Hi everyone!
We hope you all enjoyed the 'tournament of the year' - we certainly saw increased tourist activity both through BookIt and around BookIt HQ on Wellington waterfront at the Fanzone. Most importantly though, our boys in black have managed to pull out another history-making performance and bring the Webb Ellis Cup home!
Things are settling down a bit now, so it might be a good time to take a load off and relax. This month we've got some interesting facts and figures, insight into what we're working on here and more. Enjoy!
Interesting stats throughout the 'Tournament of the Year'
You won't be surpirsed to learn that we've seen an increase in booking activity over the past few months. Tourists have flocked from around the world to support their respective motherlands and New Zealanders have played host in a fantastic way.
We noticed large increases in bookings and arrivals over 2010 as per the charts below. We've also seen big lifts in international travellers with a suspicious rugby bias:
Christmas and New Year - Updating your inventory
With the festive season fast approaching, it's worth making sure that your BookIt inventory manager is up to date to avoid double-bookings.
If you're using a channel manager to facilitate your BookIt inventory, that's great. If you update it manually but need a refresher course, here's how to do it:
- Login to your BookIt account and click on 'Inventory Manager' at the top
- Scroll down to see a list of your products along with its allocation on each date
- Find the dates using the calendar on the top-left or the '1 Week/2 Weeks' buttons at the bottom
- Inside the corresponding box for the product and date, put the number 0 to show no availability
- Click 'Save' underneath the calendar to lock in the changes
This should ensure that travellers aren't able to book for dates you're unavailable. Have questions about this process? You'll find our customer support contact details at the bottom of this newsletter.
Well, that’s it for another month. Before we go, we wanted to share this brilliant news from Tourism Dunedin's annual report: "...we integrated the country's best online booking service (BookIt)... within the first 6 months of 2011 Tourism Dunedin had already surpassed end of year online targets."
Awesome!
Thanks for reading, and remember - if you have any questions about your BookIt account, please feel free to contact our support stars on support@bookit.co.nz or 0508 BOOKIT.
Kind Regards,
The BookIt team