Bookassist vs. Fat Media vs. SiteMinder: Which is a Better Fit?

Bookassist Digital Marketing and Web Design

Website Development

Wordpress development
Custom CMS
Graphic design
Interactive Content
Copywriting
Conversion Rate Optimization
Tag Management & Tracking Configuration
Web Development
Web Design

SEO & Content

Interactive Content
Content Audit
SEO Content Strategy
Copywriting
SEO

Paid Search & Digital Advertising

Social media advertising
Influencer marketing
Copywriting
3rd party ad buys
Meta search marketing
PPC

E-commerce

E-commerce consulting
Conversion Rate Optimization
Tag Management & Tracking Configuration

Reporting & Analytics

Tag Management & Tracking Configuration
Data Analysis & Reporting

Email Marketing

Marketing Automation

Lead nurturing systems that build a wider funnel and manages leads through to close. Similar systems include HubSpot, Act-on and SharpSpring.
Email Marketing

Consulting Services

E-commerce consulting
Yield Management (Service/Consulting)

Revenue Management / Revenue Optimization / Yield Management
Content Audit
Copywriting

Social Media Management

Social Media Photography
Social Media Analytics
Reputation & Community Management
Graphic design
Social media management
Social media advertising
Influencer marketing

Other

Fat Media

Website Development

Wordpress development
Custom CMS
Graphic design
Interactive Content
Copywriting
Conversion Rate Optimization
Tag Management & Tracking Configuration
Web Development
Web Design

SEO & Content

Interactive Content
Content Audit
SEO Content Strategy
Copywriting
SEO

Paid Search & Digital Advertising

Social media advertising
Influencer marketing
Copywriting
3rd party ad buys
Meta search marketing
PPC

E-commerce

E-commerce consulting
Conversion Rate Optimization
Tag Management & Tracking Configuration

Reporting & Analytics

Tag Management & Tracking Configuration
Data Analysis & Reporting

Email Marketing

Marketing Automation

Lead nurturing systems that build a wider funnel and manages leads through to close. Similar systems include HubSpot, Act-on and SharpSpring.
Email Marketing

Consulting Services

E-commerce consulting
Yield Management (Service/Consulting)

Revenue Management / Revenue Optimization / Yield Management
Content Audit
Copywriting

Social Media Management

Social Media Photography
Social Media Analytics
Reputation & Community Management
Graphic design
Social media management
Social media advertising
Influencer marketing

Other

SiteMinder (The Channel Manager)

Rate Management

Support for Weekly & Monthly Rates

Create a short term rental type of hotel product to compete with Airbnb and other vacation rental companies. Entice guests with long term stay discounts and attract more digital nomads, extended stays and family getaways.
Yield Rules

Maximises profit by automatically adjusting availability of rate plans in select channels and room types
Derived Rates

Saves time and reduces risk of errors by deriving multiple rates from a single base rate.
Inventory Management

Ability to provide recommendations/decisions on yielding availability/ Rate is only part of revenue management, availability controls (minimum length of stay, open or close, overbooking) have just as great an impact.
Inventory grid

Stay on top of your distribution and keep track of everything from one connected place.

Room Type Mapping

Channel Self-Mapping

Map new rate plans to direct and third-party channels with no effort

Automation & Syncing

Bulk Updates & Multiple Restrictions

Saves time by updating multiple room types and room rates in a select date range. Save hours of manual work every week with intelligent design for updates and restrictions.
2-way real time integrations

Keep your availability, rates, and inventory, an property content up to date and sync bookings and cancellations across individual channels.
PMS connectivity

Your Channel Manager connects directly into your hotel property management system, acting as the real-time connection of rate and availability data between your PMS and whichever booking websites you sell on. Each new reservation is delivered right into the PMS, without any manual intervention.

Administration & Settings

Multi-lingual
Centralized user & role management
Multi-Currency Support

The ability to manage more than one loyalty point/mile currency - this is not a fundamental requirement of a loyalty program but many programs are now allowing customers to choose which loyalty currency they want to earn.
Inventory grid

Stay on top of your distribution and keep track of everything from one connected place.
Integrated Payment Processing

Enjoy peace of mind thanks to automated, secure and seamless payments.

Analytics & Reporting

Analytics dashboard
Booking Performance and Pace Reporting

Grow faster by knowing your top performing channels and what’s working best for you.

Other

Unlimited Channels (no additional cost)

What Customers Are Saying

Most Recent Review

A Seamless and Intuitive Website Design Experience

Boss from Sungai Pelek (Malaysia)

Fat Media doesn’t have any clients that have vouched for the product

Problem solvers

Recepion from Benalmadena (Spain)

Most Positive Review

The Best Partner

Director of Sales and Marketing from

user-friendly experience

Reception

Most Critical

A partner as a friend

OWNER from

Excellent channel manager

Sales Manager from Kangaroo Point (Australia)

References

Bernd Mauritz
Revenue Systems & Project Manager GCH Hotel Group

Max Herbst
Head of Revenue Management DORMERO Hotel Berlin Ku'damm

José Morilla
Commercial Director Hoteles Casas y Palacios de España