Hotel Guide to Creating and Managing Airbnb Listings
Airbnb listing options are one of the most significant drivers of the travel industry. The average traveler has become agnostic to the particulars of a platform. When people travel, they want options ranging from boutiques to hotels, home rentals, or even serviced apartments. Airbnb is part of what makes that possible, and hoteliers leveraging those options are gaining a significant advantage over the competition. In this article, you'll discover how to tap into that demand
Hotel Room Service: The Ultimate Guide to Elevate the Guest Experience
Hotel room service provides guests with access to food, drinks and other items, delivered directly to their door. This offers excellent convenience and is used by all kinds of guests, including leisure and business travelers. Room service is an important offering and can help to shape overall guest satisfaction levels. It also provides an additional revenue stream for hotels and similar properties, improving overall financial outcomes. In this article, you will find details about what
7 Hotel Revenue Management Myths Costing You Money
Every day, in conversations with hoteliers like you, we hear the same revenue beliefs pop up. Old habits and assumptions that quietly drain profits, cost bookings, and steal the hours you'd rather spend delighting guests. It's time to change that. In this article, you'll learn seven of the most common misconceptions in revenue management and how to replace them with better strategies to boost RevPAR, set rates with confidence, and win back time for what
Food and Beverage Analytics Driving Hotel Profitability Growth
In lifestyle and full-service hotels, Food and Beverage (F&B) can generate 40–50% of total revenue. Sustaining profitability means attracting and retaining high-value guests, boosting in-house spending, ensuring satisfaction, and controlling costs. Yet data silos make this difficult, with PMS, POS, and finance systems often disconnected. While hotels focus on room revenue, F&B is equally essential, especially in resorts and lifestyle properties. In this article, you’ll learn strategies and tools to optimize F&B performance and profitability.
Hotel Energy Solution: Save Money and The Planet
The right hotel energy solution is a major concern for any hotel business. Rising energy costs can dramatically affect your bottom line. In addition, today's eco-minded travelers are increasingly concerned with the impact of their stay on the environment. In this article, you'll learn how your hotel business can reduce costs, attract more guests, and care for the planet at the same time. Table of Contents: Understanding the Hotel Industry: Hospitality, Accommodation and More Sustainable Stays, Powering Up Profits: The Importance of Energy Efficiency for Hotels Fueling the Hotel Industry: Introducing the Major Energy Resources that Power Hotels Practical Tips
15 Essential Video Marketing Tips for Hotels
Videos are an undeniably powerful marketing tool, especially for the hotel and travel industry. After all, they can capture the attention of the audience much quicker than text and have the power to generate extremely high traffic to your website. No wonder video marketing has taken the Internet by storm. This effective tool is so versatile that you can use it to promote your hotel’s services and build customer rapport. Table of Contents: What is
What Happens When a Franchise Becomes a Reputation Risk
It starts with a single post. A blurry photo, a furious caption, or a customer claimed to have suffered food poisoning at one franchise location. By morning, it’s trending. By noon, local news runs it. And by dinner, it’s a national headline. Corporate PR scrambles, franchisees panic, and search results fill with angry reviews. The International Franchise Association estimates that billions are lost every year to reputation crises. And once trust slips, it doesn’t just
Hotel Dynamic Pricing Guide; An Essential Overview of All Price Tags
Revenue management underpins six different main types of hotel room pricing. Called dynamic pricing or “price tags,” this article illustrates these various pricing approaches. As you adopt revenue management for your hotel, you’ll want to understand these concepts to interpret the phases of your property’s pricing path to maximize revenues
Only 12% of Hotels Use WhatsApp Marketing. Should You?
Most hotels still aren't using WhatsApp for guest communication, let alone marketing. But is that a missed opportunity? Our latest report, The State of Data-driven Marketing in Hospitality, shows that only 12% of hotels include WhatsApp in their marketing strategy. Meanwhile, 63% either don't use it at all or rely
How Boutique Hotels Use Revenue Technology to Grow Profitability
Boutique hotels are built on vision, creativity, and a deep connection to their guests. From the artwork to the playlists, every detail tells a story. These properties thrive on individuality, like unique rooms, curated experiences, and independent operations, even in how they approach pricing. Even the most thoughtfully run property