"PELICAN ™" (US Patent Pending), a web-based e-distribution & reservation system which provides the hotel industry with more effective ways to distribute room rates and inventories (allotments) to travel agents, corporate clients and Internet users worldwide. Pelican is designed to manage the growing number of reservations that are not made through a GDS. Pelican System gives a hotel 100% rate control, with real-time information updates and instant confirmation.

This innovative Internet-based system was developed in response to the worldwide interest from hoteliers for a means to maintain full control of room rates and room inventory.

The Pelican System addresses several common problems faced by hotels wanting to increase occupancy rates and yield:

• Distributing "last minute" rates to travel agents, corporate clients and Internet users – To maximize yield and reduce the possibility of unsold room-nights, hotels must adjust room rates on a weekly or even a daily basis to conform to seasonal demand and prevailing markets. However, many hotels have difficulty distributing new rates to large numbers of travel agents, corporate clients, or Internet users. The Pelican system can distribute announcements and other information instantly to agents and clients throughout the world.
• Losing control over room rates and room allotment – Agreements with travel agencies and/or corporate clients often involve written contracts valid for six to twelve months. The hotel is obliged to honor the lower contracted rates even during periods of high market demand. Since these contracts also allot a certain number of rooms to the client, the hotel effective loses control over the disposition of these rooms during the contract period. With Pelican, hotels need not enter into long-term contracts to ensure room-night sales throughout the year.
• Distributing room allotments – Manually issuing room allotments to individual travel agents and corporate clients is costly, time-consuming, and subject to error. The Pelican System solves this problem by automating the allotment process. The hotel can determine room allotments for a specific group or type of client, which can then be shared by hundreds or even thousands of agents and corporate clients worldwide, optimizing room allocations and providing equal opportunities to all clients.
• Distribution costs – Pelican System's Internet-based technology allows a hotel to make considerable savings in distribution expenses. Room rates and allotments can be distributed globally at minimal cost.

About Pelican System
Pelican is an Internet-based reservation system designed to manage all types of bookings, whether made directly by guests or through travel agents and corporate clients.

For Internet users (direct guests) Pelican will provide instant confirmation of reservations made through a hotel website, and will notify the hotel's Reservation Department though automatically generated e-mail messages.

For travel agents and corporate clients Pelican offers a feature called "Online Contracting," which eliminates the need for paper-based, fixed-term contracts, allowing the hotel to set and adjust rates and allotments instantly according to seasonal period, special events, or unexpected demand.

Pelican System provides a secure link to agents and clients, allowing hotels to distribute confidential trade rates to pre-authorized recipients, and to share allotments among many agents and clients on a "first-come-first-served" basis. Each agent or client accesses the system directly from the hotel's own website with a unique login/password combination, allowing the hotel to assign each user to a specific group, and to determine the information and privileges each group will receive.

With Pelican System, the hotel has complete control at all times, and can easily monitor activity through instantly generated summaries and full reports.

For more detail about how Pelican System can assist your hotel please visit www.pelicansystem.com