Blue Square Studios, whose Hospitality Toolkit (formerly Hotel Site Toolkit) is the hospitality e-commerce enabler of choice, announces partnerships with several innovative hospitality technology companies whose products expand the possibilities afforded
Published: 05 Jul 2005
Blue Square Studios, whose Hospitality Toolkit (formerly Hotel Site Toolkit) is the hospitality e-commerce enabler of choice, announces partnerships with several innovative hospitality technology companies whose products expand the possibilities afforded
·10Best Solutions has agreed to distribution rights that allow Blue Square Studios to integrate its destination content into customized websites for hotels. The agreement allows users of Hospitality Toolkit to easily and cost-effectively create unique, branded destination information that allows their guests to plan trips and book reservations around local events and attractions.
·Finding Nirvana, a spa and activity booking engine created by Nirvana Technology of Alpharetta, GA, has partnered with Blue Square Studios to offer a unique product for its Spa clients. The booking engine automates the process of appointment scheduling, thereby extending the resources and revenues of Spa service providers, both resorts and day spas.
·e-Touch, the provider of point-of-sale integration for in-room and online food and beverage ordering, has partnered with Blue Square Studios to power “ a web-based, room service capability for hotel clients. Thanks to the careful design of its architecture, the e-Touch system is easily adapted to a range of existing interactive technology on-property: check-in kiosks, in-room touch screens, in-room web access and interactive television. Blue Square Studios plans to enhance the e-Touch capability by packaging the technology with the Hospitality Toolkit to allow hotels to incorporate their own property, restaurant and room service content and promotions.
“We are known for doing great work and making e-commerce affordable and simple for even the novice hotelier,” said Shane Ettestad, President & CEO of Blue Square Studios, “But we also develop dynamic custom sites that incorporate services that better serve the guest while creating new revenue opportunities for our hospitality clients. 10 Best, Finding Nirvana and e-Touch are great examples of our chosen partners: companies who have defined their respective niches with products that, when integrated, turbo-charge the Hospitality Toolkit.”
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