Hotels

Mobile and a massively missed opportunity

Markets are becoming mobile first and giving brands huge potential to reach out to travellers, but are many still missing out by failing to reach consumers on their smartphones? Creating […]

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Data Append Campaigns: Digital Marketing tactic for need times

Every hotel experiences need periods. Whether it is the shoulder season, big group cancellation, missing pace, or just a bad month, these things happen to almost everybody in our industry. […]

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6 Secrets to manage hotel occupancy during slow periods

Every hotel, regardless of the size or type, experiences days, weeks or months of slow periods. Every hotel has an off season when vacancies outnumber occupancies. During these low peak […]

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Hotstats Hotels Performance: MENA, Europe, UK and US (March 2018)

MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA Hotels in the Middle East & Africa successfully cut costs to fuel a 4.6% year-on-year increase in profit per room this month, which was in spite […]

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Automating Guest Messaging at Your Hotel Improves Guest Experience

Hotels using automated text messaging have seen guest engagement increase by over 25% NB: This is an article by Alex Shashou, President & co-founder of ALICE Texting has emerged as […]

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How to Get Millennials to Book Direct

“Millennials” or Generation Y are the first generational demographic to be brought up with technology and the internet. These digital natives consume more online media than ever before and are […]

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Hotels Have a Growing Loyalty Problem … and May Not Know It

“We see our customers as invited guests to a party, and we are the hosts. It’s our job every day to make every important aspect of the customer experience a […]

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How to build a foolproof direct booking plan for your B&B

Direct bookings are the lifeblood of any small hotel or B&B, especially considering they operate on tighter budgets and have less rooms with which to produce revenue. The constant battle […]

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Facebook Freebies: Increasing Your Page’s Organic Reach

“Organic is dead!” – This is a phrase we have been hearing lately. Digital Marketing professionals have been writing about this for months, even years, as Facebook continues its push […]

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Location First Marketing: A Hotelier’s Guide

It used to be that location was the most important factor for a business’ exposure (and therefore success). Whether it was a hotel or a boutique, being visible was necessary […]

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