Expert Insights

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How to Increase Hotel Profit Without Raising Rates

Rates are one lever but not the only one. In a market where guests have endless comparison tools, it is often not the safest one to pull first

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Your Guests Already Told You Everything. Are You Listening?

Hotels that start unifying their guest database will have a compounding data advantage. They will know guests better and convert more direct bookings

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Grow Your Hotel Brand: Essential Facebook and Instagram Strategies

You have a social media plan and brand guidelines, but what’s the secret sauce? Here are some strategies for both Facebook and Instagram

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The New Billboard Effect: ChatGPT the Next Front Line of Distribution

The question is not whether AI affects distribution; it already does. It is how deliberately hotels choose to compete in this new front line of visibility

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Only 60 Seconds to Find Your Competitors Corporate Rate

The platform now addresses all four stages of the hotel corporate sales cycle: account discovery, prospect outreach, rate intelligence, and lead nurturing

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The Hallucination Crisis: Not an AI Problem but a Data Problem

Modern AI is a prediction engine. When the data it receives is incomplete or ambiguous, it fills in the gaps. That is a hallucination

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a winner holding a cup and a loser looking sad reflecting how ai offers a competitive edge to hotels looking to win the the revenue management race

AI in Hospitality: A New Revenue Edge

AI in hospitality is not reserved for large chains. Small, independent hotels are using it to boost revenue and personalize guest experiences

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Wars Reshape Travel: What the Iran Conflict Means for Europe

Instability reshapes travel behaviour. Hotels must revisit source markets, recalibrate pricing, and adjust distribution strategies with speed

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How Will Commercial Role Evolve as AI Absorbs Hotel Analytics Work

Forecasting, excel modelling, pattern detection, scenario simulation. These were once the differentiators that defined revenue and commercial leadership

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How AI Shifts Guests from Website Browsing to Conversation

The role of the website as an interface will be threatened as it faces increasing competition from conversational channels that operate outside a browser

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