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Moving Past ROAS as a Marketing KPI

As traveler behavior evolves and the planning journey becomes longer and more complex, it’s clear that ROAS no longer tells the full story

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Luxury Email Design Should Be A Psychological Conversion Tool

There is a difference between “nice-looking emails” and an email that consistently drives direct bookings and protects brand equity

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Why a Hotel Newsletter Gets Deleted (And What Actually Works)

A hotel newsletter often fails because they’re built around what the hotel needs (bookings, revenue, etc) rather than what the guest wants

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How To Get Your Hotel To Appear in Google’s Featured Snippets

To rank for featured snippets, Google needs content that is structured, relevant and clearly answers user queries. Content that is search engine optimized

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Commercial Strategy: Building a Culture of Data Driven Hospitality

Commercial leaders are shifting from revenue management to total profit optimization. That means looking beyond rooms to consider every revenue stream

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How the Travelers Journey Is Shifting with AI

AI has not eliminated the travelers journey; it has condensed it. Discovery is faster, options are filtered earlier with less touchpoints before deciding

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Early Bird Offers: Stop Discounting Late, Start Winning Early

Applied strategically, early bird campaigns allow hotels to capture high-intent guests early, protect rate integrity, and reduce dependency on OTA demand

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3 Hotel KPIs That Drive Revenue (And Most Hotels Ignore)

Revenue, RevPAR, ADR: these tell you if you’re winning or losing. They don’t tell you why. They’re lagging indicators. The consequence, not the cause

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An Independent Hotelier’s Guide to RevPAG

RevPAG provides a comprehensive view of the total revenue generated by each guest, making it a useful profitability metric especially non-room revenue

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Mirai: 2026 Crystal Ball Predictions for Hotels

For hotels, the issue is strategic uncertainty. In Google’s world you broadly know the rules. In the AI world, organic visibility is still opaque

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