There’s No Such Thing as Unconstrained Demand in Revenue Strategy

While going through old books the other day, I came across a textbook from my Ancient Greek class in high school. Thumbing through the book, an interesting word jumped out […]

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How to Use Content Marketing to Win Bleisure Travelers

For the past 20 years, I’ve lived most weeks out of my suitcase while traveling for work. And in that time, I’ve seen the rise of and become a “bleisure […]

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What Does Attribute Based Shopping Mean for Hotels?

In this Pegasus partner report, George Roukas with Hudson Crossing examines what attribute-based shopping is, what it means for hotels, and what benefits consumers can expect from this new technology. Background Two modes of […]

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Choosing a Loyalty Program that Works for Independent Hotels

In an effort to land repeat customers (and increase direct bookings), loyalty programs are one of the most effective strategies out there. A study by Cornell University found that guests […]

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Airbnb and instant booking: A recipe for market domination

Airbnb knows how to make waves in the accommodations booking industry. Over the last few years, the San Francisco-based company has taken major market space away from more conventional hotel […]

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Business Travelers Are Still Going Rogue With Hotel Bookings

A recent study* by Egencia®, the business travel arm of the Expedia group, found that despite the wide use of travel policies worldwide, “rogue booking”, the practice of business travelers […]

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Buying Facebook Likes for your hotel: good or bad idea?

With its growing influence in the travel space, hotel marketers understand the immense value of earning a legion of “Likes” on their Facebook page. This iconic symbol represents the new […]

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How data and machine learning boosts personalisation in travel

Data is everywhere but how do you create value for individual users? It isn’t easy but in this case study we hear how data science can deliver more personal results […]

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Most Important Question Your Reservations Sales Agents Should Ask?

In the quest for online bookings and more direct business, some hotels have relegated their reservation sales team to people who take orders. They’re serving as mere extension of website […]

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Breakage vs Engagement: The Financial Question for Loyalty Programs

To help understand the challenges that loyalty programs face when trying to optimize the tradeoff between breakage and engagement, we spoke with Len Llaguno, Founder and CEO of SnapShotML, a […]

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