Hotels

The Definitive Guide to Calendar Shifts and US RevPAR

Looking back at the last 19 years of data, we feel that we can estimate the calendar-shift impact with some precision and estimate the demand and RevPAR impact on monthly performance results

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What is Google My Business Q&As and Why It Matters

You can take this Google My Business Q&A feature one step further by creating your own FAQs to get ahead of your users and anticipated questions

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How to Set Up Your Social Media Manager to Succeed

Most hospitality marketing plans don’t budget for a dedicated social media role – it’s still seen by many as something that can be done on the side, as just one of a professional’s many duties

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Airbnb – What Can We Learn From Them?

The concept of locals renting out their houses to curious travellers is simple but effective, and Airbnb can teach us a lot if we hone in on their quick road to success.

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Are Hotel Guests the Next OTA?

Amazon regularly reward top reviewers with a lot of free stuff in the mail but as far as I can tell, OTAs are yet to financially incentivise ordinary people to write reviews

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Think Like a Revenue Manager: 5 Tips to Up Your Group Business for Profitability

If sales and revenue management can understand what they each value in their decisions, together they can better support one another and achieve the overarching goals of the hotel.

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What to Look for in Your Sponsored Ads Solution

As a revenue or marketing manager, one of the things that may be top of mind for you⁠ – especially when anticipating a potential low booking windows – is: Should I be running sponsored ads?

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5 Tips for a Successful Budget Season

As hoteliers across the land prepare are in the midst of another budget planning season, consider these five tips to help ease the process, and guide you into a successful 2020 season.

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6 Questions Hotels Must Answer Before Leap to Facebook Messenger Bots

Chatbots can’t handle all issues that guests have, but they can take care of many and no platform has made it easier to get started than Facebook Messenger

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Hotel Statements: A Model of Profit Maximizing Premia and Discounts

Although the true aim of a hotel’s operation is to maximize profit, the wide availability and frequent reporting of RevPAR may make revenue the hotel manager’s most immediate target

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