a 48 bedroomed luxury resort, with 13 self-catering apartments and 34 self-catering villas, situated in Cornwall, has seen their online bookings soar as a result of their new website and online booking platform from Guestline (www.stmoritzhotel.co.uk).

The resort required a fully integrated solution that would drive direct bookings and increase revenue through a professionally designed, mobile enabled website. Guestline's digital team worked closely with St Moritz to create the exact look and feel they wanted for their site and booking platform.

As a result, direct online bookings have increased by over 400% since the site went live and the resort has reduced their reliance on third party bookings, reducing their OTA commissions and driving profit. The reception team are now dealing with fewer calls and can spend more time focussing on guest services.

The WebSuite digital marketing solution is the latest Guestline product to be launched into the hospitality industry, offering a single source vendor for online marketing and property management services. From website design and hosting to a customised online booking engine, WebSuite covers the complete online presence that a hotel needs to compete in the ever competitive market place.

The hotel's online booking engine is fully integrated with the Guestline property management system, Rezlynx, enabling live rates, availability and bookings to be reflected in real-time at all times. The editable content management system (CMS), enables the hotel to make ongoing changes and add content as and when required to ensure the site is current and engaging for visitors.

Simon Bassett, IT Manager at St Moritz
added 'Our old hotel website was inefficient in driving direct bookings. We wanted to reflect our brand essence and promote all the facilities on offer at the hotel to drive direct reservations and revenue. This has resulted in the hotel receiving more online bookings in the first 4 months than we generated in the whole of the previous year and an increase in spend per head.

We are delighted with our new website – it's eye-catching, easy to navigate and most importantly mobile responsive which, due to the ever increasing use of mobile devices, is essential for capturing mobile bookings and strengthening our site's results in Google rankings. We are working closely with Guestline to further develop the site to drive Spa and restaurant bookings too.

As we can edit the site ourselves, we can keep the site up-to-date and upload relevant seasonal offers to maximise conversions of lookers into bookers.'

Chris Jones, Senior Design and Development manager at Guestline commented on the project 'The St Moritz Hotel required a bespoke digital marketing solution to suit their very unique offering. Working closely with the property and paying attention to every detail, the WebSuite team captured the spirit, personality, and theme of the hotel. The new website delivers an experience which begs exploration in a very visual manner, at the same time giving usability across all devices allowing each individual visitor to get the information they need quickly and elegantly.

The WebSuite CMS has been customised to allow the hotel to upload special offers and news faster than ever before. Our close relationship with the hotel during the design and development allowed us to explore creative and technical avenues to step outside the box and create a website as individual as the hotel itself.'

For more information on Guestline's WebSuite Digital Marketing solution, visit www.guestline.com.