Your Guests Are Mobile. Are You?

Open Hotel Booking Engine is now offering affordable iPhone (TM) and Android (TM) Apps for hotel websites. Guests can check rates, book rooms,  view hotel photos or media, and see hotel location info. With the growing use of mobile devices replacing traditional computer based web searches, your hotel will be ahead of the curve with an easy to use mobile app for your property.

Due to substantial demand, these new apps are being offered to a limited number of hotels each month and are available on a first come first serve basis. The apps work directly with the Open Hotel Booking Engine and pulls room descriptions, room pictures, and content directly from your Open Hotel website.

What's Included in Your Mobile App

Welcome Page
When users first select your app, your splash page will show as the app loads.
Your welcome page will then load.  This is your hotel's general welcome text and logo and is the default display page when the app is loaded.  The Welcome Page tells people about your hotel and has your branding. This can pull info from your Open Hotel website home page.

Book Engine
The Booking Engine page integrates directly with the Open Hotel to allow users to quickly search for rates and availability.  Reservations placed via mobile apps are trackable through Open Hotel. 

Show Off Your Hotel Rooms
Guests want to see pictures and detailed descriptions of the rooms they are booking. The Rooms page displays pictures of each room and descriptions (pulled from your booking engine), so that guests can see which type of room they would like to book.

Media Page
Don't just tell guests about your hotel. Show them. It's a proven fact people respond better to pictures than words, so show them the pictures that are worth a thousand words on your media page. This can display your choice of one of the following types of media:

Live Camera Stream  - for beach cams or other live video feeds showing your property
Video  - perfect for your property video tour
Photo Gallery - show a photo gallery of your best hotel pictures

Keep inTouch
The contact page will display your hotel contact and location info. This is the perfect place to add detailed driving instructions so guests traveling from the airport can find your hotel easily. This info can automatically pull from your Open Hotel website's contact page.

View larger screenshots on the Open Hotel mobile app page or download the complete sales packet below.

Who Uses Mobile Apps?

More than 31% of mobile users have smartphones, which means that 73.3 million people in the United States are using their phones to browse websites online. Mobile apps are not just for teenagers and young people, the age group most likely to download a mobile app is actually people between the age of 35 and 44, followed by the 18 to 24 age group. This may surprise you, as most people assume it is just the teenie boppers who are into using apps on their phones. Another fact to consider is that 25% of the US are "mobile only" web users, meaning that they do not have a desktop computer or laptop, and rely on their mobile device for Internet browsing.

People who travel use their mobile devices to quickly search for hotels and compare rates online. Ask any flight attendant on a plane and they will tell you the importance of being able to quickly search for hotel rooms and book a room using a mobile phone, especially when a flight gets delayed or canceled. The easier you can make booking a hotel room the better, and with the new mobile apps from Alternate Image, we couldn't make mobile booking any easier for guests. 

Pricing and Details
Due to a high demand, Open Hotel will be producing a limited number of apps each month. Clients wanting an app can sign up on a first come first serve basis by calling (386) 310 - 2001 to speak with one of our friendly sales representatives.

For $500, Open Hotel will develop an app for the iPhone or Android phone. Add an additional app for only $150. This is a one time setup fee. The typical turnaround time for development is 2-4 weeks, Apple's approval process may extend this time frame but is not usually an issue.

After May 31st, prices will be $750 for one app or $1,000 for both apps.

* iPhone is a registered trademark by Apple Inc. Android is a trademark of Google Inc. Use of this trademark is subject to Google Permissions