Tips to Take Advantage of Changing Booking Behavior Before Your Competition
While the Omicron variant slowed market recovery in 2021, STR's data reveals a strong positive trend for the hospitality industry for 2022 and beyond. In this article, you'll learn how to stay ahead of the competition by understanding the three data pillars of a forward-looking revenue strategy. Global Occupancy Increased It shows that the net propensity to travel has increased to 32% in February 2022 for domestic and international trips. This is a big leap
How Can Revenue Management Ensure Collaboration Amongst Hotel Teams?
Question for Our Revenue Management Expert Panel: Successful Total Revenue Management strategies rely on great communication between all hotel departments. What tips can you offer to Revenue Management teams to help ensure a collaborative effort? Our Revenue Management Expert Panel Patrick Wimble - Managing Director, Lightbulb Consulting Theresa Prins - Founder, Revenue Resolutions Chaya Kowal - Director of Revenue Management, Potato Head Family Paulo Aragao - Revenue Management
How can Hotels Best Manage Reputation and Net Promoter Scores?
Question for Our Hotel Marketing Expert Panel Good reviews are essential in the hospitality industry. What are your best practices for maintaining a great Net Promoter Score & successful reputation management? (Question proposed by Adele Gutman) Our Marketing Expert Panel Adele Gutman - Culture and Guest Experience Expert, Hospitality Reputation Marketing Podcast Susanne Williams - Performance and Revenue Director, Journey Hospitality Tamie Matthews - Revenue, Sales & Marketing
How Can Hotels Benefit Most from Automation in Revenue Management?
Question for Our Revenue Management Expert Panel: Automation in revenue management can mean significant time-saving. Where can automation bring the most value to a hotel revenue management team and what tasks are best suited to automation? Our Revenue Management Expert Panel Dr. Betsy Stringam-Bender – Professor of Hotels & Resorts, New Mexico State University Patrick Wimble - Managing Director, Lightbulb Consulting Theresa Prins - Founder, Revenue Resolutions Chaya
What are the Top Market Segmentation Trends for Hotels in 2022?
Question for Our Hotel Marketing Expert Panel How do you think market segmentation will change for hotels in 2022? What do you expect the top trends will be? (Question proposed by Luminita Mardale) Our Marketing Expert Panel Adele Gutman - Culture and Guest Experience Expert, Hospitality Reputation Marketing Podcast Luminita Mardale - Director Of Marketing And Business Development, Vienna House Max Starkov - Adjunct Professor Hospitality Technology, New
Top Hotel Marketing Trend Predictions for 2023
Question for Our Hotel Marketing Expert Panel In your opinion, what are the top predictions for hotel marketing trends in 2023? Our Marketing Expert Panel Max Starkov - Adjunct Professor Hospitality Technology, New York University Jolien Alferink - Hotel Marketing Consultant, Orange Hotel Marketing Tamie Matthews - Revenue, Sales & Marketing Consultant, RevenYou Joanne Greene - Hospitality Expert Jacopo Focaroli - CEO & Founder, The Host Dustin Caromano
What Top Hotel Marketing Trends do you Predict for 2022?
Question for Our Hotel Marketing Expert Panel What are the top hotel marketing trends we can expect to see in 2022? Our Marketing Expert Panel Tim Kolman - Commercial Strategy Expert, three&six Thomas Dieben - Founder, Becurious Adele Gutman - Culture and Guest Experience Expert, Hospitality Reputation Marketing Podcast Jolien Alferink - Hotel Marketing Consultant, Orange Hotel Marketing Tamie Matthews - Revenue, Sales & Marketing Consultant, RevenYou Reshan
Shared Data Language for More Effective Hotel Team Collaboration
Hotel teams are surrounded by data, yet alignment often feels harder than ever. Revenue, sales, marketing, finance, and operations all look at performance through different lenses. This article shows how a shared data language helps you collaborate better, reduce friction, and move from debate to confident decisions faster, without adding
SEO vs CRO: What Gives Hotels a Higher ROI?
How much should you invest in Search Engine Optimization (SEO) or Search Engine Marketing (SEM) for your hotel to increase your sales by 5%? If you have a limited budget, what is the smartest way to use it? Can Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) be a better solution? In this article
5 SEO Tips for Hotels to Improve your Ranking in Google
What do you do when you want to find a hotel for your city break? Like many people, you probably start your search using a search engine like Google or Bing. According to Google, millions of hotel searches are carried out every day. People want to find information about facilities,
Tips to Optimize Your Hotel “Book Direct” Strategy With SEO and SEM
As core tactics in the digital marketing strategy toolbox, search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM) are potent drivers of direct bookings. A carefully balanced mix of SEO and SEM will give your hotel “full-funnel” visibility, which means that guests will be exposed to your brand several times
SEO Best Practices for Hotels to Increase Direct Bookings
Travelers' online behavior has changed significantly since the beginning of the pandemic. Today, potential guests are researching and booking travel plans many months in advance and are prioritizing hotel websites with detailed and relevant information that is easily accessible to them. With this return to travel, there is also a
New Sending Requirements for Email Marketing for Hotels, and What Happens if They Don’t?
Back in February, two of the biggest players in the inbox space — Gmail and Yahoo introduced stringent rules to safeguard users' inboxes from scammers and spammers. These rules signify a pivotal shift in the ever-evolving landscape of email marketing. To ensure your marketing emails reach their intended recipients, it's