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Kicking off our #freetobookfriday posts for 2025 with a team picture throwback! 📸 This picture of our Director, Iain, with the development team was taken back in 2019... six years later and 8 out of the 11 people pictured are still going strong at freetobook 👏👏 Our low staff turnover is something we're very proud of! (In tech, the average length of time a developer stays in any one company is 2-5 years) 🙌

🎉 Happy New Year from the freetobook team! 🎊 We're so excited for everything that 2025 has in store - let's make it the best year yet 🥳 Have you read our 2024 round up blog yet? It teases some of the features coming soon for our customers... 🤫 You can read it here: https://lnkd.in/epXcCP66 ⬅️

Looking back on this year, there's a lot of things we're proud of but this is one of the best! Since we launched our new bloom booking pages at the beginning of this year, our customers have seen a huge 25% increase in their booking conversion rates 🙌   There's even more developments to bloom coming in 2025... but the impact this is having on our customers' direct bookings is definitely something to shout about! 🎉 Read our 2024 round-up blog here: https://lnkd.in/epXcCP66 📖

🎁 There's something so special about choosing a great gift for someone! Our Secret Santa this year was a huge success 🎅 #freetobookfriday As the majority of the team have worked together for 5-20 years it's easy to know what will make each other smile! We hope the gifts you give this festive season are received just as well! 🎁

Merry Christmas from the freetobook team!🎄🎁 We're wishing everyone a joyous day of celebrations, wherever you are 💙🧡

Congratulations to freetobook customer Highland Premier Glamping Pods who recently appeared on the TV show 'Four in a Bed' and won! 🎉 The pods certainly look like a great place to stay, you can check out their website here: https://lnkd.in/eXPh7yyk ⬅️ What an achievement - we hope they've celebrated thoroughly! 🥳 #fourinabed #customerspotlight

🎄✨ Our Christmas party was the best way to wrap up and celebrate a year of hard work from the team! 👏 #freetobookfriday Of course, no freetobook Christmas party is complete without: 🏓 Table Tennis Tournament 🎅 Secret Santa 🪜 Giant Jenga A heartfelt thank you to all the support from our customers and partners in 2024, we're excited for what's to come in 2025! 🎉 

Take control and make the OTAs work for you 💪 We've made it easy for you to close out channels when you know you can fill up your diary with direct bookings only! Our new Overrides page allows you to: 👉 close out channels individually 👉 close out by rooms & rate plans 👉 select multiple dates more easily & edit in bulk 👉 simple & advanced view with clear colour coding So take control with our Channel Manager, ensuring your direct rate and availability reduces those OTA commission payments! Read our blog: https://lnkd.in/dGFMy6as 📖

From February to April 2025, the freetobook team will be hitting the road and attending various events across the country, so come along and say hi! 👋 We can’t wait to show off the new developments coming next year and help our customers make the most of freetobook to set them up for a brilliant year!  Check out the full list of events and ticket information here: https://lnkd.in/eFBKh7xD 🎟️

Our beautiful customer, Foyers Lodge, has recently been awarded a Michelin Key! 🔑🤩  What an incredible achievement!  As owner Anna shared, they joined freetobook in 2019 because they "wanted a direct relationship with our guests." And with a remarkable 94% of their revenue coming from direct bookings, they've certainly made that a reality! 💙 Read their full success story through the link in our bio 📖  #customerspotlight #directbookings