LeisureLink, based just outside of Los Angeles in Pasadena, Calif., provides electronic distribution and online property marketing services to the vacation lodging industry. LeisureLink enables lodging companies to make their vacation lodging, timeshare and condohotel properties widely available through online travel websites and traditional travel agents. LeisureLink delivers broad distribution, property marketing services and pricing assistance to increase rental bookings and maximize property managers’ profitability in all market conditions and seasons.

LeisureLink Services
LeisureLink provides the following services to vacation lodging companies:

Distribution – With a single connection, LeisureLink enables vacation lodging firms to list their properties on thousands of travel websites, including the largest: Expedia, Travelocity, Orbitz, Hotels.com and others. LeisureLink also provides connectivity to the major travel agency reservation systems, which reach the desktops of more than 200,000 travel agents.

Online Property Marketing – To succeed online, it is not enough just to be online. LeisureLink provides dedicated account managers experienced in online travel marketing to help vacation lodging firms take full advantage of the opportunity in online distribution and build their bookings. LeisureLink Property Marketing provides guidance in the following areas:

• Yield Management: ensure your properties are competitively priced based upon local market conditions, but not under-priced.

• Property Merchandising: guidance on property descriptions, photos and other aspects of online presentation.

• Best Practices: direction on best practices to ensure compliance with expectations of online travel buyers and maximize bookings, such as minimum stays, check-in/check-out policies, and other conditions.

DirectConnect – LeisureLink DirectConnect™ facility simplifies inventory management for property managers. LeisureLink Direct Connect is a system-to-system interface that connects the LeisureLink distribution platform directly to the property reservations systems. This enables LeisureLink to access inventory and rate automatically, reducing data entry and overbooking errors and eliminating the need for property managers to manage multiple extranets.

LeisureLink also provides vacation lodging companies with the option to use a simple Web-based tool to manage rates and rooms for all distribution channels.