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   <title>Hotels and YouTube - The Perfect Match</title>
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   <description>As the Internet continues to evolve and grow, YouTube stands tall   as one of the most popular Web 2.0 communities.   Millions of videos are hosted   and viewed literally billions of times.</description>
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   <title>Top 10 Travel Technology Trends for 2009</title>
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   <description>With 2009 in full swing, PhoCusWright takes a fresh look at the technologies and innovations that have the   potential to drive change in the travel, tourism and hospitality in its annual publication.</description>
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   <title>The New Hotel Sales and Revenue Management Metrics</title>
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   <description>It has never been more urgent or more imperative that the effectiveness of hotel sales and revenue management   activity has objective metrics for effectiveness - not only on the part of management but especially on the part of hotel sales   and revenue managers.</description>
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   <title>Hotel Reservations Sales Training Tips - Circa 2009</title>
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   <description>For veteran hoteliers who are experiencing our industry\&apos;s fourth economic down-turn in the last twenty years,   it is interesting to see how consumers are reacting to the latest media-driven \&apos;fire sale\&apos; stories that \&apos;hotel   discounts are there for the asking.\&apos;</description>
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   <title>Mastering Internet Marketing: Results of the 3rd Benchmark Survey on Hotel Internet Marketing</title>
   <link> http://www.welcometorsi.com/news/Mastering-Internet-Marketing-Results-of-the-3rd-Benchmark-Survey-on-Hotel-Internet-Marketing.php</link>
   <description>In the tough year that 2009 is turning out to be for hoteliers, it is crucial to know where every marketing dollar is being spent. When reevaluating marketing plans...</description>
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   <title>Train Your Voice Reservations Agents To Handle Today\&apos;s Value-Driven Deal-Seekers</title> 
   <link>http://www.welcometorsi.com/news/Train-Your-Voice-Reservations-Agents-To-Handle-Today-s-Value-Driven-Deal-Seekers.php</link>
   <description>How interesting it has been as an industry veteran to see the Internet website emerge as a major distribution channel over the last decade...</description>
   <author>RoomKey PMS - info@welcometorsi.com</author>
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   <title>Smart Revenue Management Techniques</title>
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   <description>With all the key industry indices down, 2009 is turning into one big challenge. So where\&apos;s the good news?</description>
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   <title>Good News Formula For RevPar in 2009 </title>
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   <description>With all the bad economic news in the media lately, and with most industry experts expecting RevPar to drop by as much as 5%-10% here in 2009, there are few if any hotels that are projecting a good financial performance this year.</description>
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   <title>2009 The Game Changer for Innovation in Hotel Sales Processes</title>
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   <description>2009 is going to be a game changer! The end of 2008 has lead to period of transformation in many areas of business - the government rescue of legacy industries that will be transformed by the aid they seek, consumer behavior transforming from conspicuous consumption to value experiences and business processes that can no longer succeed on the assumptions of the last 5 years.</description>
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   <title>Hotelier 2009 Top Ten Internet Marketing Resolutions</title>
   <link>http://www.welcometorsi.com/news/Hoteliers-2009-Top-Ten-Internet-Marketing-Resolutions.php</link>
   <description>Here at HeBS we firmly believe that a comprehensive, ROI-centric Internet marketing strategy is the     hotelier\&apos;s perfect \&apos;survival tool\&apos; in the current economic environment...</description>
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   <title>The value of hotel loyalty programs in a recession</title>
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   <description>Although it took a serious recession and the near-collapse of the world economy, hotel companies are making their loyalty programs more attractive...</description>
   <author>RoomKey PMS - info@welcometorsi.com</author>
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   <title>PR: A Wise Investment When Marketing Dollars Are Scarce</title>
   <link>http://www.welcometorsi.com/news/PR-A-Wise-Investment-When-Marketing-Dollars-Are-Scarce.php</link>
   <description>When budgets shrink with the retrenching of the economy, what tool in the marketing mix is the most cost effective?...</description>
   <author>RoomKey PMS - info@welcometorsi.com</author>
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   <title>Alluring Descriptions Are Key To Converting Reservations</title>
   <link>http://www.welcometorsi.com/news/Key-To-Converting-Reservations.php</link>
   <description>Despite the advances in training methodology that have been made in recent years, it still amazes me how many hotels still end up with a highly transactional reservations sales process...</description>
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   <title>Alluring Descriptions Are Key To Converting Reservations</title>
   <link>http://www.welcometorsi.com/news/Selling-Into-Bad-Economy.php</link>
   <description>Tough times require creative solutions not just business as usual! Not only are hotels being buffeted by the economy but also by the new competitive hotels have come online and/or are coming online in the near future...</description>
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   <title>Business Goes On - Hotel Sales Tips for an Uncertain Market</title>
   <link>http://www.welcometorsi.com/news/Hotel-Sales-Tips.php</link>
   <description>In a tough market, every room night counts. While this downturn may seem more painful than in the past, business goes on and you need to be out there...</description>
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   <title>Lodging Interactive Offers Thoughts for Hotel Marketing in 2009</title>
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   <description>We can all agree that 2009 will be a challenge for the hospitality industry in most markets. How many articles have we seen about marketing in a down economy that just fan the flames of concern?...</description>
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   <title>PhoCusWright Debunks Six Online Travel Myths</title>
   <link>http://www.welcometorsi.com/news/Six-Online-Travel-Myths.php</link>
   <description>Myth #1: The number of online travel buyers in the U.S. is declining. In fact, that number is on the rise, as documented in the recently published...</description>
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   <title>Bringing Out The Best In Others Brings Out The Best In Ourselves</title>
   <link>http://www.welcometorsi.com/news/Bringing-Out-The-Best.php</link>
   <description>A key principle for finding personal fulfillment in our journey to hospitality service excellence is realizing that when we bring out the best in others...</description>
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   <title>How Does Revenue Management Work In Small and Independent Hotel Chains?</title>
   <link>http://www.welcometorsi.com/news/Hotel-Revenue-Management.php</link>
   <description>For small and independent hotel chains, a lack of resources and less money for high-end technology mean big systems and brought-in expertise just don't exist...</description>
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   <title>Should Marketers Pay for Travelers' Gas?</title>
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   <description>A June 2008 Prospectiv survey revealed that online travelers could be enticed to spend more on travel if offered promotions, such as rebates on gas expenses...</description>
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   <title>Where Have All the Online Travelers Gone?</title>
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   <description>The number of travelers booking online is down. What's up? This year US travel sales booked online will reach $105 billion, up 12% from 2007....</description>
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   <title>Best Practices on Monitoring Hotel Review Sites</title>
   <link>http://www.welcometorsi.com/news/Monitoring-Hotel-Review-Sites.php</link>
   <description>Hoteliers often ask HeBS how they can monitor the Internet chatter surrounding their hotels and whether or not they should pay for services that offer this type of monitoring...</description>
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   <title>Best Practices on Monitoring Hotel Review Sites</title>
   <link>http://www.welcometorsi.com/news/Profit-Optimization.php</link>
   <description>Regardless of whether RevPAR and bottom-line profits are trending upwards or downwards in your hotel's market, there's no better time than the precious present to make profit optimization everyone's job...</description>
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   <title>Inside the Tangled Web of Online Travel</title>
   <link>http://www.welcometorsi.com/news/Tangled-Web-Online-Travel.php</link>
   <description>Travel bookings are no longer the whole story as advertising and referral-based business models gain ground...</description>
   <author>RoomKey PMS - info@welcometorsi.com</author>
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   <title>Hoteliers' Online Action Plan in Slowing Economy</title>
   <link>http://www.welcometorsi.com/news/Hoteliers-Online-Action-Plan.php</link>
   <description>In today's economy, one has to be careful about how to spend their money wisely, and this is especially true in the hotel industry...</description>
   <author>RoomKey PMS - info@welcometorsi.com</author>
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   <title>Is Your Hotel Ready for the Downturn?</title>
   <link>http://www.welcometorsi.com/news/Ready-for-the-Downturn.php</link>
   <description>Key markets, world wide have experience unprecedented occupancies, average rates, and RevPAR for over a decade...</description>
   <author>RoomKey PMS - info@welcometorsi.com</author>
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   <title>The Science of Hotel Sales - The Benchmarking Imperative for Success in a Difficult Economy</title>
   <link>http://www.welcometorsi.com/news/Science-Hotel-Sales.php</link>
   <description>This topic may not rate high on the 'sexiness' meter in a period where hotels are frantically seeking new strategies to generate demand but managers and owners will love it as it gives them information they need to evaluate sales strategies...</description>
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   <title>New Phocuswright Study Reveals Late Adopters Propel Online Travel</title>
   <link>http://www.welcometorsi.com/news/Adopters-Propel-Online-Travel.php</link>
   <description>The U.S. online travel market continued its growth in 2007, and saw an upswing in the online traveler population...</description>
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   <title>Driving REVPAR in the Current Economy: The Shift from Managing Demand to Generating Demand</title>
   <link>http://www.welcometorsi.com/news/Managing-Demand-Generating-Demand.php</link>
   <description>In the past eighteen months, demand has remained relatively flat while rate has increased by between 7% in 2007 and almost 9% in 2006...</description>
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   <title>Disconnect - Aligning the Revenue Management and Sales Strategies</title>
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   <description>It became apparent at a recent Revenue Management conference that not only is there a "disconnect" between the sales department and revenue management but at times...</description>
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   <title>Business Travelers Changing Behaviors in Current Economy</title>
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   <description>CHICAGO, June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- With a lagging economy causing many travelers to change their ways, more than two-thirds (68%) of those surveyed this month by Orbitz...</description>
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   <title>Getting Back to the Basics: The Hoteliers Internet Marketing Action Plan for a Difficult Economy</title>
   <link>http://www.welcometorsi.com/news/Hoteliers-Internet-Marketing-Action-Plan.php</link>
   <description>The current economic environment is forcing hoteliers to rethink their marketing strategies...</description>
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   <title>Are You Dynamic Yet?</title>
   <link>http://www.welcometorsi.com/news/Are-You-Dynamic-Yet.php</link>
   <description>Online agencies are using dynamic packaging to increased customer loyalty &amp; profit, if hoteliers sit back they will be squeezed out of the packaging market...</description>
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   <title>Deloitte Survey Finds Business Travelers Go Green On The Road</title>
   <link>http://www.welcometorsi.com/Articles/Travelers-Go-Green.php</link>
   <description>U.S. business travelers are increasingly making daily choices to reduce their environmental impact, and they have specific expectations about the green practices hotels should be adopting today...</description>
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   <title>Mobile Travel: The Time is Now</title>
   <link>http://www.welcometorsi.com/Articles/Mobile-Travel.php</link>
   <description>Industry pundits have been touting the future promise of mobile travel for years. In 2008, that future will become a reality...</description>
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   <title>All Marketers Are Liars : Web 2.0 Strategies For Hotel Sales And Marketing</title>
   <link>http://www.welcometorsi.com/Articles/Strategies-Hotel-Sales-Marketing.php</link>
   <description>Seth Godin gets your attention in the first part of the title of his 2005 book, 'All Marketers are Liars - The Power of Telling Authentic Stories in a Low Trust World'...</description>
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   <title>Some Say Travel Agents are Dinosaurs, Destined for Extinction</title>
   <link>http://www.welcometorsi.com/Articles/Travel-Agents.php</link>
   <description>The last 12 or so years have not been kind to travel agents. The meteoric rise of online travel coupled with a debilitating erosion of supplier commissions had all the ingredients...</description>
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   <title>Training to Keep Your Hotel Sales Effort Strong</title>
   <link>http://www.welcometorsi.com/Articles/Hotel-Sales-Effort.php</link>
   <description>As a sales manager, you may sometimes second-guess yourself about how you communicated with a prospective client and what you could have done differently to clinch the sale...</description>
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   <title>David Suzuki Foundation Becomes a Recipient of the RoomKey Environment Fund</title>
   <link>http://www.welcometorsi.com/press-release/RoomKey-Environment-Fund.php</link>
   <description>NORTH VANCOUVER, BC – March 27, 2008 -- RSI International Systems Inc. (“RSI”) (TSX Venture Exchange: RSY), today announced that the David Suzuki Foundation has agreed to become a primary beneficiary of donations raised by the RoomKey PMS Environment Fund, assisting RSI in distributing fund proceeds across various qualified environmental programs...</description>
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   <title>Interview - Milestone President Talks to Matt Cutts from Google Regarding Best Practices for Promoting Hotels Online</title>
   <link>http://www.welcometorsi.com/Articles/Promoting-Hotels-Online.php</link>
   <description>Last week, I had the pleasure of interviewing the head of Google’s Web Spam team, Matt Cutts. He is very well respected in the SEO community for communicating and enforcing Google Webmaster Guidelines...</description>
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   <title>Top 10 Things You Can do to Market Your Hotel in Today's Economy</title>
   <link>http://www.welcometorsi.com/Articles/Top-10-Hotel-Marketing-Tips.php</link>
   <description>Given the challenges in today’s economy, internet marketing has become a critical method for driving online reservations for hotels...</description>
   <author>RoomKey PMS - info@welcometorsi.com</author>
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   <title>The Contingency Hotel Sales and Marketing Plan - Hope for the Best, Plan for the Worst </title>
   <link>http://www.welcometorsi.com/Articles/Hotel-Sales-Marketing-Plan.php</link>
   <description>In this economic climate, there are hotels that will continue to generate revenue and those that will generate excuses...</description>
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   <title>Mastering Internet Marketing in 2008</title>
   <link>http://www.welcometorsi.com/Articles/Mastering-Internet-Marketing.php</link>
   <description>In the increasingly dynamic online travel industry, hoteliers are challenged with keeping up with changes while also keeping an eye on the fundamentals...</description>
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   <title>RSI's Welcome Mat</title>
   <link>http://www.welcometorsi.com/press-release/RSI-Welcome-Mat.php</link>
   <description>If you're still feeling peeved about the lack of Family Day in the B.C. statutory holiday schedule last month, here's some good news...</description>
   <author>RoomKey PMS - info@welcometorsi.com</author>
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   <title>PhoCusWright Releases Annual Trends List</title>
   <link>http://www.welcometorsi.com/Articles/Annual-Trends-List.php</link>
   <description>In 2007, Long Tail economics brought a plethora of niche strategies to what has truly become a global travel industry...</description>
   <author>RoomKey PMS - info@welcometorsi.com</author>
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   <title>Marketing Independent Hotels and Incorporating Standard Operating Procedures</title>
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   <description>Today’s independent hotels, both full- and limited- service, find themselves working much harder to compete with the newer, branded properties that benefit from sales and marketing opportunities offered by their franchises...</description>
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   <title>Right Sized Staffs Ensure Success</title>
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   <description>Recently after completing an afternoon keynote address at a remote mountain ski/golf resort, I decided to drive straight back to the nearby city and airport I’d flown into earlier in the week...</description>
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   <title>New Study Finds GDS Hotel Promotions Have a Growing Influence on Bookings</title>
   <link>http://www.welcometorsi.com/press-release/GDS-Hotel-Promotions.php</link>
   <description>TravelCLICK, Inc. the leading provider of emarketing solutions for the hotel industry, today released results from a survey that demonstrates travel agents continue to increase their reliance on Global Distribution Systems (GDS) promotions for hotel bookings...</description>
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   <title>RSI Enters Into The Japanese Market</title>
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   <description>(North Vancouver, BC) – January 30, 2008. 12:00pm PST – RSI International Systems Inc. (“RSI”) (TSX Venture Exchange: RSY), today announced that RoomKey™, RSI’s web based hotel property management software solution...</description>
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   <description>(North Vancouver, BC) – January 23, 2008. 9:00am PST – RSI International Systems Inc. (“RSI”) (TSX Venture Exchange: RSY), today announced that it has signed an agreement with Australian based Prime Apartments Hotels &amp; Resorts (PAHR) to become their exclusive property management...</description>
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   <title>RSI Signs Contract with The Siegel Group Nevada, Inc.</title>
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   <description>(North Vancouver, BC) – January 17, 2008, 9:00am PST – RSI International Systems Inc. (“RSI”) (TSX Venture Exchange: RSY), today announced that it has signed an agreement with The Siegel Group Nevada, Inc., to become their exclusive property management software provider...</description>
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   <title>Prime Apartments Hotels &amp; Resorts Chooses RoomKey PMS as their Solution for Property Management, CRS and Online Booking
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   <link>http://www.welcometorsi.com/press-release/Hotels-Resorts-Chooses-RoomKey.php</link>
   <description>Leading Australian based apartment rental network cites reliability, ease of use and multi-property reporting functionality as the primary reasons for selecting the RoomKey PMS product suite...</description>
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   <title>Five Ways to Increase Your Sales and Marketing Momentum in 2008
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   <description>If last year’s escalating room rates continue to trend upward, we may scare guests into looking for alternative travel accommodations...</description>
   <author>RoomKey PMS - info@welcometorsi.com</author>
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   <title>Siegel Suites Select RoomKey PMS as their Exclusive Property Management System Partner
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   <link>http://www.welcometorsi.com/press-release/RSI-Siegel-Suites.php</link>
   <description>Growing chain of extended stay properties chooses RoomKey web based PMS for its ease of use and multi-property functionality...</description>
   <author>RoomKey PMS - info@welcometorsi.com</author>
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   <title>RoomKey Property Management System Enters the Japanese Market</title>
   <link>http://www.welcometorsi.com/press-release/RoomKey-Japonese-Market.php</link>
   <description>NORTH VANCOUVER, BC – January 7, 2008 -- RSI International Systems Inc. (“RSI”) (TSX Venture Exchange: RSY), today announced that RoomKey PMS, RSI’s web based hotel property management software solution...</description>
   <author>RoomKey PMS - info@welcometorsi.com</author>
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   <title>RoomKey "Green" Property Management System Launches Environment Fund</title>
   <link>http://www.welcometorsi.com/press-release/RSI-Green-PMS.php</link>
   <description>The RoomKey PMS Environment Fund offers hoteliers, corporate partners and individuals the opportunity to make a positive contribution towards environmental sustainability...</description>
   <author>RoomKey PMS - info@welcometorsi.com</author>
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   <title>Hotelier's 2009 Top Ten Internet Marketing Resolutions</title>
   <link>http://www.welcometorsi.com/Articles/Top-Ten-Internet-Marketing-Resolutions.php</link>
   <description>Here at HeBS we firmly believe that a comprehensive, ROI-centric Internet marketing strategy is the hotelier's perfect 'survival tool' in the current economic environment...</description>
   <author>RoomKey PMS - info@welcometorsi.com</author>
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   <title>Habits of Highly Successful Revenue Managers Ramped up for 2008!</title>
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   <description>Life used to be relatively simple for hotel revenue managers - the daily disciplines were relatively straightforward - check the reports, balance the inventory, check the channel contributions, review fences and hurdles, etc., etc...</description>
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   <title>RSI Signs Contract with Vantage Hospitality</title>
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   <description>(North Vancouver, BC) – December 4, 2007, 9:00am PST – RSI International Systems Inc. (“RSI”) (TSX - V: RSY) today announced that it has signed an agreement with Vantage Hospitality™ to become their approved web based property management solution provider...</description>
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   <title>Vantage Hospitality Offers Members RoomKey PMS as a Web Based Property Management System Alternative</title>
   <link>http://www.welcometorsi.com/press-release/RoomKey-Web-Based-PMS.php</link>
   <description>Fastest Growing U.S. Chain Offers Their Hotel Members a Choice between Server Based and Web Based PMS Solutions...</description>
   <author>RoomKey PMS - info@welcometorsi.com</author>
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   <title>How Safe is Your Hotel Data?</title>
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   <description>Data security has always been an important issue for hoteliers. As technology evolves and marketplace dynamics continue to change, information is becoming...</description>
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   <title>RSI Appoints New Sales Agent for the Caribbean Region</title>
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   <description>(North Vancouver, BC) – November 8, 2007, 10am PDT – RSI International Systems Inc. (“RSI”) (TSX Venture Exchange: RSY) today announces the appointment of Mr. Nigel Cooper as RSI’s exclusive RoomKey™ representative in the Caribbean marketplace...</description>
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   <title>RSI Appoints New Caribbean Sales Agent</title>
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   <description>(North Vancouver, BC) – November 8, 2007, 10am PDT – RSI International Systems Inc. (“RSI”) (TSX Venture Exchange: RSY) today announces the appointment of Mr. Nigel Cooper as RSI’s exclusive RoomKey™ representative in the Caribbean region marketplace...</description>
   <author>RoomKey PMS - info@welcometorsi.com</author>
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   <title>Travelers Predict 2008 Trends in Annual TripAdvisor Survey</title>
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   <description>TripAdvisor®, the world's largest travel community, today announced the results of its annual travel trends survey of more than 2,500 travelers from around the world...</description>
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   <title>Transform Your Guest Staff into "Host-Masters"</title>
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   <description>Inarguably, it is true that hotels in all markets these days have access to far greater resources for hospitality training, whether from their hotel brand or management company, the AH&amp;LA Education Institute, or from a number of hotel industry-specific training resource companies...</description>
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   <title>RSI International Expands Board of Directors</title>
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   <description>(North Vancouver, BC) – October 28, 2007, 8:00am PST – RSI International Systems Inc. (“RSI”) TSX-V: RSY is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Moe Chan to the company’s Board of Directors...</description>
   <author>RoomKey PMS - info@welcometorsi.com</author>
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   <title>A Hotelier's Guide to Budget Planning in 2008</title>
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   <description>Hoteliers are in the height of the budget planning season for 2008. Understandably, there is a great level of anxiety in the industry...</description>
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   <title>RSI International Sets Record Growth for 3rd Quarter</title>
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   <description>(North Vancouver, BC) – October 26, 2007, 11:00am PST – RSI International Systems Inc. (“RSI”) (TSX Venture Exchange: RSY) today announced a company record 3RD quarter in combined news sale and recurring revenue streams...</description>
   <author>RoomKey PMS - info@welcometorsi.com</author>
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   <title>RoomKey PMS Deploys Interface with Expedia QuickConnect™ to Simplify Integration for Hoteliers</title>
   <link>http://www.welcometorsi.com/press-release/RoomKey-PMS-Deploys-Interface-Expedia-QuickConnect.php</link>
   <description>Cost-effective connectivity solution enables independent hotels and small- to medium-size hotel chains to link directly to Expedia...</description>
   <author>RoomKey PMS - info@welcometorsi.com</author>
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   <title>How to Create Award Winning Ads for Independent Hotels</title>
   <link>http://www.welcometorsi.com/Articles/Award-Winning-Ads.php</link>
   <description>The role of advertising in independent hotels can be full of conflict. In the right circumstances, it can be effective and drive business to the property and it can create awareness in the marketplace and create future demand...</description>
   <author>RoomKey PMS - info@welcometorsi.com</author>
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   <title>8 Steps to Hotel Reservation Sales Success</title>
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   <description>Although having an effective hotel reservations sales training program is one key ingredient of a sales development action plan, other essential components will ensure that your hotel is actualizing the full potential of each and every transient reservations inquiry...</description>
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   <title>Effective Email Marketing</title>
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   <description>Building Reputation and Credibility: Your email marketing practices establish your hotel’s image and reputation in the minds of people of who receive your campaigns and messaging...</description>
   <author>RoomKey PMS - info@welcometorsi.com</author>
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   <title>RoomKey PMS Offers Hoteliers the First "Green" Property Management System Alternative</title>
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   <description>RoomKey Web Based "Carbon Free" software solution enables hoteliers to effectively manage their property while reducing GHG emissions...</description>
   <author>RoomKey PMS - info@welcometorsi.com</author>
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   <title>RSI International Launches New RoomKey Property Management Software Solution Website</title>
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   <description>RSI International Systems Inc. (“RSI”) (TSX Venture Exchange: RSY), today announced the launch of their new website...</description>
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   <title>RoomKey PMS Deploys Interface with Expedia QuickConnect™ to Simplify Integration for Hoteliers</title>
   <link>http://www.welcometorsi.com/press-release/RoomKey-PMS-Deploys-Interface-Expedia-QuickConnect.php</link>
   <description>RSI International Systems Inc. ("RSI") (TSX Venture Exchange: RSY), today announced the deployment of a two-way interface between RoomKey, RSI's fully hosted, centralized, property management software solution and Expedia QuickConnect...</description>
   <author>RoomKey PMS - info@welcometorsi.com</author>
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   <title>RSI Hires New Director of Sales and Marketing</title>
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   <description>RSI International Systems Inc. (“RSI”) (TSX Venture Exchange: RSY), today announced the recent hiring of Mark Smiciklas as their new Director of Sales and Marketing...</description>
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