Expert Insights

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Don’t Be a Sheep: 5 Reasons Not to Follow Hotel Competitor Pricing

I have heard so many iterations of hotels justifying why they follow competitors pricing strategies. I have never fully understood or agreed with them

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Kick Start Social Media for Your Hotel in 2022

Hoteliers are short staffed and sometimes social media is last priority. What we have learnt these last 2 years is not to forget our transient guests

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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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Greece Showing Strong Summer Travel Demand

Travel intentions are strongly focused on the summer season: unlike Greece’s direct competitors, demand for the summer season is stronger than for spring

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Why the Way Hotels Forecast is Wrong and Outdated

Welcome to another of our Coffee Time chats. Today we talk about the way Hotels Forecast and why the current method is wrong and outdated

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5 Tips to Leverage Guest Reviews on Your Hotel Website

With the majority of travelers looking for reassurance, there is a significant risk they leave your hotel website (without booking) to check reviews on OTAs

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Attribute Based Selling: It’s Time to Define it for the Hotel Industry

With attribute-based selling, hoteliers can sell every room attribute separately, instead of the traditional method of offering rooms by just room type

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Trivago Improves CPA With Cancellations Taken Into Account (Net CPA)

trivago is transforming its Gross CPA model to a Net CPA model for independent hotels, which will take cancellations into account when charging commissions

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TikTok vs Reels: Everything Hotel Marketers Need to Know

Social media app TikTok recently topped Google as the world’s most visited website. That impressive feat cements TikTok as a top channel for hotel marketers

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Hotels Are Not The Future of Hospitality

There’s a new opportunity opening up in travel that will change the balance of power in hospitality over the next decade

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