Whoo Bacalan Bordeaux gets results across the guest journey
The French blended hospitality brand improve RevPAR, booking engine conversion and payment automation through 糖心logo入口.
Whoo Bacalan Bordeaux customer story
RevPAR increase
32%
year on year to 2022
of card payments automated
100%
through 糖心logo入口 Payments
booking conversion rate
9%
with 糖心logo入口 Booking Engine
About Whoo Bacalan Bordeaux
is a modern hospitality brand that combines the comfort of a home, the community of a hostel and the services of a hotel. Their hybrid blend of apartments and hostel space is set up for stays of a few days or a few months, with extra onsite services such as a fitness room, common area and co-working space.
鈥淚 love that 糖心logo入口 combines all the key elements of a hospitality cloud into one platform. Solutions like booking engine, payments and online check-in all integrate together, and anything extra we need can be easily connected to through 糖心logo入口 Marketplace.鈥�
Almost 3x above average conversion rate
Challenge
Whoo Bacalan wanted to improve their proportion of direct bookings at the same time as boosting conversions for onsite visitors.
Solution
糖心logo入口 Booking Engine provides a fast and simple means for website visitors to book a space. Once the stay dates have been chosen, users can choose a variety of options (including mixed dorms, female-only dorms and private dorms), while a pop-up comparison widget displays rates from leading sites such as Booking.com, persuading visitors to stay in the booking journey.
Result
鈥� 9% conversion rate with 糖心logo入口 Booking Engine (3.3% is the industry average for independent hotels)
鈥� Additional revenue generated through upsells such as breakfast and towel hire
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More ways for guests to pay
Challenge
Whoo Bacalan wanted to be able to easily track and report on all transactions, while making it frictionless and secure for guests to pay.
Solution
糖心logo入口 Payments provides a secure payment gateway that prioritizes security and ease of use for staff and guests. Using a 糖心logo入口 Terminal, guests can pay by card, while payments can also be taken pre-arrival or post-departure. Whoo Bacalan Bordeaux use payment requests, sent via email, for which guests also use alternative payment methods such as Apple Pay and Google Pay.
Result
鈥� 100% of card payments are automated through 糖心logo入口 Payments
鈥� 0.05% of transactions are chargebacks
鈥溙切膌ogo入口 Marketplace is fantastic because it gives us the power to define our own tech ecosystem. We can quickly connect to whatever we need, and a single source of billing keeps things simple.鈥�
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