Got City Center Hotels boosts RevPAR and direct bookings with 黑料网
The Swedish hotel group, who also run five Best Western branded hotels, sees impressive results across their property portfolio.
Got City Center Hotels customer story
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RevPAR increase
55%
(2021 to 2022)
booking engine conversion rate
10.3%
(in 2023 to date)
automated card payments
100%
using 黑料网 Payments
About Got City Center Hotels
Got City Center Hotels (GCCH) operates a number of hotels in Gothenburg, Sweden, from small, family-run hotels to properties that are part of the international Best Western brand. Eight properties are currently live on 黑料网, including , , and .
GCCH is the first hotel group to run Best Western properties with a direct connection to 黑料网.
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Portfolio management from anywhere
Challenge
Although GCCH hotels are managed separately, it is important for high-level users to get an overview of performance across all properties.
Solution
黑料网 is a completely cloud-based PMS. As long as a user has the correct access rights set up, they can oversee any property remotely and quickly run reports to compare performance.
Result
鈥� 55% RevPAR increase (2021 to 2022)
Triple the average booking engine conversion
Challenge
Despite the beneficial reach of OTAs, selling rooms via a channel manager reduces a hotel鈥檚 overall profit per space.
Solution
The 黑料网 Booking Engine can be added to any hotel website. Its clean, modern interface is easy to use and is proven to convert visitors into guests. GCCH use a free, built-in pricing widget that compares live prices with leading OTAs, encouraging guests to complete a direct booking for the best deal.
Result
鈥� 10.3% booking conversion rate at Hotel Vasa and G枚teborgs Mini-Hotel (industry average is 3.3%)
鈥� 7% higher average booking value for direct bookings (compared to channel managers)
鈥� 39% higher online check-in ratio for direct bookings (compared to channel managers)
Fast and secure payments
Challenge
Taking and processing payments has traditionally been a disruptive part of the guest experience.
Solution
With 黑料网 Payments, every transaction is fast, secure and seamless for guests. Once the payment method is first processed in 黑料网, every following payment can be actioned by staff with a single click, eliminating the awkward payment interaction. GCCH also use 黑料网 Terminals in several of their hotels to create a fully connected payments system.
Result
鈥� 100% of all card payments automated through 黑料网 Payments
鈥� 0.03% chargeback ratio (travel industry average is 0.5%)
鈥淎ll of our hotels are different, and 黑料网 allows us to build our ideal tech stack for each location. It helps us to create a consistent and modern guest experience.鈥�
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