Expert Insights

Hotels, Tour Operators, Agencies : 2B or Not B2B in Pandemic Era??
The most successful Hotels were the ones that accepted the challenge and risked to fail, but still tried to continue business and not stop

Using an Attribute Based Selling Approach in Your Upsell Strategy
There are many ways to apply the forward thinking principles of attribute based selling through different channels for example, upselling

Effective Tools to Increase Visibility When Using Booking
Almost all hotels in the world are live on the channel, and for sure visibility to potential customers is greater than that of most websites

Which Google Services Are Right for My Hotel?
If you are one of the many hotels that has changed their policy to offer free cancellations, Book on Google provides a way to promote this

Are Branded Hotels Wasting Money on Metasearch Right Now?
We discuss why in this current climate and changing guest profile, metasearch is just a channel shift and not producing incremental revenue

Ready for Recovery? Your Direct Booking Action Plan
Giving guests, potential guests, and website visitors innovative incentives needed to encourage them to make a direct booking is imperative

Hotel M&E: Changing World, Creative Ideas, Ancillary Revenue…..Really?
We question whether meetings, groups and event revenue should still be considered ancillary revenue when a substantial part of a hotels income

10 New Creative Room Types to Boost Revenue
As you decide which room types to test, reach out to local journalists. Many have been covering the “work from hotel” trend and are interested

7 Tactics to Keep your Hotel’s Distribution Healthy and Highly Profitable
If you find that your distribution connection hobbles your optimization efforts, then you may find that it’s time to try something new

Revenue Manager Crisis Checklist: Daily, Weekly and Monthly Tasks
Veit and Till have put together a checklist of Daily, Weekly and Monthly tasks Revenue Management professionals should doing during the crisis