ResBook Owners to Invest in its Future
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Ownership of ResBook is now 100% with Tomahawk Directors John Hayson & Gina Paladini. Having been major shareholders for much of the last 15 years, they are now excited to announce their full ownership and commitment to the platform.
Their investment in ResBook signals confidence of its position in the market and lays a foundation for future development. Founding owner Gina Paladini looks back on the origins of the booking system which evolved into ResBook:
“ResBook, originally branded as Availability, has been the culmination of many years of development since our first B&B customer signed up back in 2003. We are proud and very appreciative that we have retained many of the same customers over the past 21 years.”
John Hayson joined forces with Gina in 2008, seeing the obvious potential of the system, which instigated the launch of the ResBook brand to the market. John looks to the future with excitement:
“Now in 2024, we are looking forward to rejuvenating the brand in the marketplace after the effects of the pandemic and it’s exciting that we are in the position to further invest in developing the product in the way it deserves. Much of our focus during the COVID era was on new services, such as Refundable Bookings, to protect our operators’ businesses. Now we can get back to feature development.”
ResBook already provides a strong platform for their clients to manage bookings, day to day operations, and online bookings - both direct and via online travel agents. Future planned enhancements will no doubt bring further benefits to their loyal accommodation providers and provide incentive to attract more.
Our website had seriously passed its use-by date and needed a significant overhaul. We are impressed with the work the team have done rebuilding our website and are incredibly pleased to see our website back, helping our guests do better business with us. They know their stuff!
John Sandford, Pakiri Beach Holiday Park
ResBook provided our business with a wonderful boost, allowing us to combine a new website and booking platform to increase sales. We are confident our guest numbers will now increase with travel agents enjoying using our new platform! The team are so friendly and easy to communicate with, and...
Charlotte & Steve, Greenhill Lodge
We turned to ResBook because the team offered both a well-proven reservation system, and an opportunity to use their skills to develop and implement an initial social media marketing plan for our small luxury lodge. Given we literally started from scratch as a brand new boutique luxury lodge...
Rob & Susie, Ranginui Retreat
The assistance provided to Earthlore Tours and Activities has been immensely valuable, enabling us to not only build an exceptional website, with effective SEO, a built-in booking system, a website CMS which is easy to use and looks professional. They have helped grow our business ten-fold!
Gordon Thompson, Earthlore Tours & Activities
I loved working with the team, their CMS is really easy to use and they are so knowledgeable. I now have two websites developed by them and have enjoyed working with them and getting the most out of my businesses. Thanks team for being so supportive and look forward to working on new ideas...
Belinda Hargreaves, The Backpacker Group
ResBook has been brilliant to deal with. From setting up our booking system and also creating our website, they have made it really easy for me, and I'm not tech savvy at all. Priyanka and Estelle especially have been an amazing help.
Amber Tyrrell, Valley Views Glamping
Admin and back office duties have been made into effortless tasks thanks to ResBook...it is easy to work with, fully functional for all parties, and most of all, fun.
Graeme Male, Marchburn Country Lodge