fedhasa 2010 and ‘ rooms4u.travel ’ tourism legacy project
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Fedhasa 2010 and ‘ www.Rooms4u.travel ’ Tourism legacy project. A presentation by FEDHASA 9 th March 2010. Current Issues under discussion. Pricing Availability of accommodation Perceptions of South Africa as a destination Impact and concerns for South Africa post event. Rooms4u. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Fedhasa 2010and
‘www.Rooms4u.travel’ Tourism legacy project
A presentation by FEDHASA9th March 2010
Current Issues under discussion
• Pricing• Availability of accommodation• Perceptions of South Africa as a
destination• Impact and concerns for South Africa
post event
Rooms4u
• It is a purpose built South African online real time accommodation listing and booking portal for all tourism players
• A tool for all accommodation service providers to get to market on the web real time and gain exposure to potential web customers
• An easy to use point of service for local and international travellers to locate and book accommodation within South Africa especially for MESE. (Meetings Exhibitions and Special Events)
Actions
• All accommodation providers concerned about the sale of their rooms need to know or be informed that Rooms4u is one of the suggested portals to assist with this issue
• 1 March all registered users will be loading their available stock onto the system for sale
• The Department of Tourism and SAT step up such communications from the beginning of March 2010.
Value Proposition (Accommodation)
• No cost to registration • No barriers to entry– Internet access and Bank Account necessary
• Only Pay on use of the service – For SMME as an administration fee (of 15% added to the
Net Rate) from rooms4u.co.za– For Groups a commission of 15% will be charged and billed
according to the groups specific billing structures• Direct access to Event specific markets– e.g. MATCH in respect of 2010
• Referrals from Call Centre +27 87 803 INFO(4636)
Value Proposition (Guest/Client)
• No hidden cost to book on the portal• 3D and PCI compliant bank secure payments
protecting Card holder (Standard Bank)• Only Pay once for multiple bookings in different
establishments • Direct access to the entire available accommodation
stock according to various search criteria– Location– Price – Grading etc
South Africa’sReputational Risk
• PRICING : – as searches can be done by price and all available
accommodation is visible any property that tries to exploit specific high demand periods will not receive bookings where any alternatives are available!
Cont…
South Africa’s Reputational Risk cont….
• LIQUIDATIONS AND FRAUD: – in the industry especially during these trying
economic times. SATSA and FEDHASA stand united that any funds that are taken by tour operators or hotels should be held in escrow or trust by the bank until the service for which is paid is delivered to the customer.
• This platform delivers this comfort and protects all parties
Rooms4u South Africaas at 25Feb2010
ROOMS 4 U.travel
ROOMS 4 U.travel
eResHotel Groups55 000 Rooms
eResHotel Groups55 000 Rooms
ROOMS4U.co.za
28 000 Rooms
ROOMS4U.co.za
28 000 Rooms
BidtravelSeekers
Flight Centre
BidtravelSeekers
Flight Centre
AATravelnet / IMEI
Nightsbridge
AATravelnet / IMEI
Nightsbridge
TourplanSpringbok Atlas
TourplanSpringbok Atlas
PeermontPeermont S/SunS/Sun ProteaProtea
CENTRALRESERVATION
CENTRALRESERVATION
CONSOLIDATEDRESERVATIONSCONSOLIDATEDRESERVATIONS
PORTAL / GDSPORTAL / GDS
HOTEL RES /INDIVIDUAL WEBSITES
HOTEL RES /INDIVIDUAL WEBSITES
Sun Int.Sun Int. LegacyLegacy City
LodgeCity
Lodge
Small Hotel
1
Small Hotel
1
Small Hotel
2
Small Hotel
2
Lodge 1
Lodge 1
Lodge 2
Lodge 2
B&B 1
B&B 1
B&B2
B&B2
PrebookIn1
African Space
PrebookIn1
African Space
www.Rooms4u.co.za Registration by Province
VERIFIED PROVIDERS BY PROVINCE - WITH SUM OF AVAILABLE ROOMS PER PROVINCE
PROVINCE PROVINCE NAME NUMBER OF VERIFIED ESTABLISHMENTS NUMBER OF VERIFIED ROOMS PER PROVINCE
1 Eastern Cape 187 1810
2 Free State 67 651
3 Gauteng 449 10539
4 Kwazulu-Natal 297 3463
5 Limpopo 72 1097
6 Mpumalanga 75 693
7 North West Province 58 2447
8 Northern Cape 39 347
9 Western Cape 931 7601
Match and Rooms4u for 2010
MATCHMATCH
LARGE EVENT ROOMS
REPOSITORY
LARGE EVENT ROOMS
REPOSITORY
WWW
HOTEL
Releas
e Dat
e
Match Releases stock to the Hotel – held in the repository
General public selects and pays
gets confirmation of the booking – hotel to pay commission
Hotel provides stock to Match on
contract
Can be used by Hotel at no cost
Hotels place stock to Repository
At World Cup Rates less commissions to Repository
Post Release date Match can access
Stock on pre-arranged rates
% Commission
Summary
• This system allows the Department of Tourism to create a legacy that puts the country into a better position to maximise future tourism revenues from large events.
• Rooms4u not only serves to accomplish this goal but becomes the platform for tourism growth into the future protecting all in the procurement process until completion of delivery
• South African Tourism will stand proud on the world stage in regards to consolidation of both the National data base and booking systems