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Dopamine and Power of Personalization in Boosting Hotel Revenue

In recent years, researchers have found dopamine can be triggered by positive online experiences, including the act of browsing or shopping on a website

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Which OTAs Cause the Worst Price Undercuts in Your Region?

It’s no secret that the volume of OTAs participating in the auction has skyrocketed, making impression share more and more difficult to obtain

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The Cart Abandonment Checklist: A Guide for Ecommerce Marketers

Timing is everything when it comes to cart abandonment emails. It’s important to optimize your abandoned cart email sequence for maximum recovery

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What is the Optimal Distribution Mix in a Hotel?

Without distribution, it’s as good as if your hotel didn’t exist. Approaching it holistically with these tips in mind lays the foundations for success.

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How to Calculate Your Guest Acquisition Cost (GAC) in 2023

Here we break things down for you, explaining how to calculate guest acquisition cost and the different costs to factor in

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8 Actionable Tips to Prevent and Profit From Cancellations

You suddenly find yourself with a slew of last-minute cancellations and bend over backwards trying, desperately, to sell those rooms

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Growing Contribution of Metasearch to Direct Revenue

Any source of traffic that generates 13% of total direct revenue is a must in your online marketing mix, and that’s what metasearch is today

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Social Media Is Not Your Website

A hotel website is where the conversions happen and the path to get the guest there is where your social media strategy is leveraged for optimal influence

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How to Save 48% in Promotional Costs from Direct Bookings

As a result, it reduced promotional spend by 48%, influenced 120+ bookings of website visitors and resulted in +£29k extra revenue from low-intent users

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smaller man standing by feet of much larger man illustrating how OTAs can take an unfair share of bookings from Boutique Hotels

A Simple Way to Beat the OTAs

We often don’t measure the leakage of commission to OTAs and we certainly don’t measure it against the costs of securing a direct booking

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