GuestCentric extends lead in portable booking engine by taking on the web’s most popular open source content management system
The new module allows Joomla!’s developers to have easy and simple access to GuestCentric’s premier e-commerce solutions
GuestCentric Systems (http://www.guestcentric.com), the social cloud provider of e-commerce solutions for the independent hotel industry today announced the launching of yet another extension. The new module allows the seamless insertion of GuestCentric’s booking engine on any Joomla! website.
Finally web designers using Joomla! will be able to provide hotel customers a modern booking experience and distribute online promotions to Twitter and Facebook. The booking engine provides guests a unique secure shopping experience with a Rates+Availability map that allows increasing conversion rates, maximizing revenue-per-stay and generating satisfied guests. GuestCentric provides the only booking engine in the industry that provides two security shields that guarantee that the customer’s information remains private. The shopping experience is uniquely interactive, allowing key features like deal shopping or one-click checkout for returning guests.
This innovative module further extends the lead of GuestCentric’s booking engine as the most portable in the industry. Just recently GuestCentric announced a plug-in for WordPress, this new Joomla! module is available for any Joomla! website and supports different languages and layouts. The plug-in is available at: http://www.guestcentric.com/booking-engine-module-for-joomla/
“The insertion of the module is extremely easy, in a matter of minutes Joomla! developers can offer their customers a website with professional online bookings”. said Rolando Isidoro author of the booking engine module for Joomla!. “The module provides freedom to Joomla! users to customize their booking engine by selecting from a wide range of languages and layouts. Joomla! users with basic CSS knowledge can optimize its look and feel by customizing simple properties like fonts, colors and buttons.”
Joomla! is a community-back open source CMS with a large and active fan base. The default system includes an assortment of basic extensions and templates, but many more are available for installation. Joomla! has a large installation base and enjoys wide developer and third party support.
“By adopting GuestCentric’s cloud computing platform, Joomla! developers will gain access to a cost-effective web-based e-commerce management solution”, said Filipe Machaz, GuestCentric’s VP of Product Management. “Independent hotel managers can finally fight their increasing dependence on online travel agents by marketing their properties online and leveraging new customer engagement techniques like social commerce.”
About GuestCentric
GuestCentric Systems develops and markets web services that revolutionize the way independent hotels work. GuestCentric has built a social cloud solution that allows independent hotels to develop long-standing relationships with guests, improve online revenues and lower expense and dependence on online distribution. GuestCentric also provides hoteliers with a professional hotel website design. Through use of Web 2.0 technologies, GuestCentric provides easy-to-use tools at reasonable prices that up until now were only available for hotels with big budgets.
