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
Unlock Hidden Revenue: How Ancillary Sales Can Elevate Your TRevPAR
Is boosting ancillary revenue just one more thing on your already packed to-do list? It doesn’t have to be. If you’re already offering extras or promoting additional services, you're on the right track. And if you’ve started using automation tools to streamline upselling and improve guest spend, even better. Still, one key opportunity often goes overlooked: factoring ancillary revenue into your pre-booking and pricing strategies. What if you could integrate that potential value earlier in
An In-Depth Look at the Hospitality Sector
What aspects serve to define the hospitality industry? While many will provide common answers, such as accommodations and logistics, the single factor that underpins the entire concept involves customer satisfaction. Let us take a look at the different facets of the hospitality sector in great detail to appreciate its true scope. Table of Contents: What is the Hospitality Industry? The Global State of the Hospitality Sector An Overview of All Hospitality Sectors Accommodations Food and
Revenue Marketing Helps Hotels Gain Profit When Wins Fall Short
Hotels love a good win. Marketing celebrates record clicks, sales land big contracts, and revenue holds rates during slow seasons. Yet these surface victories don't always equal profit. They can hide weak margins and rising costs. True growth demands a shift in mindset. Instead of chasing numbers that look impressive but fail to strengthen the bottom line, hotels need a strategy that unites every department around profitability. Revenue marketing provides that framework, aligning sales, marketing,
Hotel Robots: An Overview of Different Robots Used in Hotels
Hotel robots represent some of the most effective forms of hospitality technology, and their presence will help ensure superior guest satisfaction. As a growing number of properties are employing these autonomous "smart" services, it only stands to reason that we examine these robots in greater detail. Benefits can your property expect to enjoy? Table of Contents: What are Robots? Why are Hotel Robots Becoming More Popular? Some Examples of Robots Used in Hotels 1. Robots Intended to Greet Guests 2. Robots Dealing with Housekeeping 3. Hotel Robot Which Delivers RoomService 4. Hotel Robots Are The Waiters At This Restaurant 5.
Hospitality Leaders Reflect on Career Lessons and Growth Tips
Question for Our Hotel Marketing Expert Panel Knowing what you know now about career paths, developing skills and gaining experience in the hospitality industry, what advice would you give to your younger self on first entering the workforce? Our Marketing Expert Panel Michael J. Goldrich - Founder & Chief Advisor, Vivander Moriya Rockman - Chief of Marketing, Smiling House Luxury Global Kamila Zawadzka - Marketing Lead, The
9 Top Tips for Effective Pricing Strategies for Hotels & Resorts
An effective, data-driven room pricing strategy is the cornerstone of hotel distribution management, with the ultimate goal of finding the ideal price per room that ensures you can maximize revenue without losing guests to competing properties. 9 Effective Strategies for Rate Pricing While overall rate optimization is the main objective, there are various ways to get there. In this article, you will find nine effective strategies for rate pricing and how they can help drive
Is Your Pre-Arrival Communication Generating Revenue? Track It.
Pre-arrival communication shapes the guest experience long before check-in, but are you measuring its real impact? Too often, hoteliers stop at vanity metrics like open rates and clicks. Those numbers may look good on paper, but they reveal little about guest satisfaction, loyalty, or revenue. The real opportunity lies in
17 Online Travel Agents (OTAs) to Increase Your Hotel Bookings
The role of an online travel agency, or OTA for short, has become increasingly important within the hotel industry, because they provide a convenient way for customers to compare hotels and book them over the internet, from the comfort of their home or on the go. In this article, you
11 Amazing Examples of 360 Video Hotel Tours
For hotel owners, it is important to keep up with the latest video marketing trends, and the 360-degree video hotel tour is one of the most significant trends of recent times. In this article, you will learn more about 360 movie technology, how it differs from the VR hotel offerings,