How to Get Started With Google Hotel Ads
Where do you start your online search for products and services like hotels? Good chance it is Google. Google Hotel Ads has been the fastest-growing metasearch engine across all regions since its debut. In this article, you'll learn how to increase your visibility in Google Search, resulting in a growth of hotel bookings. Google Hotel Ads: How it All Started There was a time, not long ago, when the typical booking process involved, chronologically: More
Protecting Your Hotel’s Cash Flow & Improving Asset Valuation
Hotel revenue management plays a central role in protecting, forecasting, and strengthening a hotel's cash flow and overall financial position by enhancing the cash position of the asset. Additional revenue generated by a revenue management system directly flows into the amount of cash available. This higher rate of cash flow—combined with detailed forecasts that enable expense management—has a number of benefits critical to operating through this era of business disruption. Cash Is King From giving
How to Hire the Best Hotel Staff for Your Hotel?
It is impossible to run a successful hotel without hiring the right hotel staff. After all, success in the industry relies hugely on customer service, and many additional tasks and duties need to be carried out. For instance, most hotels need marketers, receptionists, HR staff, accountants, cleaners, IT support workers, chefs, waiters, concierge staff, etc. Here, you will find tips on how to hire the best hotel staff for your needs. Table of Contents: Reasons
Is a CRM Essential For Delivering Personalised Hotel Experiences?
Question for Our Hotel Marketing Expert Panel Personalised guest experiences are becoming increasingly important and maintaining rich guest profiles helps hotels deliver on preferences and anticipate needs. Is a CRM essential for personalisation? Our Marketing Expert Panel Adele Gutman - Culture and Guest Experience Expert, Hospitality Reputation Marketing Podcast Thomas Dieben - Founder, Becurious Tamie Matthews - Revenue, Sales & Marketing Consultant, RevenYou Reshan Jayamanne - Digital
Social Commerce, Hospitality’s Next Best Opportunity for Growth
Travelers can now book a room without leaving their favorite social media app. Is your hotel capitalizing on social commerce? This trend is redefining how customers discover and book their stays, offering hoteliers a powerful tool to turn inspiration into instant reservations. Social Commerce Transforming Travel Inspiration into Hotel Bookings Travel is a familiar theme in most social feeds. We scroll through photos of friends with fantastical drinks, videos of influencers in exotic locales, and, of course, hospitality brands showcasing their sense of place. For years, paving a frictionless path from inspiration to conversion was a challenge for hoteliers, but
Upselling Examples Restaurant: 12 Tips to Increase Your Revenue!
There are several upselling examples restaurant owners, managers, and other employees should be aware of, as they allow restaurants to boost key performance metrics like average revenue per customer and increase the overall revenue generated by the business. In this guide, you can learn about 12 of the most important upselling strategies. Table of Contents: What is the Restaurant Industry? What is Upselling? Why is Upselling in Restaurants Important? 12 Restaurant Upsell Tips and Examples
4 Ways Facial Recognition Can Be Used in the Travel Industry
Until recently, facial recognition technology was a concept most commonly associated with science fiction. However, the technology has now advanced to the point where it is mainstream, compatible with smartphones, and used by social media sites. The travel industry is another area where facial recognition is being introduced more frequently. In this article, you will find out how it is fundamentally helping to transform tourism. Table of Contents: What Is Facial Recognition? Facial Recognition Within
7 Tips For an Impeccable Online Reputation for Hotels
Global digitalization, the growth of OTAs, and the influence of social media have made businesses in the travel industry heavily reliant on their online reputation—and hotels are not an exception. This article will teach you seven methods that should become vital to your online reputation management strategy. Why You Should
Top Marketing Campaign Tips to Drive Hospitality Recruitment
Question for Our Hotel Marketing Expert Panel Attracting hospitality industry talent remains a challenge. What are your tips for successful marketing campaigns that drive recruitment? What channels work best? (Question by Jolien Alferink.) Our Marketing Expert Panel Tamie Matthews - Revenue, Sales
Accommodation Providers: Strategic Tips to Get More Revenue
If you've ever considered becoming an accommodation provider or already own accommodation and want to maximize your revenue, this article is for you. In this in-depth dive into accommodation ownership, you can learn about the many different types of accommodation available for travelers and how you can get more revenue