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How an Italian Hotel Doubled Revenue by Cracking Tripadvisor’s Top 10

Today's hoteliers want to increase their online bookings and revise corporate rates to a profitable market rate. Revenue management is a proven path to get there. This small hotel partnered with a revenue team and succeeded in doubling its revenue in two years and breaking into Tripadvisor's Top 10. Here's how. Revenue Management Boosts Online Reputation and Revises Static Corporate Rates for Hotel Success Sometimes, it's worth evaluating and redesigning your hotel's entire marketing and

How AI is Advancing Digital Marketing Strategies for Hotels

AI is infiltrating every aspect of life and business. With so much buzz around AI, it can be hard to identify where to most effectively use the technology and where to start implementing it in your hotel. Leveraging AI for Personalized Hotel Marketing and Revenue Growth AI has the ability to process vast amounts of data - and from a marketing perspective, it can be used to power and facilitate personalized digital and real-world experiences,

How AI Increases The Profitability of a Hotel’s Front Office

Hotel front offices are often considered cost centers when they should be seen as profit centers. Artificial Intelligence (AI) can filter and solve customer requests and FAQs so that staff can focus only on high-value customer requests. Innovation is Not About Replacing Humans With Machines Complacency is the main obstacle to hotel front office modernization. Hoteliers tend to compare their front office human staff is tasks and try to find a machine that could replicate

How AI Can Make a Difference to Hotels Today

At first glance, AI and hospitality might not seem like the most natural fit. What makes hospitality unique is its human touch – the provision of experiences that are unique and special to the individual traveler. But AI doesn’t stop that. In fact, it can enhance it. Personalizing Stays and Streamlining Operations There are two ways in which AI enhances the guest experience: directly and indirectly. Its direct impact typically takes the form of hyper-personalization.

Late Check-In Hotel Guide: Key Strategies for Hoteliers

A late check-in hotel offers short-term accommodation, with the option for guests to arrive later than the standard check-in time. These hotels need to develop robust policies and strategies around the check-in process. Late check-ins are important because guests want flexibility. The option to check in at a time that suits them can make a positive first impression, while late check-ins can also serve as an extra revenue stream for hotels. In this article, you

5 Keys to Becoming a Great Hotel Marketing Leader

Being a leader is one thing; being a great leader is a whole new ball game. To stay at the forefront of innovation, creativity and ahead of your competitors, you need to learn the skills required to be a great leader when marketing your hotel. The Core Fundamentals of Why Your Hotel Exists If you take a close look at hotel marketing, there are a variety of tactics that you can implement to stay popular

3 Key Strategies for Mastering Revenue Management with PMS Data

Data fuels the commercial operation of a property and empowers hotel Revenue Managers to make informed decisions, outpace rivals, and ultimately boost profits. When discussing data, there's no resource more crucial than your Property Management System (PMS). How to Master Revenue Management with PMS Data: The 3 Strategies Your PMS is the core of your hotel's daily operations, monitoring everything from bookings and guest arrivals to room pricing and invoicing. However, it's also a rich

Front Office Technology: The Latest Tech for the Reception in 2024

Front office technology has seen significant development in recent years. Driven in part by the rise of COVID-19 and technological changes, these changes mean that today's front desk is different from the traditional reception office of the past. In this article, you'll learn about exciting developments in front-office technology and

Front Office Department in Hotel: Everything You Need to Know

The front office department in a hotel is at the core of the entire operation. The primary functions of the front office include reservations, checking in and out, handling of financial transactions (such as settling accounts or providing currency exchange), fielding customer inquiries, arranging guest services, and more. In this

Can Front-Desk and Pre-Stay Upselling Coexist?

Hotels can apply upselling at four main moments in the guest journey: when the guest books, pre-stay, during check-in and during the guest’s stay. Offering extras via the hotel website’s booking engine is an approach many hoteliers are comfortable with, even though it slows the booking process and lowers conversion

5 Reasons You Can Benefit From a Freelancer Revenue Manager

Revenue management in the hotel industry involves optimizing the price and availability of rooms and services based on analytics that predict consumer behavior to maximize revenue. It can be an extremely effective discipline, but specialist knowledge is required to make the most of it. For this reason, many hotel managers

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