Time For Plan B...
We're always being asked what are we up to now. Well hopefully we can give you an idea in a couple of paragraphs. Plan B is about all things tourism and we've decided to promote the "brand names" under the umbrella of Plan B.
Hopefully the new website, and the introduction to our key brands below, will give you an understanding of why it might be Time For Plan B!
Get The E-dge Online...
The beginning of the year saw the start of official trading of our separate web development business "The Edge" and since then the merged business has seen a dramatic increase in its client list. The early part of the year saw the launch of new websites for Fairfield House, The MacDonald Bros (from X Factor), VIP Baby Gift and McLaren Travel. The summer has seen a move into Ireland with two sites developed for Choice Hotels Ireland and The Central Hotel in Dublin and as we move closer to the end of the year a number of exciting new web projects are taking shape including a new catalogue website for Neogen - an international plant disease dignostics company. Closer to home The Edge are developing a full retail site for local leisure business LA Bowl and completing a small content management site for the guys behing the international youth football Easter Cup in Ayrshire. The end of the month will also see the launch of the new website for Kilmaurs based Fireplace Factory at the end of August.
Offering full online solutions The Edge can provide off the shelf solutions for small tourism operators or full updateable bespoke solutions for large organisations. The design and development team in the Ayrshire based offices will help ensure that your business does indeed get The Edge.
More about The E-dge
BookAssist
BookAssist continues to astound accommodation providers across Scotland with its ease of management and functionality comparing favourably with any online system. BookAssist Scotland is aimed at putting accommodation providers online through their own websites and as the consumer continues to move towards hotels' own websites for Guaranteed Best Rates it is ever more esssential that accommodation providers are certain of the technology they are utilising.
It's not only larger businesses however that need to be online and our new integrated content management and online reservations product "Open Rooms Scotland" provides the smallest of operators the chance to sell their rooms online.
More about BookAssist Scotland
The Claymore Project
The Claymore Project is our "free to input, free to output" tourism information database aimed at providing information direct from the product producer straight to the website developer or tourism operator. The Claymore Project continues to expand its functions and the number of sites its populating. It now feeds into a whole range of hotel, golf course and visitor attractions websites as well as destinations sites such as Scotlands For Me.
And the great thing is it costs tourism businesses nothing to promote their business through The Claymore Project
Chaine des Rotisseries and Golf Tourism Scotland have both agreed this month to use the database for their members' sites and East of Scotland Golf supported by Angus and Dundee Councils piloted a regional project for The Open Championship where accommodation, golf courses, restaurants and pubs will be able to update their offers and availability right through The Open at Carnoustie in July completely free of charge.
More about The Claymore Project
Scottish Golf Classics
Scotland has seen an unrivalled number of major golf events in 2007 and as we move towards the end of the season we're close to the final Scottish Golf Classics event of the year. It also co-incides with the launch of the new programme for 2008 with new partners Tayleur Mayde Golf in Edinburgh. The Golf Classics have been running since 2000 and have a very loyal international clientele with players from across the UK and Europe returning year on year to play in one of the 72 hole handicap stableford events.
More about The Scottish Golf Classics
So if you think 2007 is time for your Plan B, give us a call on 01292 521404.
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