marketing
Your Guests Already Told You Everything. Are You Listening?
Hotels that start unifying their guest database will have a compounding data advantage. They will know guests better and convert more direct bookings
Grow Your Hotel Brand: Essential Facebook and Instagram Strategies
You have a social media plan and brand guidelines, but what’s the secret sauce? Here are some strategies for both Facebook and Instagram
The New Billboard Effect: ChatGPT the Next Front Line of Distribution
The question is not whether AI affects distribution; it already does. It is how deliberately hotels choose to compete in this new front line of visibility
How AI is Pushing Past Hotel Guest Personas
It is unwise for hotels to rely solely on hotel guest personas. The way forward is interaction informed data and understand why guests make decisions
When Every Hotel Looks Premium, How Do The Best Stand Apart?
The luxury brands that continue to stand apart tend to be those whose identities are shaped by something beyond product alone
The Role of Color Psychology in Hotel Marketing
By understanding how color shapes emotions and decisions, hotel marketers can create campaigns that feel natural and engaging, creating lasting connections
Why Guests Choose One Hotel Over Another (It’s Not Just Price)
Instead of lining up photos and picking the prettiest, guests mentally simulate the experience of staying at the hotel. Subconsciously, they ask:
Your Hotel Website Is Not Competing With Other Hotels
When your website loses moment, it does not simply fail to close a transaction, it routes demand you created back into commission-bearing channels
How Hotels Use Dynamic Pricing Strategies for Direct Bookings
True dynamic pricing involves strategic rate adjustments based on a variety of signals, interpreted in real time. It is not reactive, it is proactive
Hotels Are Paying for Guests They Already Own
Across paid search, retargeting, metasearch, and OTA channels, hotels routinely pay to convert guests who had already made the decision to book them
