Hotels

Business travellers split between traditional and alternative booking channels

  Figures from the GBTA Foundation show business travellers from the UK, Germany and France are fairly evenly split between booking via traditional channels and alternative methods. The study shows […]

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Hotel Contract Negotiations: Tougher Dealings, Softer Rates

The negotiating season for 2016 corporate hotel rates proved to be even more challenging than in previous years, but efforts paid off, as rate increases came in softer than forecast […]

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Hotel Marketing: dangers of duplicate content

NB: This is an article by Megan Harr, Senior Copy & SEO Specialist at HeBS Digital Defining Duplicate Web Content Even the most discerning digital marketing professionals and hoteliers need […]

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Treat your hotel website like a beautiful store window

  NB: This is an article from SiteMinder, a leading cloud platform for hotels World-famous retailers such as Macy’s in New York and Harrods in London are renowned for their […]

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Independent hotels in Europe must adapt to attract new guests in 2016

NB: This is an article by Dai Williams, Managing Director – EMEA, SiteMinder Independent hotels in Europe must find new ways to attract customers during 2016 in order to survive. […]

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Choice Hotels opens vacation rental platform to compete with Airbnb

  Making good on its promise from last month, Choice Hotels confirmed that it will start offering vacation rentals. Choice Hotels CEO Steve Joyce had hinted at the Americas Lodging […]

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A Guide to Hotel Data and Analytics

  NB: This is an article from Snapshot As hoteliers we don’t always consider data to be a fundamental tool in our daily operations. We’d rather focus on making our […]

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Hospitality industry pricing: Where is it heading?

  There is much debate within hospitality circles on the growing pressures on pricing and the problems revenue managers are having making decisions on when to sell a room, who […]

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Hotel Industry outlook: A crash or soft landing?

  Hoteliers, analysts and investors aren’t quite sure what to expect of the hotel industry’s performance in 2016 and beyond. But what could previous declines tell us about what to […]

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BHA repeats calls for greater transparency at sites such as Airbnb

The British Hospitality Association (BHA) has repeated its call for greater transparency on sharing websites such as Airbnb, alleging that it encourages what it calls “illegal hotels” and professional landlords. […]

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