Southern Sun shines with the help of Mews
Southern Africa’s leading hotel chain benefits from high-converting booking engine, rapid rollouts, and unlimited connectivity.
Southern Africa’s leading hotel chain benefits from high-converting booking engine, rapid rollouts, and unlimited connectivity.
booking engine conversion rate
13%+
chargeback rate
0.03%
higher RevPAR
54%
in 2022 compared to 2021
Southern Sun is Southern Africa’s leading hospitality group comprising an extensive collection of strategically located hotels, resorts, restaurants and conference facilities in South Africa, Africa, the Seychelles and the Middle East. With a rich heritage of excellence and dedication to delivering service with flair, Southern Sun provides guests with unforgettable experiences at destinations that offer unparalleled variety and scale.
The group’s portfolio of brands comprises award-winning luxury hotels such as 54 on Bath, Arabella Hotel, Golf & Spa, the Beverly Hills, Mount Grace Hotel & Spa, the Sandton Sun & Towers and Paradise Sun, as well as renowned brand collections, including Southern Sun Hotels, SunSquare, Garden Court, StayEasy and SUN1 hotels, and a selection of Southern Sun Resorts in idyllic settings.
Challenge
With commission rates as high as 20% with some OTAs, converting as many direct bookings as possible is vital for any hotel chain.
Solution
Mews Booking Engine is designed to convert site visitors into bookings. The user journey is fast and intuitive, and the interface modern and adapted to the Southern Sun brand. Specific rates can be applied to each individual room in each hotel, while every room type is customized with accurate pictures and descriptions.
Result
• 13.7% booking engine conversion for Sun1 Bloemfontein
• 9.9% booking engine conversion for Southern Sun de Wagen
• 9.1% booking engine conversion for Sun1 Port Elizabeth
Challenge
In addition to connecting to leading hotel tech software, Southern Sun needed to be able to integrate their own custom software with their hospitality cloud.
Solution
Mews Open API allows for bespoke connections to the Mews platform, giving the Southern Sun IT team access to all the code they need. In addition to this, Mews Marketplace has a collection of over 600 integrations, many of which can be connected to with just a few clicks.
Result
• Custom distribution tool seamless integrated with Mews
• 10 unique integrations
• Zero connection fees
GuestRevu
OTA Insight – On the Books
“Mews Marketplace is a wonderful shopping basket for integration opportunities and has had a significant impact on our ability to quickly and efficiently connect to new opportunities without much fuss.”
Make it remarkable.
Ready to take the first step towards a more efficient, flexible, guest-centric approach to hospitality?
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