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29/08/2006
GoQuo Powers (devoutly and proudly)
Gayfriendlyrooms.com
After intensive and
delicate discussions which spanned six months, GoQuo has
outdone the competition by clinching the contract of
Gayfriendlyrooms.com to power its new site.
Due to the nature
of Gayfriendlyrooms.com’s business objective, searching for the
right company was a paramount concern for its Managing Partner,
David Salvidge. David recalls: “As a company that began with
a vision to provide gay friendly hotels directly to the public,
it soon became apparent that there was no method of selecting
these enlightened hotels from the hotel booking engines that
were being marketed by most technology companies. In our search
for a company to provide the flexibility to choose which hotels
we deal with, we have unfortunately dealt with the bad, the mad
and the sad. We have had various options suggested to us over
the years, but none have had the complete understanding of what
we were trying to do, or the vision to see the potential of this
niche market. Many of the companies that we have approached were
only interested in selling their product as it stood, and it was
up to us to amend our operation to suit them. Several companies
promised to design a booking engine that we could select our
hotels from, and then never delivered, which we found very
dispiriting.”
The moment of
truth - that a technology company understood what
Gayfriendlyrooms.com wanted, and had the technological backing
to prove its claim – came during an encounter with GoQuo in the
Travel Technology Show 2006 held at Kensington Olympia.
Surprised and impressed with the way GoQuo’s Development Manager
Dasun Weerasinghe understood Gayfriendlyrooms.com’s business and
objective, David realised that he has found one of the very few
companies which could push his current business onto the next
level. Furthermore, David was impressed with the professionalism
that GoQuo showed in handling the sensitivities connected to a
business which is geared towards the gay, lesbian, bisexual and
transgendered (glbt) market. David reflects: “In our quest,
we have encountered companies who were very brusque and
insistent that they wanted nothing to do with our company, or
indeed, our target market. Fortunately, this was not the case
with the people behind GoQuo. And before long, we decided to go
with GoQuo as our technology provider.”
Signing with
GoQuo is the fulfilment of a quest for Gayfriendlyrooms.com; as
David adds: “Although the search has taken several years, we
believe that we have found our ‘Holy Grail’. We can now move
forward into the future with assurance knowing that we are
supported by a company such as GoQuo. All this is down to the
vision, professionalism and belief in our ideas provided by the
whole GoQuo team. And to this, we proclaim:
Eureka!”
About GoQuo:
At the forefront of travel technology, GoQuo is one of
the most dynamic and established software solution
providers in the UK. Headquartered in London, GoQuo
products are used by UK, US and Australian clients in
having a more dynamic presence on the online market
place, assisting companies in their market expansion and
optimising their efficiency through robust and
cost-effective technology solutions. For more info
please visit
www.goquo.com.
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