Eric Goldreyer
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Dear Member Innkeepers,
Exciting news! It gives me great pleasure to announce that I have
purchased BedandBreakfast.com back from WorldRes.com. I am committed to the
industry more than ever, and will continue to do my best to provide you with
innovative products and services to help make your B&B or inn as successful
as possible.
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As our name explains, bed and breakfasts and inns are the primary focus of
BedandBreakfast.com. I started this company over seven years ago because I was
passionate about the industry, and wanted to help innkeepers reach potential
guests and vice-versa. I am keeping the BedandBreakfast.com team intact and we
look forward to working with you for years to come.
While WorldRes was instrumental in our continued funding and business
development, it is now in the best interest of BedandBreakfast.com and its
member properties to once again be on our own. WorldRes has over 30,000
properties participating in real-time online bookings; not surprisingly, bed
and breakfasts and inns are not their key concern.
Nevertheless, the remarkably rapid growth of real-time online accommodation
bookings (now a US $7 billion market and growing fast) is a vital aspect of our
industry. As such, we will continue to offer real-time online reservations
through the WorldRes platform. In response to your needs, we plan to pull all
B&B properties off of the "Pre-Payment" program (also known as
"Auto-Payment") as soon possible. We expect that this will take about six
months to implement.
I am also acquiring MunsenWare. We will continue to sell and support their
products.
Finally, I want to reiterate how pleased I am to be working with you, and to
emphasize our dedication to helping you increase your reservations. On behalf
of the entire BedandBreakfast.com team, I want to wish you and yours all the
best for Thanksgiving and the upcoming holiday season.
Thanks for your continued support.
Sincerely,
P.S. We'll be rolling out some exciting new opportunities in the coming months.
Watch for our first announcement in a few weeks.
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 Thorwood
Historic Inns, Hastings, MN
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Pam Thorsen, Thorwood Historic Inns sent us a note about the guests who
redeemed their BedandBreakfast.com Gift Certificates at her inn: "What a
wonderful opportunity. The guests were an absolute delight, plus they spent
another $100 with us for food and massage. Thank you!"
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According to PhoCusWright's Online Travel Market Update 2001-2005, online hotel
reservations in the U.S. are expected to grow 114 percent to $9 billion by 2003
over 2001. According to Forrester Research, online hotel bookings will more
than double over the next four years, to $7.7 billion from $3.8 billion.
Taking real-time, online reservations is the most effective way to transform
your Internet presence from an informational resource into a 24/7 sales engine.
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