analytics
Starwood taps machine learning to dynamically price rooms
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide uses an analytics engine to alter hotel price rates on the fly, improving demand forecasting by 20 percent. Should Marriott International acquire Starwood Hotels & […]
Kalibri points hotel toward true cost of guest acquisition
One of the most under-reported stories in travel is that most hotel owners have no idea what their cost per channel is and what they’re actually getting per room. […]
SEO Checklist for Small Hotels and B&Bs
Search engine optimization — or SEO — is critical to your overall online presence. With the best SEO practices, you can increase your hotels ranking on the search engine results […]
Why Keyword Research For Hotels Is So Important
Keyword research is the backbone of any SEO strategy. Getting a hotel to rank for the right keywords can greatly impact its success, but choosing the right keywords to target […]
Analytics everywhere: Using what you know
IN a digital world, the winning organisations will be the ones that successfully find new customers, discover new markets, and pursue new revenue streams using digital channels. New, digital competitors […]
Hotel Marketing & Online Revenue Optimization Super Metrics
Analytics metrics have evolved over the past few years. In my last article, I discussed the dinosaur metrics that have fallen in value since the last mass extinction event. Since […]
Supply and Demand: Are you maximizing room revenue?
The theory of supply and demand is one of the fundamental principles of economics. However, it’s not something constrained to leading economists. And when it comes to maximizing your hotel’s […]
Changes to the TripAdvisor Popularity Ranking Algorithm
Why We Changed the Popularity Ranking Algorithm Over the past decade, the volume of reviews and opinions on TripAdvisor has increased exponentially – from six million in 2006 to over […]
Making Sense of Google Analytics
Google Analytics is a tool that’s often spoken about in digital marketing, and worth being in the know about for any hotelier who wants to build a high-converting website. In […]
Revenue Manager! You Are Now In Charge of Conversions.
NB: This is an article by Robert Hernandez, Hotel Revenue Discovery Expert with Origin World Labs One of the themes I often explore in this blog is that Revenue Management is simply […]