MeetingPackage vs. Hotelogix vs. Explara: Which is a Better Fit?

MeetingPackage (Venue & Sales Management)

Sales CRM

Mobile Sales CRM
Workflow Automations
Pipeline CRM
BEO Management
Lead Scoring
Contact Management

RPF Management

Workflow Automations

F&B Planning

File & Document Management
BEO Management

Contracts & E-Signatures

Workflow Automations
Payments & Invoicing
File & Document Management
E-Signatures
Contract Management

Reporting & Analytics

Chain Dashboard
Data Migration Services
Pace, Sales Activity, and GRC Reporting
Lead Scoring

Hotelogix Channel Manager (formerly axisrooms)

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.

Explara

Sales CRM

Mobile Sales CRM
Workflow Automations
Pipeline CRM
BEO Management
Lead Scoring
Contact Management

RPF Management

Workflow Automations

F&B Planning

File & Document Management
BEO Management

Contracts & E-Signatures

Workflow Automations
Payments & Invoicing
File & Document Management
E-Signatures
Contract Management

Reporting & Analytics

Chain Dashboard
Data Migration Services
Pace, Sales Activity, and GRC Reporting
Lead Scoring

What Customers Are Saying

Most Recent Review

Meeting Packages has been a great partner on many levels. Understanding our business needs and meeting our uniqueness.

Sr. Director of Sales Effectiveness

Convenient

Sales

Explara doesn’t have any clients that have vouched for the product

Most Positive Review

Easy to use, looks good, easy for clients

Director of Sales

Excellent connectivity, customer support and ease of use

CEO from Kochi (India)

Most Critical

The Advanced online meeting booking engine (meeting package) is conspaistently one of the best, and best event maker .

E Commerce Manager from

Best Channel Manager

General Manager

References

Christian Bossard
General Manager SILO soulfood hostel meetings