Internet holiday rental site Holiday Letting Shop chooses Merlin Software as its technology partner

New internet-based holiday rental site, Holiday Letting Shop, chooses Merlin Software as its technology provider to support its rental business including inventory management and online booking and payments.

Published May 14, 2010

Holiday Letting Shop is a new internet-based holiday rental site featuring some of the world’s finest self catering apartment properties and villas.  Set to launch in May 2010, the team works with specialists in all areas of the travel and hospitality sector such as tour operators, resort developers, management companies and owner committees. Inventory is marketed on both a business-customer basis through the Holiday Letting Shop website and, using Merlin’s technology, directly through to other third party inventory distributors.

HLS Director Sharon Jackson explained “We needed software that understood the nature of our business, would work with us as we develop, and support our technological requirements. It made perfect sense to use Merlin. They are leaders in internet based technology solutions and the experienced team understands the needs of the rental side of the holiday business”.

“Merlin will allow HLS to run its entire business from one online application. We can easily integrate Merlin functionality into our website to allow online bookings and payments – exactly what customers expect from a holiday letting service. We can work with resorts with multiple weeks to rent or single owners with just one week they want to rent out”.

From rental sites such as Holiday Letting Shop to fixed week timeshare resorts and from points clubs and fractionals to private residence clubs, Merlin’s software functionality provides a single software solution for today’s resort business. Developed as state-of-the-art Business Application Software, Merlin is web based and served across the internet. Users can access their accounts securely via a web browser from anywhere, at any time without the need of expensive or complicated hardware installations.

“With Merlin we can work with our inventory from wherever we are in the world as long as we have an internet connection. This suits the way that we work” Ms Jackson explained.

Merlin’s interactive functionality allows companies to integrate the software with their current websites for online bookings, rentals and payments. Members can transact in real time with their management company, accessing the same data and with all activities written back directly into Merlin.

Merlin, the leading industry online software provider, delivers software directly to users through the internet using the new technology of Cloud Computing. According to chief software developer Mike Pnematicatos “Merlin is resource light, incredibly intuitive and allows unlimited users and multiple locations to access the software securely in real time from anywhere in the world. It enables resorts and hotels to benefit from time and cost savings - yet still be at the cutting edge of internet technology.”

Developed by Mike Pnematicatos with 25 years’ experience in vacation ownership, Merlin is the complete software solution for resorts. It is web-based, highly interactive and includes property management, sales, marketing and accounting functionality.