As well as the entry in their database you can pay for upgraded listings such as inclusion in the AA Hotel Guide. There is also the AA app which phone users will increasingly use to find accommodation “on the road”.
Sign up for the AA and use their logo and rating on your website and literature. The AA now use the same grading standards as Visit Scotland/ England etc.
The main portal for guests finding out about a property is here.
The main portal for registering your property if you are the owner is here
Benefits. There are a few good benefits apart form the obvious one that Google regularly checks their (the AA) listings. They (the AA) also offer Eviivo’s market-leading property management and online booking solution, to improve the profitability of independent hotels, B&Bs and guesthouses, save up to £295+VAT on training and set up fees and get your property and rooms marketed on the world’s leading travel websites including Expedia, Hotels.com, LateRooms, Lastminute. com and scores of specialised local tourism websites. Call: 0800 422 0088 Email: enquiries@eviivo.com Web: http://www.eviivo.com
SAT NAVs and POI (Points Of Interest)
Its possible that in the near future cars will integrate POI formation into their in car displays. For example Garmin and TomTom (and the car company’s non branded versions) already use POIs or Points Of Interest to represent Hotels and other forms of accommodation. In Garmin go to POI and select LODGINGS. There the categories are Hotel, B&B or Camping + RV. Same idea for TomTom, but they may be limited to Hotels and Motels. No worries though as users will probably download an app or extra data from third part sources. I dont know how to get data ON to the Garmin database for all users, but GARMINPOI seem to have part of the problem covered.