booking

Corporate guests are a market that can be available to hotels all year-round. Unlike leisure, business travel rarely has an off-season and if hotels work hard to attract bookings and […]

Today, the most advanced booking systems can radically alter how a hotel operates. With a wealth of front-end and back-end features, they have the power to drive direct bookings, grow […]

Loyalty and reward programs can help make up the difference between having average occupancy rates or a fully booked calendar. In fact, according to Phocuswright April 2015 report, (Dis)Loyalty and […]

Revenue management is fundamental to a well-run hotel. It’s the way hoteliers manage rates, inventory, and distribution in an effort to show the right room to the right guest at […]

Last month, we hosted a webinar that addressed how hotels can use smart digital marketing to optimize their booking funnel and boost direct bookings. We spoke with four industry experts […]

In today’s ultra-competitive hospitality marketplace, any competitive edge can translate into a stronger bottom line, and it’s no secret that driving direct business and better revenue is one of the […]

The Genius rewards programme is a brilliant move by Booking.com in its strategy to continue gaining market share in hotels by gobbling up other online channels as well as the […]

Metasearch is one the most effective channels to drive bookings to in-need properties. The availability of flexible bidding tools in the metasearch channel allows advertisers to be very specific in […]

Facebook launched its City Guides feature last month, giving even more credibility to the idea that mobile devices’ importance to hotel distribution will only grow. Facebook’s new offering in particular […]

A new GBTA Foundation survey of business travellers who are based in Europe’s three largest business travel markets – Germany, the United Kingdom and France – revealed business travellers are […]