Plan B

Concierge Plus

Introduction

Concierge: A universally recognised concept where guests trust the person at the front desk or reception to provide information, solve their problems, give them personalised advice and offer unbiased recommendations.

Well, we would like to introduce you to your own personal digital help desk for your guests – welcome to our new mobile app Concierge Plus.

Of course you want to give your guest the very best advice and who knows the area better than you and your team? Those brochures are great, so is the map and the telephone numbers but now you can put all of that straight into your guests’ mobile device.

Select the places you wish to recommend from your own PC – attractions, golf courses, beaches, retail, pubs or restaurants – and they will automatically feature on your app. 

Your guest will see your recommendations complete with routes, contact numbers, images, description and more.

How impressed are your guests going to be?

Concierge Plus is a web app solution designed to offer the same functions via a guests mobile device offering hospitality businesses the capability of providing their own guests recommendations for their stay via curated content drawn down from our own Enterprise Level Content Management System, Claymore, which already powers more than 200 hospitality websites and gathers content from many more businesses for curation.

The main concept is about promoting the strength of Curated Content over Aggregated Content – that is to say providing the guest with selective information based on personal experiences rather than trying to decipher who may have given an attraction or restaurant or pub five stars (and why) in those well-known content aggregated Apps.

Plan B first introduced its mobile first Concierge Plus App about six years ago and we are delighted to have completely redesigned it using state of the art solutions to produce a faster, easier to use and manage Progressive Web Application.

Concierge Plus - Progressive Web App

  • The standard set up includes up to 36 curated recommendations of your choice 
  • User name and password to manage any changes to your Concierge list
  • If the business is not in the Claymore database we will add it and contact the business to advise them that you wish to recommend them through your website app.
  • Business categories make it easier for the user to find what they wish

Each of your Concierge entries shows

  • Business Category
  • Business Name and Address
  • Quick links to directions, phone and book button
  • Business description
  • Image Gallery

Your entries will automatically show in the following categories - the single tap on each category then opens up a graphical tab for each of your recommendations.

  • Accommodation
  • Food and Drink
  • Retail
  • Events and Entertainment
  • Travel
  • Attractions
  • Activities

Concierge Landing Page Content

We'll create landing page content and provide you the personalised and secure link to your own concierge. 

The link opens up a Progressive Web Application - it works like a traditional app but doesn't need to be downloaded. The user will be offered the option to add the Concierge Icon to their mobile screen.

Please remember that this is primarily a mobile app and should be opened on your phone (it will work on desktop but with less functionality)

We have our own test site for our own mythical and digital only Brigadoon Hotel - this allows you to see and user test fully functioning apps as they should look and work.

View Link to Sample Concierge

 

Trackable QR Code 

Plan B will design and crate a trackable QR code that you can use on menus, table stickers or on posters provided for reception. We will provide each business with JPEG, PNG and PDF versions of the logo for you to use wherever you wish.

PDF Poster 

We''' create a branded PDF for you to print out and use at reception , room packs or events.

Click here to Open PDF Poster

Digital Promotional Kit

We have created a digital promo kit with all logos, content and installation guides for your web developer.

for qucki links to the Concierge Aop

PWA Application

 

 

Concierge: A universally recognised concept where guests trust the person at the front desk or reception to provide information, solve their problems, give them personalised advice and offer unbiased recommendations.

Well, we would like to introduce you to your own personal digital help desk for your guests – welcome to our new mobile app Concierge Plus.

Of course you want to give your guest the very best advice and who knows the area better than you and your team? Those brochures are great, so is the map and the telephone numbers but now you can put all of that straight into your guests’ mobile device.

Select the places you wish to recommend from your own PC – attractions, golf courses, beaches, retail, pubs or restaurants – and they will automatically feature on your app. 

Your guest will see your recommendations complete with routes, contact numbers, images, description and more.

How impressed are your guests going to be?

Concierge Plus is a web app solution designed to offer the same functions via a guests mobile device offering hospitality businesses the capability of providing their own guests recommendations for their stay via curated content drawn down from our own Enterprise Level Content Management System, Claymore, which already powers more than 200 hospitality websites and gathers content from many more businesses for curation.

The main concept is about promoting the strength of Curated Content over Aggregated Content – that is to say providing the guest with selective information based on personal experiences rather than trying to decipher who may have given an attraction or restaurant or pub five stars (and why) in those well-known content aggregated Apps.

How it Works

The Concierge Plus App requires to be downloaded only once – not for every different property – the guest then activates your business’ Concierge Desk from the choices screen. Check in to the Edinburgh city centre hotel and get the Concierge Desk from that hotel; move to a B&B in North Berwick - or Paris - the next night and switch to a new Concierge Desk with local information.

Concierge Plus offers even the smallest operator with a cost effective Web App based solution for guest information being able to provide maps, directions, touch contact buttons and the App can be scalable in terms of content with businesses simply upgrading the number of recommendations they wish to list and move to a higher monthly subscription model.

Easy Content Management of Your Concierge Desk

Concierge Plus has been built around the Plan B CMS and this ensures that the curation of information is simple and easy to manage. 
If a business already has their data in the system it will draw through automatically populating their own page with content, images, Google map, contacts and Book Now functions – and more if required. 

If a business you wish to recommend is not already registered (and it is free to be listed) they are contacted by ourselves and invited to join with the explanation that you wish to feature them as a recommendation to their guests. We will have their information available for you to feature normally within 24 hours.

Concierge Listings

Concierge Listings

The standard set up includes up to 36 curated recommendations of your choice
User name and password to manage any changes to your Concierge list
If the business is not in the Claymore database we will add it and contact the business to advise them that you wish to recommend them through your website app.
Business categories make it easier for the user to find what they wish

Easy to Understand Categories

Easy to Understand Categories

Your entries will automatically show in the following categories - the single tap on each category then opens up a graphical tab for each of your recommendations.
Business Category
Business Name and Address
Quick links to directions, phone and book button
Business description
Image Gallery

Plan B

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This privacy policy sets out how Plan B uses and protects any information that you give Plan B when you use this website.

Plan B is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

Plan B may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from March 1st, 2016.

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