Wednesday, October 1, 2008 – Belize-based Orchid Travel Network is now providing technology solutions to the tourism industry in the Caribbean. Orchid Travel Network Ltd., established in Belize in 2003, is a leader in travel marketing products that provides distribution and technology solutions for the travel industry.

The core of Orchid Travel Network’s service offering is the Orchid Online Reservations System (ORS), which is a powerful inventory management system and an advanced booking engine that provides a complete solution for large and small hotels. The ORS web-based software is built to international industry standards, with convenient tools and features that help hotels manage their reservations. The secure system is fully customizable, and handles individual or group bookings, nightly rates or packages, has up-sell capabilities as well as travel agent tools, and generates reports and analytics. Hotels have the option to decide how they want to use the system. Some properties choose to use Orchid ORS simply to manage their online sales, while others consider it to be a comprehensive property management system.

Orchid Travel Network, which now has over 150 hotel clients, offers a complete and affordable solution for many properties. Orchid ORS users do not pay a commission for reservations generated by their own websites. Instead, there is a flat monthly fee of US$49.99, so hotels never have to give up a percentage of their revenue for reservations generated by their own marketing efforts.

Since the start of our operation in 2003, the system has successfully handled over 50,000 reservations. A recent initiative has attracted about 80 Jamaica hotels, and Orchid expects that number to grow significantly in the coming months. Orchid Travel Network and its affiliate companies continue to attract more local and international clients, with particular interest from hotels and tourist associations in the Caribbean.

For more information on Orchid Travel Network, visit www.orchidres.com.

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