Types of Hotels: Exploring Classifications and Hotel Types
The types of hotels available to customers range from full-service and chain hotels, through to boutique hotels, lodges and inns. Hotels are generally categorized based on facilities, features and marketing. Hotel options are important because the various market segments will have different needs, preferences and budgets. Hoteliers can also identify a gap in the local market and shape their hotel around plugging that gap. In this article, you can learn all about the different types of hotels available to guests, what they have to offer, how hotels are classified in terms of star ratings, and much more. Table of Contents:
7 ways to Optimize Your Hotel’s Distribution Strategy
Consistently placing your inventory in the most profitable channels is essential for successful distribution. Yet distribution remains one of the most complex tasks facing hoteliers. Hotel profitability is correlated directly with the deployment of effective distribution strategies, ones that are resilient and adaptable to real-time. Here are a few ways for your hotel's distribution team to strengthen its approach. Seven ways to Optimize Your Hotel's Distribution Strategy Below you'll find seven ways for your hotel's
Best Practices for Marketing a Hotel’s Non-Accommodation Areas
Question for Our Hotel Marketing Expert Panel What are your best practices for marketing a hotel/resort’s non-accommodation areas, e.g., spa, golf, etc.? How can hotels creatively target niche audiences for these areas, especially in low season? Our Marketing Expert Panel Joanne Greene - Hospitality Expert Jolien Alferink - Hotel Marketing Consultant, Orange Hotel Marketing Tamie Matthews - Revenue, Sales & Marketing Consultant, RevenYou Max Starkov - Adjunct
The Delicate Balance Between Good and Bad Upselling (+ Free Course)
While a familiar term in the hospitality industry, the broader perception of the word ‘upselling’ could use an improved reputation– and for a good reason. As consumers, we’re bombarded with offers and deals that distinctly fail in hiding their brazen disregard for the consumer. There’s nothing more off-putting than selling
How Revenue Leaders Can Generate New Business
Hospitality revenue management teams have long been expected to manage demand. But for the hospitality industry's new climate in 2021 and beyond, revenue leaders will need to do more than manage demand—and now it’s up to hoteliers to find creative ways to align their marketing and revenue teams to generate
6 Benefits of Point of Sale Software for Hotels
Point-of-sale software ranks among the most important software solutions available to those in the hotel industry, and hotel owners and managers need to take steps to get the most from these packages. In this article, you can read about the six benefits of using POS software effectively. Table of Contents: