{"id":3323,"date":"2022-08-31T13:52:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T03:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kovena.com\/?p=3323"},"modified":"2022-10-11T05:10:41","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T18:10:41","slug":"optimising-booking-flow-pacific-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kovena.com\/es\/blog\/optimising-booking-flow-pacific-islands\/","title":{"rendered":"Optimising the Point of Booking Flow in the Pacific Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3323\" class=\"elementor elementor-3323\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1549885 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1549885\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-df3a55e\" data-id=\"df3a55e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61a988d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"61a988d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.9.0 - 06-12-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>Series:<\/strong> Booking &amp; Pre-stays Micro Report<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d30a1d0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d30a1d0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0e090b9\" data-id=\"0e090b9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7634504 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7634504\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>This article is part of a series dedicated to helping hotels optimise their booking flow and pre-stay process in the Pacific Islands. The insights and data have been derived from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kovena.com\/blog\/pacific-islands-hotel-insights-2022-booking-pre-stay-micro-report\/\">Booking &amp; Pre-stays Micro Report (Pacific Islands)<\/a>, which is a free report for hotels, produced by Kovena.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3a027c elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"b3a027c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.9.0 - 06-12-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-divider{--divider-border-style:none;--divider-border-width:1px;--divider-color:#2c2c2c;--divider-icon-size:20px;--divider-element-spacing:10px;--divider-pattern-height:24px;--divider-pattern-size:20px;--divider-pattern-url:none;--divider-pattern-repeat:repeat-x}.elementor-widget-divider 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elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"40aa8ea\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-344811a\" data-id=\"344811a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a02cd13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a02cd13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The shift towards online payments from all aspects of travel, from flights to luxury hotels, has been a long time coming. Yet, there are still hotels in the Pacific Islands that don\u2019t have online card payment options.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i>Based on the research presented in the Booking &amp; Pre-stays Micro Report (Pacific Islands), more than half (54%) of the properties in the region do not currently take online card payments.\u00a0<\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over a quarter (26%) of hotel bookings come through a hotel\u2019s website, meaning a large portion of guests aren\u2019t receiving the best possible customer experience because they have to create a booking through an OTA.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When enabling online payments for a hotel in the Pacific Islands, the impacts are dramatically positive for both guest and hotelier.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b081cd3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b081cd3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9cdd433\" data-id=\"9cdd433\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8219c79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8219c79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><em>Guests wants to have a streamlined booking experience.<\/em><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">59% of hotels in the Pacific Islands offer payment through bank transfer, cash, or cheque, and a little less than a quarter (24%) only take payment when the guest arrives.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8696dcf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8696dcf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2482ec2\" data-id=\"2482ec2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4e4d82 elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-blockquote--button-view-icon-text elementor-blockquote--button-skin-classic 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Roman,Times,serif;font-weight:900;line-height:1;display:block;height:.6em}.elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation .elementor-blockquote__content{margin-top:15px}.elementor-blockquote--align-left .elementor-blockquote__content{text-align:left}.elementor-blockquote--align-left .elementor-blockquote footer{flex-direction:row}.elementor-blockquote--align-right .elementor-blockquote__content{text-align:right}.elementor-blockquote--align-right .elementor-blockquote footer{flex-direction:row-reverse}.elementor-blockquote--align-center .elementor-blockquote{text-align:center}.elementor-blockquote--align-center .elementor-blockquote__author,.elementor-blockquote--align-center .elementor-blockquote footer{display:block}.elementor-blockquote--align-center .elementor-blockquote__tweet-button{margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto}<\/style>\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t46% of hotels in the Pacific Islands region take payments at the point of booking\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<footer>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">- Booking &amp; Pre-stays Micro Report (Pacific Islands)<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=46%25+of+hotels+in+the+Pacific+Islands+region+take+payments+at+the+point+of+booking+%E2%80%94+-+Booking+&amp;_Pre-stays_Micro_Report_(Pacific_Islands)&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fkovena.com%2Fes%2F%2Fes%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F3323\" class=\"elementor-blockquote__tweet-button\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-blockquote__tweet-label\">Tweet<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/footer>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b331d08 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b331d08\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f2c1bf8\" data-id=\"f2c1bf8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-027b88b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"027b88b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, the manual processing of payments in the region exposes hotels to data breaches, falling foul to the <a href=\"https:\/\/kovena.com\/blog\/pci-compliance-pms\/\">Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS)<\/a>. Hoteliers asking for payment details manually through email or over the phone, like 47% of hotels do in the Pacific Region, is not best practice and should try to be avoided.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having card payment details securely stored helps maximise add-ons for guests. 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