The club moved to Priava’s cloud based solution in October 2014 and according to Fay the transition was very smooth. “I was very pleased with how everything went and there were no dramas involved. We decided not to migrate all of our old information and simply have this as read only. We were able to retain our old event statuses and colour schemes and we required little training on getting used to the new system. It was a breeze.” “I found the new system really easy to manoeuvre and slide through compared with what we had before. For every action there are less key strokes involved and it’s great that you can have several windows open at the same time. So if I’m working on another event and get an enquiry for a booking, I don’t need to save and close down. I can see everything on the same screen and the chart can remain permanently open.

“It’s also easy to create a proposal” says Fay, “and we now have the facility for creating reports such as the revenue generated by a particular room.” Fay is currently looking at how they can integrate the Priava system with their accounts package so she can see at a glance what invoices have been paid without having to refer back to the finance team who also have access to the system. “The integration will also help with cashflow” says Fay.

According to Fay, the new solution is also great for its ability to share information, “We can liaise easily with internal departments such as catering and maintenance, so they have all the details they need for a specific event.” “We are recommending the system to other clubs and they have been really impressed by what we’re able to achieve”“The ROI is certainly in the time-savings and we are recommending the system to other clubs and they have been really impressed by what I’ve been able to achieve with just one person.” Although the club does have contracted IT Support, according to Fay they don’t need to spend any time on supporting the system, all updates are done by Priava.