5.8.2023
ROOMDEX has released its Attribute-Based Selling (ABS) solution’s initial results, which show a YoY increase in upselling revenue of 14%. ROOMDEX ABS has been piloted at five hotels for over 2 months in the US and Europe, where its proprietary algorithm enabled the personalized sale of individual room features, resulting in higher revenue and a better guest experience.
In the hotel industry, ABS means selling individual, immutable room features instead of room services. ROOMDEX ABS automatically prices individual room attributes based on demand, availability, persona, and other attribute pairings. With ABS, guests can now choose the room features they want and have a more personalized experience.
The five hotels using ROOMDEX ABS have shown a positive increase in revenue, with all hotels experiencing an increase in YoY upselling revenue during the period. Additionally, the number of upsell purchases increased by 36% and 45% of all guests purchased two or more room attributes via ABS, indicating the guests’ embrace of stay personalization.
Of particular interest is that 32% of all ABS upsell revenue was attributed to upsells within the same room category. That means the sale of an attribute associated with a specific room in the hotel. For example, within a single room category, you may have rooms: close to the elevator, or away from the elevator; on a high floor or low floor; near an amenity like the gym or the laundry; with a specific view, etc. This represents new revenue from hotel products never before monetized.
“ROOMDEX ABS is the first ABS solution in the industry to quantitatively demonstrate achievement of the primary goals of ABS: improved hotel revenue and delivery of a more personalized user experience,” said Jos Schaap, CEO & Co-founder of ROOMDEX. “It has demonstrated that these benefits can be achieved through the existing room category-centric hotel tech stack, without the need for an ABS ecosystem that transforms all PMS, RMS, CRS, booking engine, and OTAs.”
ROOMDEX is the technology leader in the hotel upselling software space. Its hotel upsell software automates, monetizes and ultimately simplifies the hotel room upgrade process by putting the power of choice in the hotel guest’s hands. ROOMDEX Upsell Automation uses hotel reservation, guest data and its proprietary True AvailabilityTM and Dynamic Pricing algorithms to deliver personalized digital offers, greatly enhancing the guest experience. The hotel upsell tool relieves hoteliers of the labor time required by other upselling solutions while delivering high margin revenue and a substantial ROI. ROOMDEX is now the exclusive provider of ABS Upselling. Attribute-based selling re-imagines hotel inventory merchandising, delivering a unique and improved guest satisfaction and increased hotel revenue.
ROOMDEX leverages hotel operational and software experience gained by our team members while in leadership roles at companies such as MICROS (now Oracle Hospitality), Nor1, Duetto, StayNTouch and Shiji to develop our innovations in hotel automation, dynamic pricing, operational availability and attribute-based selling. Since founding in spring of 2020, ROOMDEX has signed hundreds of hotels across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.
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