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Monaker Group, Inc. (MKGI) Teams with Primero Systems to Complete Partner Integrations and Upgrades for NextTrip.com
Yesterday, Monaker Group, Inc. (OTCQB: MKGI) announced that it has contracted Primero Systems, a globally-recognized technology solutions provider, to complete final partner integrations and upgrades for its flagship travel website, NextTrip.com. For more than two decades, Primero Systems has earned the trust and respect of clients across multiple industries by developing award-winning enterprise platforms and customized technology solutions.
“I’m pleased to be working with Gary and the Primero team again on another travel platform. In our last project, Primero delivered us a high-quality work product, on time and on budget, giving us industry acclaims,” Bill Kerby, chairman and chief executive officer of Monaker, stated in yesterday’s news release. “I know Gary will take our NextTrip platform, transform it, and deliver a site that will showcase our alternative lodging, ground products and travel services in an eloquent, real-time booking solution.”
Originally launched in early February, NextTrip.com is a fully comprehensive booking engine designed for use by both travel consumers and travel agents. The platform integrates a number of Monaker’s acquired technologies to allow users to book hotels, resorts, vacation rental homes, unused timeshare inventory, airlines, land tours and rental cars, all in the same place. As the first booking solution to include conventional lodging, alternative lodging and unused timeshare and resort inventory in a single platform, Monaker aims to capture a sizable portion of the alternative lodging market, which was recently valued at $100 billion in an article on The Street.
“We are thrilled to be working as trusted partners with the Monaker Group on their NextTrip platform,” added Gary Saner, founder and CEO of Primero. “Primero’s reputation rests on our ability to deliver mission-critical and enterprise-grade solutions to the marketplace, and we are eager to support Monaker with their technology initiatives.”
Moving forward, Monaker expects the NextTrip ‘alternative lodging’ platform to serve as the primary booking utility in the travel industry. As of launch, the company already had access to 600 airlines, 100 rental car services and more than 600,000 hotels. Additionally, Monaker estimated that NextTrip would feature more than 400,000 available units of alternative lodging inventory as of the end of February, with that figure set to double by as soon as fall of this year. With key partnerships and established travel brands used as cornerstones of its comprehensive booking platform, Monaker is on a mission to establish NextTrip as the ‘one stop’ vacation center for travelers from around the globe.
“Our site brings together significant inventory and channel partners with distribution in both the B2B and B2C markets,” Kerby stated in a recent news release. “We anticipate and have planned for quick adoption of our proprietary platform by thousands of travelers and should see a significant revenue ramp during 2016.”
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