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Most hoteliers and restaurateurs don’t realize it, but they’re missing out on a lot by not offering gift cards to their guests. The gift card industry has hit its peak this 2013, making it easily one of the most sought after gifts for all occasions.
Launching your own gift card program can sound daunting, but you don’t have to do it yourself. Just recently, One Tree software, which provides gift card solutions to businesses, has launched its gift card software specifically for hospitality businesses.
What One Tree offers is an online gift card package that can easily be downloaded and installed into the hotel’s or restaurant’s website. Once installed, the app can be fully customized—from the pricing and the terms and conditions to how the gift card will look on the hotel or restaurant website.
With the gift card software, you can sell gift cards directly from your website, the front desk or phone. It is also a fully automated system, so you can track the sales, gift data, and customer responses directly from the software.
The cost of the software is fairly low—a fixed monthly fee of £50. This isn’t a bad price to pay for a fully integrated custom software that offers a service as complex as gift card solutions.
With the One Tree software, you can sell online gift cards for hotel accommodations, or meals in the hotel restaurant. Restaurants, on the other hand, can customize gift cards for special menus, wine, or for corresponding cash amounts. You can also use the gift cards to pre-sell and promote special family or visitor packages.
The software has a built-in management portal, where you can create gift cards, market it to your guests, manage the finances, or redeem voucher codes.
If you’ve always planned on selling gift cards but don’t quite know how to do it, perhaps this is the final push that you need.
