
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 opt to use the skills and services of freelance revenue managers, and here, we look at five reasons why your business may benefit from doing
Blockchain Technology and Its Uses in the Hospitality Industry
Blockchain technology is one of the most exciting digital technology innovations of recent times. Despite its relative youth, it has the potential to alter the way transactions are made fundamentally and information is stored and accessed. In this article, we take a closer look at the blockchain, explain it, and explore its current and potential future uses within the hospitality industry. Table of Contents: What Is Blockchain? What Are the Advantages Of the Hospitality Industry?
9 Tips to Manage Online Hotel Reviews
While revenue management relates more to selling your product to the right person at the right time through the best distribution channels, online reviews are a rudimentary but equally important link that can't be ignored. A handful of poor reviews can have massive implications on your business, leading potential guests to look elsewhere for accommodation. A visible selection of positive reviews, on the other hand, gives your business an unmistakable hallmark of quality. When managing
How Augmented Reality is Revolutionizing the Travel Industry
Thanks to advances in smartphone technology, augmented reality has experienced a breakthrough over the past few years. It has emerged as a useful tool for businesses and marketers, allowing them to alter how customers perceive their surroundings. This has particularly benefited those operating in the travel industry, as they often sell experiences or physical environments that AR can enhance. In this article, you can see augmented reality's impact on the travel industry. Augmented Reality: Explained
10 Hotel Rewards Programs to Maximize Revenue & Guest Loyalty
Hotel rewards programs are among the most powerful tools available to hoteliers. A strategically leveraged program will both increase repeat bookings through incentives and provide guest data that can be used to provide further growth. The process builds up a defensible market share, pushes up RevPAR, and reduces the overall cost of acquisition. In this article, you'll learn how the programs operate and relate to ROI metrics, benchmarking, competitive strategies, and methods to prioritize guest retention. All while using consumer data and predictions to stay ahead of industry trends. Table of Contents: What Are Hotel Rewards Programs? Why Hotel Rewards
Hotel Marketing Courses: What Will You Learn? + List of Educators
Hotel Marketing Courses have never been more valuable. The hotel industry is always dynamic and prone to dramatic shifts, with new technologies, new ideas, and unexpected world events constantly disrupting the status quo. In this article, you'll discover what hotel marketing courses can do for you and learn about some of the best educators in the field. Table of Contents: What is Hotel Marketing and Why is it Important? Who Should Join a Hotel Marketing
Best Practices for using Artificial Intelligence in Hotel Marketing
Question for Our Hotel Marketing Expert Panel What are the most beneficial use cases of Artificial Intelligence in hotel marketing? Where are the opportunities and what are the pitfalls for hotels to be aware of? (Question from Cory Falter) Our Marketing Expert Panel Cory Falter - Partner and Visionary at Lure Agency Thom de Graaf - Online Marketing Specialist, The Orange Studio Luminita Mardale - Director Of
5 Creative, Free & Reliable Ways to Drive More Traffic to Your Site
Do you feel like your hotel is on the precipice of success or simply missing that je ne sais quois, so you're looking for some nifty and smart ways to capitalise on your hotel's online presence? Then look no further; this article outlines ideas that are easy to implement, involve
How Attribute-based Selling Solves the Hotel Industry’s Problem with Personalization
As consumers, we're surrounded by extreme personalization every day. Whether AI-driven provides product recommendations, options when booking an airline ticket or even adding extra pepperoni on a pizza, consumers are commonly exposed to personalization mechanisms in their online shopping experiences. Consumers Expect Personalization Consumers have come to expect personalization as
3 Steps to Fight Price Disparities on Your Hotel Website
As travel comes back in full force, everyone is trying to claim their slice of the pie. So it’s no wonder you are running into price disparities between your hotel’s rates and those available on OTAs (online travel agencies) and metasearch engines. They’re inevitable, and as a savvy hotelier, you’ve