Expert Insights

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The New Relationship Between Upselling Cadence and Guest Engagement

When driven by upselling, digital guest engagement can strengthen loyalty, power retention and more importantly drive revenue

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Forecasting Uncertainty – The Metric We Need

Forecasting uncertainty is important for pricing and it’s important for the cost-benefit analysis that an RMS needs to make on behalf of the clients

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German Hotel Market Update, Group Business and Changing Compsets

We reflect on changes in the German hotel market over last 3 months. Touching on different regions, inbound travel, groups business, pricing and compsets

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6 Things to Consider When Investing in an RMS

As you seek to optimize revenues, drive profits, save time, and outperform competitors, here’s how to find an RMS built to optimize your business segments

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How Privacy Protection is Changing Email Marketing

With third-party data and many traditional email metrics gone for good, this first-party data is going to be vital to the success of marketing efforts

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Recovery of Spanish Tourism: Summer Trends & Delta Variant UK Impact

The decisions taken regarding foreign mobility by the UK and Germany, two important markets for Spanish tourism, have had a strong impact on Spanish tourism

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Four Steps to Becoming a Data Driven Hotel Organization

Business Intelligence is an organizational capability that has to be nurtured and grown. If you don’t create a culture of data analytics, no tools can help

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What Booking.com Was Doing to Gain Market Share During Lockdown

We’re living in uncertain times never seen before in the sector, as well as a change in the paradigm of online shopping and Booking.com knows it

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Europe Travel Hot Spots: Spain, Italy & Greece, with Turkey Close Behind

Analysis of flight search data makes it possible to study trends in tourist demand, the travel preferences of travellers and regions with highest demand

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Are You Planning to Include a Payment Gateway in Direct Sales Channel?

The reactivation of the demand for hotels has led many hotels to seek information about what payment gateway to include into their direct sales

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