With all the hoopla over hotel-direct bookings and online travel agency retaliation and maneuvering, the balance of power in U.S. market share among top players has been surprisingly even-keeled over […]

I read an article recently about the slow demise of publishing. It looked into how publishing is hardly still an industry in today’s day and age, thanks to platforms such […]

Personalised marketing means more than just addressing the customer by name. For brands in the travel and hospitality industry, effective personalisation can range from interactive content to targeted banners and […]

In 2017, more people are searching the web on their phones than on a desktop computer, and are five times more likely to leave a website if it isn’t mobile-friendly. […]

Time and time again, we see those that embrace data-driven marketing and analytics leading the way in the travel sector. Yet our latest research shows that although travel marketers are […]

What is their objective? Improving the user experience and, therefore, increasing conversion by eliminating any possible loss (clients who don’t convert), which happens when they go to the OTA or […]

As a hotel manager, you’ll already know that attracting new customers is a costly business. With the cost of sales increasing all the time as a result of high commissions […]

A little over a year ago, I wrote an article that struck a sensitive nerve: Hotels Promoting Direct Bookings: It’s About Time! Perhaps this is why it was widely shared […]

Today, hotels are battling it out on numerous fronts to keep themselves ahead in a constantly challenging marketplace. Increased industry competition, the growth of the sharing economy, and the need […]

While revenue management is very much a numbers game, the fundamentals are evolving fast. One key area of change is the impact a hotel’s online reputation has on revenue – […]