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arcRes e-commerce network tops 88 million dollars in inquiries for direct business to Barbados
AXSES REWARDS Baywatch Resorts

Congratulations to Geeta Chatrani of Baywatch Resorts!

Geeta has won the Reward for the pro-active use of AXSES technology. Baywatch Resorts are reaping a high yield from their extensive use of AXSES internet marketing.

At least 70% of their business comes through these channels. Now their reward gives them one of AXSES most recent products - Bookable eSpecials.
View at:

http://barbadosvacationspecials.com/barbados-apartments-specials.cfm

http://barbadosvacationspecials.com/barbados-hotels-resorts-specials.cfm

 

Geeta says "I have tried other avenues and in the end most of the business comes from advertising with Barbados.org and other AXSES marketing channels".

We wish Baywatch Resorts increased success with their upgrade to bookable eSpecials!

Specials Marketing Right for the times!
Every Travel Supplier it seems is cutting prices and offering special deals. Sites offering Specials are doing better. Priceline sales are slightly up (1%) over last year, while Expedia reported a loss of $2.76 billion on a 7% decline in sales in the current quarter.

The cruise market is up, great deals are being offered so profits are down, but people are spending and employees keep their jobs. Travelers are looking for and expecting deals (see businessweek)
Specials: Easy as arcRes
St. Lucia Tourism has rightly made specials the full focus of the US$3.1 million Emergency marketing campaign. But on the St Lucia web site, visitors don't have the option to get immediate quotes, book, save their requests to a comparison list or to keep it for a later date.

The call to action is not strong. In many cases there is no booking engine and no landing page with a message specific to the special.

Many Barbados operators use AXSES arcRes e-commerce engine and marketing suites The special can be a simple advertisement or the guest can get accurate quotes and book on-line with arcRes e-specials.
Your Specials displayed globally

Here are some of the places arcRes specials are now displayed:

1. Syndicated internationally and can be added to anyone's RSS reader of choice. These specials are automatically displayed on any site that subscribes to our feeds. There are hundreds of RSS networks and thousands of sites that might subscribe. The specials are also displayed on travelers myGoogle pages and are e-mailed directly to subscribing travelers. It's a massive network that works for everyone who creates an arcRes special.

2. Facebook 157 million users - We have built applications that allow arcRes users to launch their specials and and create a webpage within Facebook - Much more is in the works! see Barbados.org on Facebook

3. Google Base, Google's shopping search engine. Its a Google Search engine for shoppers, allowing users to find products and compare prices.
GoogleBase

4. Google Calendar - Being set up as in Barbados Specials Calendar http://barbadosvacationspecials.com/specials-calendar.cfm

5. Barbados Specials website.
http://BarbadosVacationSpecials.com

6. Specials widget throughout Barbados.org netwrork.
http://barbados.org/barbados_hotels.php

7. AXSES Caribbean network of over 30 sites: We are adding specials to many pages on these sites. http://CaribRez.com

Make Specials Marketing work for you

Contact your AXSES Consultant:
Ann-Marie Morris - amorris (at) axses.net
Janelle Knight - jknight (at) axses.net

Or call 429 2653

Re-discover Show April 24th,25th 2009

The annual Re-discover the Caribbean Show will be held on the 24th and 25th April 2009 in Barbados.

Click here for details and to register:
http://re-discover.com/rediscover_show.cfm

Please contact your AXSES Rep. for more information.

As always I am happy to assist you.

Yours Sincerely

Julia