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Portugal Winter Hotel Bookings Surpass 2019 Levels

Winter hotel bookings in Portugal have surpassed 2019 numbers for the first time since the start of the pandemic

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Turn Sundays Into Fundays: 5 Creative Strategies to Drive Sunday Stays

We wanted to give you 5 inspiring ideas to market your Sunday night stays and boost direct reservations while helping guests deal with the Sunday scaries

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No Vacancies: When Do You Sell Out Your Hotel?

During high demand periods, staff working extra hours are paid higher rates for those hours, which doesn’t impact hotel profits as much as you think

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Managing Metasearch as Part of Your Hotel Marketing Strategy

Metasearch is a very important part of your overall marketing mix. It helps increase online reach and can help to increase your hotel direct bookings

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Travel Recovery: Resilience in the Face of Uncertainty

On a global level, the last quarter of 2021 had its ups and downs, but evidence continues to build that travel shoppers are ready to see the world again

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Top Features to Drive Revenue from Hotel Websites

A large majority of customers book hotels online. Even travelers who use OTAs often check out the best features of hotel websites

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Benchmark Your Hotel Booking Engine Performance

Searcher conversion rate measures a booking engine’s success, whereas user conversion rate measures combined performance of your website and booking engine

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Breaking Data Barriers: What to Look for in a Multi-Property PMS

Without shared access to available data and guest profiles across the group, booking opportunities are lost and returning guests go unacknowledged

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person on a laptop with credit card possibly making direct booking on a hotel website reflecting the importance of hotels controlling their channels to reduce ota dependency

10 Direct Channel KPIs Every Hotelier Needs

Data analytics can help understand direct channel performance, but true value comes from comparing your brand to the market and identifying growth potential

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Hotel Commercial Strategy: Predicting Demand & Pricing Correctly

The hospitality industry has changed and hoteliers need to adapt – efficiency is now vital. NB: This is an article from OTA Insight It is shortsighted at best – damaging […]

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