Hotels
Singapore hotel market poised for growth
Despite the steady supply of hotels in the pipeline that will continue to put pressure on occupancy and ADR, hotel performance is likely to improve. Benefiting from its position […]
Plymouth revealed as ‘best value’ city in UK
Plymouth is the best value city in the UK for a hotel stay, according to Trivago’s annual Best Value UK City Index. The list, which includes 26 cities with at […]
Marriott’s Beebe explains content marketing
Large-scale marketing efforts have grown exponentially more complex than they were in the early days of the hotel industry, and now can even more closely resemble TV shows or movies […]
Google power, and its latest statistics, dominate BTO
Google was a constant theme during the keynotes at last week’s Buy Tourism Online event in Florence, Italy, but Lufthansa’s distribution cost charge (DCC) also made a few honorary […]
Hotels Squander Millions By Ignoring Their Best Revenue Prospects
Ask most hoteliers how they attract prospective guests and they’ll tell you about their marketing campaigns and loyalty programs. Ironically, the lowest hanging fruit for most hotels goes mostly […]
Booking.com vs TripTease: truth and transparency
Pamela Whitby analyses an interesting development in the hotel distribution landscape Poor taste or not, the letter sent by Booking.com to hotel partners last week shows that the hackles […]
Travellers spend more time booking hotels than flights
Sojern’s new Interactive Hotel Insights Report reveals two major consumer behaviour changes – travellers are spending more time on the hotel path to purchase than for airlines and last-minute bookers […]
Brand consolidation: The answer to OTAs?
Competition with OTAs could drive further consolidation within the hotel industry. The top companies in the hotel industry could see further growth by adding properties to soft-brand collections. The hotel industry […]
Partnership to Increase Online Distribution Solutions
SiteMinder and one of the US’s leading property management software providers, Innsoft, have today announced a partnership to offer a new wholly-integrated online distribution solution for hotels. The partnership addresses […]
Is your booking flow ready for the Millennials?
NB: This is a viewpoint by Eddie Robb, managing director for Make It Social. The market is at a tipping point. Millennials are poised to become the dominant consumer segment globally, […]
