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
10 Tips in Building a Business Case for an RMS
When you're trying to get your team on board to purchase a revenue management system (RMS), there are a few key things you'll need to keep in mind. Of course, you already know the benefits of utilizing an RMS. Your company will earn more revenue, become more efficient, free up time, and make better-informed decisions. You're already on board. Now it's time to get the rest of your team on board, too. How do you
How Have Guest Behaviour Trends Changed in 2022?
Question for Our Revenue Management Expert Panel: What top changes in guest behaviour trends have Revenue Managers observed in 2022? How have they evolved during the year? (Question proposed by Chaya Kowal) Our Revenue Management Expert Panel Tanya Hadwick - Group Revenue & Yield Leader, SunSwept Resorts Sandra Gannon - Commercial Consultant, Revenue Puzzle Pablo Torres - Director of Sales & Marketing, Alannia Resorts Nikolas Hall - Owner,
4 Tips For Stress-Free Upselling & Streamlining Your Hotel Operations
There’s no doubt about it: automated upselling and cross-selling are excellent ways to increase a hotel’s ancillary revenue and guest satisfaction. However, operationally it can be a bit challenging. Going through incoming requests, delegating tasks, and communicating with staff can be time-consuming and inefficient without the right approach. Streamlining Your Hotel Operations With everything else going on at the hotel, you may even risk overlooking a request and disappointing your guests. Follow the four tips
9 Tips to Structure Your Pre-Arrival Communication
As a hotelier, it is important to prioritize pre-arrival communication with your guests. This is the time when you can set the tone for their entire stay, ensuring that they feel welcome and valued from the moment they book with you. Why Is Pre-Arrival Communication Important for Hotels? Pre-arrival communication is all about creating a positive first impression and setting the stage for a memorable experience. You can make your guests feel excited about arriving
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
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
Samsung Hospitality TV: Main Benefits, Key Features and More
A Samsung hospitality TV is a television set specifically designed for use by hotels and similar businesses. It will provide features that allow the TV to serve as a great in-room entertainment option for guests. Investing in a specialized hospitality TV is important because demands in the industry are very
What is the Sabre Global Distribution System?
A global distribution system, or GDS system, is one of the most important distribution channels for those in the hotel industry, allowing travel agencies to access live inventory information and rates, and to sell hotel rooms and other travel services to their customers. In this article, you will learn more