RezFest
2008 Conference Concludes After
Three
Days with Several Significant Announcements
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Instant
Software�s RezFest 2008 Was One of the Most Informative Events
for
Property Management Companies in the Vacation Rental Industry
and
Had Several Newsworthy Announcements
RezFest
2008 Conference Concludes After Three Days with Several Significant Announcements
Snowmass
Village, CO � September 2008 � RezFest 2008 ended Saturday, September 20th
with hundreds of guests, many of whom commenting that it was the most informative
and educational event in the Vacation Rental industry. This year�s conference
produced several significant announcements, including:
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Instant
Software, Inc.�s (ISI) announcement of Instant Analysis, a new business
intelligent tool that collects and organizes reservations data so users
can access vital stats and make informed business decisions. Because ISI
has the nation�s largest client base and manages the most reservation transactions,
Instant Analysis will become the Vacation Rental industry�s only reliable
source of trend data.
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ISI�s
integrated guest review service is up and running for several clients and
within one day generated over 800 guest reviews on Vacation Rental properties.
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ISI
Clients can now use electronic signature technology directly through ISI
Business Management solutions as a result of two new alliances announced
at the conference. Guests have the ability to sign and return documents
electronically in real-time to reduce the time, hassle, and staff costs
associated with traditional manual signing requirements.
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ISI
Clients can use an outsourced integrated Call Center to which overflow
or after hours calls get re-directed so they never miss a reservation,
and all information flows to and from their ISI Reservations and Business
Management Solutions.
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Leading
Online Channel Partners for Vacation Rentals, web development firms, and
a major Credit Card company presented vacation rental industry trends and
statistics collected through 1000�s of online transactions, such as an
increase in shorter stay requests, growth in the number of last minute
bookings, price sensitivity in the market, the effectiveness of deals and
promotions and best practices for SEO and SEM efforts.
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Dave
Berkus delivered a keynote presentation about the top trends in technology
and how Vacation Rental managers should prepare for the future.
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ISI
announced 100�s of new features and enhancements in its market leading
solutions for the Vacation Rental industry which include V12.NET, PropertyPlus,
Entech, First Resort, and ISILink, and explained how ISILink has evolved
into the only true Global Distribution System (GDS) for the Vacation Rental
industry.
�We�d
like to sincerely thank all of our guests, sponsors, and presenters who
attended this year�s RezFest, one of the most memorable and exciting conferences
we�ve ever had,� says Dave Hopcroft, CEO of Instant
Software, �despite the difficult economy and several hurricanes affecting
markets with high concentrations of Vacation Rental companies, we exceeded
our expectations by having our 2nd most attended event in ISI�s 14 year
history.�
RezFest
is Instant Software�s annual conference regarded as the premier conference
for the Vacation Rental industry. The RezFest Conference is built upon
years of success as the best attended, most informative and friendliest
networking conference. 2008 marks the 4th Annual RezFest and nearly 20
years of User Forums. Instant Software brings together clients of its market
leading solutions, First Resort, Entech, PropertyPlus, V12.NET and ISILINK,
for three days of education, resources and networking covering Industry
Trends, Channel Partners, and Best Practices.
In
addition to industry-level education, RezFest offers a full schedule of
classes, hands-on labs, roundtable discussions and presentation panels
on each of the Instant Software products. Attendance is exclusively available
for Instant Software clients and partners. Many of the presentations and
announcements from RezFest 2008 will be posted on Instant Software�s website
at www.InstantSoftware.com.
If you would like to learn more about the conference and how you can attend
next year, please contact Instant Software directly at 866 PHONE ISI (866-746-6347).
About
Instant Software
Instant
Software Inc. (ISI), is the nation�s leading provider of vacation rental
management software, real-time online reservation and distribution systems
and related services. The Instant Software product portfolio includes First
Resort�, PropertyPlus�, Entech�, V12.NET� and
ISILink�. ISI has installed software at more than 2,200 property
management companies and vacation rental resorts throughout North and Central
America and the Caribbean. The company, which was the first in the vacation
rental industry to bring real-time online booking, serves more than 250,000
vacation rentals and provides more software solutions for more companies
than any other in the USA.
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For
more information, please contact:
Scott
Gerber
Vice
President of Marketing
Instant
Software, Inc.
866-746-6347
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