What is a saving?

When demonstrating or showing off the Hotelzon booking tool, I’m often asked “does it show savings?” This is normally followed with the same response each time from me “what do you mean?" Not because I didn’t understand the question,...

Economic downturn effects manufacturing

Cape Town – Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies has highlighted that the global economic meltdown and European debt crisis was affecting SA’s manufacturing industry. The minister recently briefed journalists following his department’s presentation of...

How big is your hotel inventory?

Over the last couple of years most of the hotel distribution systems/suppliers have made a point in boasting about how many hotels they have within their databases and point of sale booking tools. And I have to admit, Hotelzon is one of them! – By the way we...

Purchasing power by capturing and controlling volumes

This is the time of year when many Travel Managers and Indirect Sourcing professionals are busy negotiating hotel programs, car rental agreements and airline agreements. Even though some companies have chosen to distribute the workload throughout the year by setting...