booking
UX Tips for your Hotel Website’s Booking Mask
A well-designed booking mask is a great way to accelerate a user’s progress through your hotel’s booking process with a minimum of effort, especially for returning visitors and those comparing […]
The GDS = Good, Darn Sense
Today, hoteliers spend most of their time trying to ‘beat the OTAs’ by focusing primarily on increasing their direct bookings; that’s a fantastic tactic BUT it’s not the only one […]
How To Engage Your Guests And Drive Bookings This Holiday Season
As your guests start to plan their Christmas and New Year getaways, it’s time to plan how your hotel can capitalise on the seasonal travel market and maximise revenue this […]
VAT Survival Guide For Irish Hoteliers: 25 Ideas To Slash Cost Of Booking
Regrettably, the rumours have been confirmed. Long feared by tourism businesses all over Ireland, the government has recently declared that the sector’s VAT rate will increase from 9% to 13.5% […]
Is word-of-mouth still a way to get bookings at your B&B?
Industry experts are constantly emphasising the importance of implementing new distribution and marketing strategies at your B&B, but there’s still something to be said for word-of-mouth referrals. NB: This is […]
7 Ways to Boost Direct Bookings with Your Hotel Front Desk Staff
There is a powerful resource for increasing direct bookings at your disposal. One that’s available to every hotel, yet it’s often overlooked and underutilized. NB: This is an article from […]
Guest Personas and Bridging the Gap Between Browsing and Buying
Building a useful marketing strategy has become increasingly complicated with the advent of social media. Guest are now closer than ever to brands and their representatives, making impersonal and generalized […]
What Hotels Can Learn From Google Mobile Booking Experience
Google makes no secret of its focus on mobile users. At the beginning of 2018 it rolled out mobile-first indexing and with it an entire ethos of mobile-first prioritization to […]
How Booking Behavior Varies Across Hotel Segments
A traveler’s behavior can vary not only with how and where they search and book, but it can vary depending on other experiences during their trip, such as their flight […]
Keeping Up With The New TripAdvisor
The travel world is abuzz with speculation about TripAdvisor. The review giant announced in September that big change was coming to the platform in the form of a travel feed […]