tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29875741.post6534306832105937186..comments2024-03-09T20:40:14.660+11:00Comments on The BOOT - The Business of Online Travel: Australian Online Market for Short-Lets and Holiday Rentals: Interview with Occupancy.com joint-CEO Justin Butterworth Part 2Tim Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05383381229302650553noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29875741.post-79226054130377433612011-02-01T15:57:59.064+11:002011-02-01T15:57:59.064+11:00Good points MayFly. However you may not be taking ...Good points MayFly. However you may not be taking account the fact that in Australia many holiday properties are managed by agents. YesBookit is the bookings management system of choice and is used by the leading holiday letting agents. As such it already manages well over 10,000 properties, each with true and accurate real time availability and all bookable online with certainty.<br /><br />As the leading booking management system YesBookit also feeds properties and availability data to Rent-a-Home, TeakaBreak, TotalTravel and Stayz. This enable the consumer to search in those sites based on accurate availability, and make bookings directly into the agent’s YesBookit system.<br /><br />Cheers KJ-B MD Midac/YesBookitKJ-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16680567069817963435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29875741.post-58652749044891678522010-07-21T10:41:25.732+10:002010-07-21T10:41:25.732+10:00@MayFly - thanks for detailed comment. Appreciate...@MayFly - thanks for detailed comment. Appreciate it. The challenge of live vs non-live is the greatest challenge for this sector. The player that can build a fast and effective system for inventory management will be the winnerTim Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05383381229302650553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29875741.post-88238843944618864672010-07-05T11:48:45.503+10:002010-07-05T11:48:45.503+10:00This segment of the market fascinates me; the one...This segment of the market fascinates me; the one key aspect that I've never got my head around is how the stock is managed?<br /><br />In many cases the same holiday rental property can be listed on numerous distribution platforms (let's say Stayz and an independant RE Agents site). I guess we could also include the owners and their family & friends as another legitimate source of occupancy that crops up from time to time. <br /><br />My point here is; how does one offer this single piece of stock on 3 seperate sales channels in a live inventory environment? From my perspective (assuming none of the 3 sales channels mentioned above have any data interfaces), such properties can never be offered on a "live inventory" style system. <br /><br />Based upon what I've read here, I figure these types of holiday rental are a significant part of the market, and the commissions from the sale of such, a fair chunk of revenue estimates. Yet they can only ever be sold on a "request" basis unless one site has exclusivity.<br /><br />Apart from being an online brochure for the holiday lettings; can these sites ever meet the "confirmed at point of sale" expectations of the online consumer?MayFlynoreply@blogger.com