Prepare yourself and your properties for a brighter peak season in 2021
We know that travel is likely to gradually recover at varying rates, reflecting how and when governments alter their stay-at-home orders, border controls and social distancing measures as well as resurgences of the virus. With countries at different stages of the pandemic, exactly where and when travel will return is difficult to predict, but we have seen people opting to stay closer to home at first, with local travel initially returning.
While the virus' impact on travel is unprecedented, travel is fundamental to who we are. While it may take some time to return to pre-COVID-19 levels, people will want to experience the world, all of it, perhaps in a more meaningful way than ever before.
That’s why we help you, our Connectivity partners, be prepared for when that moment arrives.
How?
Plan and prioritise. Check out our product roadmap to schedule your development resources.
Grow, onboard or switch new properties. We’re now offering Onboarding Solutions to help you smoothen this process.
Improve your properties’ performance. Use our new Marketing Resources to promote your implemented Booking.com products and features.
Get information and support. Make sure you don’t miss out on our programme benefits and you share your feedback so we can improve.
Plan & prioritize
Check out our 2021 Product Roadmap
We know from your feedback you would love to know ahead of time what products are new, updated or coming soon, to help you plan and schedule your resources ahead of time. Explore our new Onboarding Solutions, and get prepared for the Check-in API and Messaging API - soon available for you.
Find the password to access the document in your Partner Portal announcements
Join our Q2 Connectivity Solutions Deal
Every quarter a new Connectivity Solutions deal will be made available for you to join. We’ve selected a specific set of API products and features for which you can earn additional programme points, on top of the always counting programme metrics for implementing a Connectivity Solution.
Grow, onboard or switch new properties
Introducing Onboarding Solutions
As we know one of your key needs as a Connectivity partner is to create a satisfied customer experience when it comes to onboarding new properties to your platform. We’ve grouped our essential API products and features for you to build this smooth process. Including the all new Contracting API - automating the contracting process for new Booking.com properties.
Join our Q2 Selection & Supply Deal
In Q2 we will focus on helping closed properties become open and bookable again, so they don’t miss out on potential bookings. You can earn up to an additional 25 programme points if you help opening up properties in high demand selected locations.
Improve your properties’ performance
Check out our Marketing Resources
We encourage you to use your own marketing channels and sales teams to advise your properties on your Booking.com Connectivity solutions to help improve your properties’ performance.
Coming up: peak season Property Performance deal in June
Like previous years, we expect certain products to be particularly relevant for properties with a peak season in the northern hemisphere. You can expect a property performance deal at the end of Q2.
Get information and support
Take advantage of our programme benefits
We want to make sure we’re offering you the right tools and support to help you and your properties prepare for peak season. That’s why we’ve added new and relevant benefits for your business in the 2021 partner programme. Including the Provider Innovation Fund, new education trainings and invitation to Click. 2021 (March 16-18).
Take part in our research to share your feedback
In Q2 we will focus on helping closed properties become open and bookable again, so they don’t miss out on potential bookings. You can earn up to an additional 25 programme points if you help opening up properties in high demand selected locations.