UNITED KINGDOM—HotelREZ Hotels & Resorts has launched a new property management system (PMS) interface, REZSwitch. According to the company, it will provide a reliable, cost efficient and flexible way for a PMS to connect to HotelREZ’s central reservations system (CRS), CentralREZ.
The development of a new PMS interface is part of HotelREZ’s continued focus on providing innovative solutions at a competitive price-point to some of the common problems faced by independent hotels today, said the firm. One such problem is interfacing the CRS with smaller regional PMS providers, since for many, an interface isn’t available or is too costly to build.
Josef Lapka, executive director of operations for HotelREZ Hotels & Resorts, stated, “REZSwitch will not only empower the independents to freely select partner technologies but will also provide a platform with open visibility and more control over logging and maintenance of the connections in place. When a secure two-way interface between a PMS and CRS is in place, it will ensure all crucial information such as room rates, inventory availability or guest profile data are automatically exchanged, in real time, between the two systems, providing greater accuracy of availability and pricing.”
By connecting to CentralREZ, PMS suppliers can offer hotel customers with all the services offered by HotelREZ Hotels & Resorts including GDS distribution, revenue support, corporate and consortia RFP generation and hundreds of preferred partnership agreements.