MaxiRoom is the Hotelbeds extranet. The MaxiRoom extranet allows hotels to optimise their use of the Hotelbeds platform, which in turn helps to maximise bookings.
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Hotelbeds launched MaxiRoom in 2015 to offer hotels and other Hotelbeds partners a more intuitive interface to control their inventory. The wholesaler offers a range of features that helps users capitalise on Hotelbeds’ global network of B2B markets. These include a content management tool and an interactive calendar to tweak room rates and availability.
We provide a comprehensive view of MaxiRoom, how to set yourself up for success with the Hotelbeds extranet, and why connecting to wholesalers like Hotelbeds can help boost group and corporate bookings.
Why should hotels use Hotelbeds’ MaxiRoom?
The first question: why should your hotel use Hotelbeds? The answer: to increase your corporate and wholesale bookings, like those made by travel agencies, tour operators and corporate travel management companies on behalf of their customers.
Hotelbeds offers your hotel access to an unmatched network of B2B travel companies and wholesalers. It also opens up this market while having no impact whatsoever on your direct distribution channels – B2B is an entirely separate beast, and so represents an incredible opportunity for a hotel to maximise its occupancy.
The second question is simpler: why should you use Hotelbeds MaxiRoom? Because it’s the simplest way to make the most of Hotelbeds. This is especially true if you integrate MaxiRoom into your property management system (PMS) – but more on that later.
How much commission does Hotelbeds take?
The minimum commission that you’ll pay on a Hotelbeds booking is 21%. But this commission is actually paid to the travel wholesaler who made the booking, such as a travel agency. Hotelbeds’ commission is deducted from the total amount that the wholesaler pays for the room.
Tips to maximise the MaxiRoom extranet and gain Hotelbeds bookings
By maximising your use of MaxiRoom, you maximise your occupancy through more Hotelbeds reservations. Here are five ways to enhance your use of the tool:
1. Integrations
By integrating MaxiRoom with key tools in your hotel tech stack, particularly your property management system, you allow these tools to talk to and work with one another.
This means you can control MaxiRoom through your P. You won’t need to navigate to MaxiRoom and log in whenever you want to tweak your pricing or update your availability – you can do it all through your primary system.
In fact, when you fully integrate MaxiRoom with your PMS or channel manager, availability can be automatically updated across all your booking and distribution channels as soon as a new reservation is made.
2. Multi-property operations
If you manage multiple properties, you can use the MaxiRoom extranet as a centralised platform to streamline operations and ensure consistency across all locations. You can also consolidate data and insights from across your properties to identify trends and make better business decisions.
