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Use Hotel CRM to Engage With Your Most Valuable Guests

Building a relationship with your guests is the cornerstone of hospitality, but creating loyal, advocates of your brand requires a step beyond that. NB: This is an article by Nicki […]

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Leveraging the Power of Your Hotel CRS To Improve Direct Booking

Direct bookings are the “Holy Grail” for every single hotelier around the globe. Often elusive, direct bookings have a significant impact on a property’s financial performance but leave hoteliers waging […]

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5 Significant Ways to Increase Direct Bookings

Direct communication is at the centre of personalising your approach to customer retention. In order for your guest to value your business over your competitors, they need to view your […]

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5 Key Ingredients to a Successful B&B Loyalty Scheme

The equation is simple, a successful B&B loyalty program will drive more direct bookings at your property. The bookings that result from a loyalty program are particularly beneficial because they […]

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How Facebook and Google Are Changing the Travel Industry

Emerging technologies are changing not just how travel brands do business but also when they do it. After years of intense focus on the moment of conversion, travel companies are […]

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Why Average Joe Should Never Use an OTA. And Why He Will Never Stop Using Them!

With two large shortcomings I can’t see why the average person who has a basic understanding of how the travel world works would ever use an online travel agency. NB: […]

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5 Online Booking Pitfalls and How To Avoid Them

Why does your hotel have a website? There are a number of reasons of course – brand awareness, online reputation, you had some really great photos taken a while back […]

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The Evolution Of Online Travel Distribution & Its Impact On Hotels

It’s easy to forget that we didn’t always complete bookings via the internet. Before the advent of online check-in and price comparison sites, airline tickets and hotel reservations usually involved […]

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13 Features Every Hotel Web Booking Engine Must Have

Online hotel booking systems have redefined the hotel industry space. Not only have they made hotel reservations easier for guests, they have also made hotels more accessible to guests, regardless […]

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5 Ways to Generate More Revenue in Low Season

Revenue maximisation is a central, year-round responsibility for all revenue or property managers. But it’s especially tough during periods of low demand, when you need to come up with creative […]

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