Spazious Now Available on Oracle Cloud Marketplace

Posted on June 29, 2023June 29, 2023 by Julio Montes

Spazious Now Available on Oracle Cloud Marketplace

Spazious offers a 360-degree solution to maximize the profitability of the meetings and events business. Integrated with Opera Cloud, sales teams can see the availability of rates and services in real-time.

Spazious, a leading provider of technology to manage and optimize the MICE segment and a member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), today announced its technological solution is available on Oracle Cloud Marketplace and can be integrated with OPERA Cloud via Oracle Hospitality Integration Platform. Oracle Cloud Marketplace is a centralized repository of enterprise applications offered by Oracle and Oracle partners.

The all-in-one SaaS for M&E, Spazious, enables high-level business benefits. It includes three platforms in a single space. An Instant Booking Engine for Meetings & Events, which enables instant lead capture and automates repetitive RFPS response tasks. The iSEM® (Immersive Sales & Events Management) software, from which sales teams can manage opportunities and track the closing of group business. And the 2D and 3D diagramming platforms to configure and customize events in an immersive way.

With the integration between Spazious and Oracle’s OPERA Cloud, hotels can view the availability of their services, spaces, and prices in real-time. The union between Opera and Spazious allows for digitizing, automating, and empowering the MICE business.

This integration is made possible by Oracle Hospitality Integration Platform (OHIP), which enables connecting hospitality applications with OPERA Cloud to accelerate the development of more innovative products and facilitate collaboration. This also results in more accelerated product development.

Oracle Cloud Marketplace is a one-stop shop for Oracle customers seeking trusted business applications offering unique business solutions, including ones that extend Oracle Cloud Applications. Oracle Cloud is an enterprise cloud that delivers massive, non-variable performance and next generation security across a comprehensive portfolio of services including SaaS, application development, application hosting, and business analytics. Customers get access to leading compute, storage, data management, security, integration, HPC, artificial intelligence (AI), and Blockchain services to augment and modernize their critical workloads. Oracle Cloud runs Oracle Autonomous Database, the industry’s first and only self-driving database.

“I am thrilled to announce our partnership and availability on the Oracle Cloud Marketplace. This collaboration marks a significant milestone in our commitment to addressing the evolving needs of hotels worldwide. By integrating our advanced solutions into the Oracle Cloud Marketplace, we empower businesses with unparalleled control, optimization, and automation of their group business processes. Together, we are revolutionizing how companies manage their operations, enabling them to unlock new levels of efficiency, productivity, and success.” Said Antonio Batanero, CEO at Spazious.

“Spazious’ participation in Oracle Cloud Marketplace further extends our commitment to the Oracle community and enables customers to easily reap the benefits of easily reap product’s benefits. We look forward to leveraging the power of the Oracle Cloud to help us achieve our business goals.”

About Spazious

Spazious is a technology company aiming to digitize and optimize the meetings and events business. It offers a 360º solution that automates and boosts group sales thanks to its iSEM®, immersive sales, distribution, and revenue management software; its meetings and events booking engine for direct web sales; and the 2D and 3D diagramming platform, which allows any future set-up to and configuration in an immersive and interactive environment.

About Oracle PartnerNetwork

Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) is Oracle’s partner program designed to enable partners to accelerate the transition to cloud and drive superior customer business outcomes. The OPN program allows partners to engage with Oracle through track(s) aligned to how they go to market: Cloud Build for partners that provide products or services built on or integrated with Oracle Cloud; Cloud Sell for partners that resell Oracle Cloud technology; Cloud Service for partners that implement, deploy and manage Oracle Cloud Services; and License & Hardware for partners that build, service or sell Oracle software licenses or hardware products. Customers can expedite their business objectives with OPN partners who have achieved Expertise in a product family or cloud service. To learn more visit: http://www.oracle.com/partnernetwork

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Future-proof your Hotel Sales Strategy: main insights from the Webinar

Posted on June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 by Loreto Pérez Cuchet

Future-proof your Hotel Sales Strategy: main insights from the Webinar

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Three expert companies in the sector come together to discuss trends, experiences and technologies applied to increase sales in the MICE segment. This is how “Future-proof your Hotel Sales Strategy” started. A Webinar organized by Lure Agency, Event Temple and Spazious that was recently broadcast live.

In this post, you will find the main insights featured that were discussed.

Navigating changes in 2023: what we are seeing in the sector

The current state of the industry includes:

Increasing adoption of automation.
A shift to remote/hybrid work.
The changing of customer preferences.
The need for seamless event planning.
Growing demand for customized products.

Challenges we are facing and solutions

The challenges identified were:

The need for personalized messaging
Addressing the demands of smaller events and meetings
Potential economic downturns
Differentiating B2C from B2B sales and marketing strategies
Leveraging specialized software for small meeting requests
Highlighting unique value and expertise
Tailoring strategies to different needs
Investing in modern technology

Pro Tips Lure Agency

Lure Agency recommended following the W.I.N.S. strategy. It includes:

Welcoming prospects with an inspiring web experience
Identifying opportunities
Nurturing prospects with educational content
Selling only after building a trusting relationship.

Implementing this strategy consistently leads to a proactive and predictable flow of direct business. In addition, the objective is to achieve scalability, better closing ratios, increased control, and profitability. And at the same time, reduced reliance on RFPs and third-party business.

Pro Tips Event Temple

Event Temple advised evaluating and selecting best-in-class technology options, rather than settling for a single all-in-one solution.

Key considerations for sales teams when assessing the technology stack include:

Ease of use.
Integrability.
Customer support and training.
Essential tools for modern sales teams, such as:
- Online booking for small events
- Self-creation and upsell proposals
- Efficient RFP response solutions
- Integrated marketing
- Sales tools for robust lead management

Pro Tips Spazious

Spazious provided three pro tips:

Maximizing marketing and sales efforts through digital investments and analytics.
Leveraging guest data for personalized marketing and innovative campaigns.
Building and maintaining a positive online reputation by monitoring and leveraging reviews.

By implementing these strategies and leveraging technology, hotels and other event venues can futureproof their sales strategies, adapt to changing customer needs, and stay ahead of the competition in the evolving hospitality industry.

Are you interested in trying Spazious? Ask for a demo, and we’ll take you on tour to show you all the functionalities and results you can achieve using Spazious, the E-vent Company!

Landmar Hotels relies on Spazious to boost its MICE business

Posted on April 14, 2023April 18, 2023 by Loreto Pérez Cuchet

Landmar Hotels relies on Spazious to boost its MICE business

Landmar Hotels joins the Spazious Community! Its hotel offers ample and wonderful spaces and facilities in a unique location in the South of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. Of course, with quality gastronomy and views of the sea.

Their team is committed to strengthening the MICE sales area by working with technology that allows them to: save time, respond instantly to RFPs, coordinate all their departments, and offer a unique booking experience.

In fact, Landmar Hotels will be a pioneer in the Canary Islands in completely digitizing its MICE business area. To do so, they have opted for the automation of contracting processes; and immersive 3D technology that allows customers to customize their space reservations.

The Landmar Hotels challenge

Initially, the hotel has a page on its website to redirect MICE traffic and to obtain requests through a form. With Spazious, Landmar Hotels has a booking engine for MICE clients, agencies, and companies. From here, they can book their events with or without rooms.

This requires the attention of the sales team on an ongoing basis. And at times, it becomes a challenge to respond quickly to event planners and close bookings. As you can imagine, the challenge for the Landmar Hotels team is to improve their KPIS response to MICE customers.

The project with Spazious

The Landmar Hotels MICE team has chosen Spazious to accomplish their goals and boost their MICE business! They start with Spazious complete package:

Booking Engine for Meetings & Events. Landmar clients will not have to wait for a response to their request. It will be instantaneous. With this, the team saves 97% of the average response time.

i-SEM@ Spazious. Landmar’s sales team will have a single solution for managing MICE requests. Both for customers using the booking engine, as well as those who continue to send more traditional requests. The i-SEM® is our Immersive Sales and Events Management Software. With this technology, you can track and control your sales, and extract reports of your commercial performance.

3D Diagramming. Our product is immersive because it allows you to configure the spaces and personalize them for each event. In addition, it is an internal tool that allows you to share information with operational teams. With this feature, Landmar Hotels will ensure that there are no mistakes in the setup of each event and will offer its clients a unique experience. In other words, a WOW effect in their quotation and in the booking process of each event.

In short, Spazious covers the Journey of event management in 360º: RFP request, quotation, and confirmation. It combines several technology platforms in one. And what’s more, it is designed by and for hoteliers!

With Spazious, Landmar Hotels’ MICE sales team will achieve

An instant response time for its M&E clients.
Personalization and set up of spaces
Direct booking of F&B services and extras for the event
WOW effect on the quotation and improved customer experience.
Data. Exhaustive control of web bookings and qualified segmentation
Internal control and coordination of departments in the hotel (rooms, rooms, F&B, others…)

FYCMA includes Spazious 3D Diagramming in 7 of its spaces

Posted on April 4, 2023April 10, 2023 by Loreto Pérez Cuchet

FYCMA includes Spazious 3D Diagramming in 7 of its spaces

FYCMA (Trade Fair and Congress Center of Málaga) is a center for fairs, exhibitions, congresses, conventions, conferences, presentations, and meetings of different types located in the south of Spain. In addition, it closed in 2021 with a total of 150 events celebrated and more than 133,600 attendees in its approximately 60,000m² of surface area.

Its team has a clear focus and commitment to innovation and digitalization. Thanks to these points, they are able to improve the processes of visibility, space booking, sales, and organization of events.

FYCMA’s challenge

FYCMA was facing a challenge: the return to face-to-face attendance events after the pandemic. For them, it was essential to ensure a safe environment and protocol respecting measures, without paralyzing the events business.

It was also important to provide the sales team with digital tools. In this sense, betting on digitization, since the processes of booking spaces had moved almost entirely to the digital environment. Therefore, it was important to “digitize” some parts of the sales process that were done offline, such as visits to the spaces.

The project with Spazious

With the aim of empowering the sales team and streamlining bookings, FYCMA decided to rely on Spazious’ 3D Diagramming Platform.

Initially, 7 FYCMA’s event spaces were designed:

Conference Room – 445m² – up to 400 attendees. Link

Conference Room – 475m² – up to 420 attendees. Link

Conference Room – 100m² – up to 100 attendees. Link

Conference Multipurpose Room – 100m² – up to 100 attendees. Link

The main use of the layout tool is to configure and customize spaces for clients. As it is a digital twin of the different rooms, the diagramming tool perfectly replicates the space and elements in each room (sockets, windows, emergency exits, and others). Thus, thanks to the configurator, the sales team could: organize site inspections, send personalized spaces for events, or close bookings quicker.

From Spazious we also included a social distance functionality, very useful at the time, as it was a particularly important topic for event organizers. Want to know more about out product? Don’t hesitate to contact us from the form below!