Seekom launches new accommodation website promoting pet friendly stays in New Zealand
New Zealand-based tourism management platform Seekom has launched Pet Friendly Stays - the first travel accommodation website entirely dedicated to helping New Zealanders find pet-friendly accommodation for their next holiday.
Widely used across New Zealand’s tourism and hospitality industry, Seekom full in-house property and channel management platform has been designed for campgrounds, caravan and tourist parks, motels, small hotels and property managers.
With 64% of New Zealand households owning pets as of 2020, and that number now boosted by the influx of new pet ownership during COVID-19, taking the entire family on holiday has become a common travel consideration for many New Zealanders.
Seekom General Manager Nicole Irschick notes “with the site’s launch, New Zealand pet owners are now able to find accommodation that welcomes every member of the family and provides for all their needs, right down to the nearest patch of grass.
“Providers can make all or some of their rooms available to the website, but the website will only show those rooms that have been designated as pet-friendly.
“Unlike other websites, which sometimes list properties as pet-friendly as a whole, Pet Friendly Stays goes into more granular detail, listing the aspects of individual rooms that pet owners might find relevant. Listings can also be filtered by region or type of accommodation.”
The website allows accommodation providers to include additional information about local amenities and necessities for pets and their owners, such as local dog parks, the best nearby pet-friendly walking trails, or closest vet clinics.
The cloud-based Seekom platform is used by more than 2,000 properties in New Zealand and around the world, generating hundreds of thousands of bookings annually.
At present, users of Seekom’s property management system can email sales@seekom.com to have their relevant accommodation offerings on Pet Friendly Stays.
Image top: Pet Friendly Stays displays accommodation for the whole family, including pets; image above: Pet Friendly Stays is now live.
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