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 return of online competition from OTAs and booking websites—making SEO optimization for your hotel website more crucial now than ever before. Tools of the Trade
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 crucial to comprehend and adhere to these new requirements. New Sender Requirements for Gmail and Yahoo If you are unfamiliar, check out this blog post,
Self-Check-in Hotel Software: Increase the Hotel Guest Experience
Self-check-in hotel solutions can help to improve the guest experience within hotels, while also making life easier for your front desk employees. In this article, you can learn all about self-check-in hotel technology, explore the different options available, gain an appreciation of the benefits and find out about the most advanced options. Table of Contents: What is the Hotel Industry? Why is Focusing on the Hotel Guest Experience Important? What is Self-Check-in Hotel Software? Self-Check-in
How Optimized Housekeeping Operations Save Costs & Drive Hotel Revenue
Given the challenges the international hospitality industry faced in recent years, total hotel revenue optimization (THRO) is essential today. This probably brings up ideas like optimizing revenue generation in rooms, F&B, and the spa for you and most other hoteliers. But what about housekeeping? While this department was historically seen as a cost center, it has plenty of untapped revenue potential. Read on to learn how to optimize your housekeeping operations to save costs and
15 Strategies to Boost Hotel Food and Beverage Revenue
Managing hotel restaurants may be challenging. Ultimately, one might say maintaining a hotel as a whole is likely enough effort in and of itself, not even to mention trying to figure out how to ensure the hotel restaurant operates to its fullest potential. However, in the long run, it pays to consider ways to boost F&B (food and beverage) sales in your hotel restaurant. 15 Strategies to Boost Hotel Food and Beverage Revenue Below you
Supercharge Your Hotel’s Revenue Using Strategic Pricing
In the hospitality industry, strategic revenue management allows hotels to achieve consistent profitability, no matter how the market changes. In revenue management, your goal is to fill rooms and maximize profitability on each booking in peak and off-peak seasons. Strategic Pricing to Increase Your Hotel's Revenue This article will teach you proven tactics to supercharge your revenue using strategic revenue management tactics. 1. The Case for Increasing Your Rates Unlike what most hoteliers think, setting
STR Trend Report: How the Industry Adapts to Changing Market Dynamics
An STR Trend Report is a useful tool for understanding market dynamics within the hotel industry. In this article, you will learn more about what a STR Trend Report is, how it works, why it is so popular within the industry, and how it can be used to understand and adapt to changing market conditions and realities. Table of Contents: The Hotel Industry: An Overview What is an STR Trend Report? Why Does an STR
How Should Hotels Decide on their Online Platform Listings?
Question for Our Revenue Management Expert Panel: There is a growing need for hotels to be listed on multiple online platforms. What should Revenue Managers consider when deciding on where/where not to list? (Question proposed by Theresa Prins)Â Our Revenue Management Expert
Uncovering the Importance of Pickup and Pace in Revenue Management
As a revenue manager, one of your essential daily inquiries is, "What was yesterday's pickup?" It's a question that sets the tone for your day and helps you make informed decisions about selling the right room, to the right guest, at the right time, at the right price. Setting the
Master Pick-up Analytics: Learn Why & How They Elevate Your Hotel
Pick-up analytics are essential for hotels to forecast demand, optimize pricing strategies, manage inventory, marketing, and improve revenue management. In this article, we will dive into the world of Pick-up Analytics. You will learn what Pick-up Analytics is and how to use it to help your hotel optimize performance. What
Unleashing Data for Personalized Hotel Stays
Hotels are moving from traditional transactional models to relationship-focused approaches, driven by guests’ desire for personalized experiences and seamless interactions. Unleashing data for personalized hotel stays has become the key to unlocking these enhanced guest experiences. Modern technology, especially mobile and cloud-based solutions, facilitates this transformation. Hotel owners, managers, and
6 Ways Hoteliers Can Offer a Personalized Digital Guest Experience
Travelers looking to book their holidays spend countless hours researching locations, transportation methods, itineraries, and accommodation options. Especially when booking a hotel, they're faced with a large variety of choices—and they will choose the one they resonate with best. You need to differentiate yourself from the crowd and ensure you
6 Personalization Tips for Hotels to Increase Conversions
Travel behavior has changed quite a bit in the last decade and the online booking journey has become more complex. Your website visitors have a lot of options for booking a place to stay on their next trip. You compete against other hotels, Airbnb, the many choices on OTAs and