How Quickly Should I Respond to Reviews?

When guests leave reviews, responding promptly can lead to a quicker resolution for dissatisfied guests or solidify guest loyalty for satisfied travelers

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Fake Hotel Reviews – What’s Being Done to Fight Review Fraud

Many hoteliers believe fake reviews are a serious problem, so much so that some have become dubious about the reliability of online review sites

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Is It Worth Independent Hotels Having a Loyalty Program?

With the OTAs competing more aggressively with independent hotels, it’s key for an independent hotelier to consider the benefits of a loyalty program

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Traveler Cost Concerns Forcing Hoteliers to Rethink Rate Strategies

Commercial strategy teams should use future pricing strategies and group bookings to build base, then optimize rate to blend in transient business

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Hotel Direct Booking (Pt2): Make Your Website Appealing (Sticky)

Continuing our video series, today in video 2 we look at how hoteliers can make their hotel website more engaging and sticky

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This is How Tripadvisor Net Commission Per Stay Model Works

This model is designed as a gateway to the Tripadvisor metasearch world, allowing the many hotels that are currently offline to try it risk-free.

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How User-Generated Content Can Boost Your Hotel Marketing Strategy

While social media is one of the easier ways to get visual user-generated content, it is not the only one. Below we cover a few other ways

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General Manager: Don’t Trust Your Experience and Gut Feel

Advanced data and analysis are not part of a general manager’s DNA. However, this creates problems when they do not provide the necessary resources

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Hotel Direct Booking (Pt 1): Make Your Hotel Attractive

This is video 1 of a 3 video series about hotel direct booking. In this video we focus on how your marketing and distribution could make you more attractive

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10 Differences Between Universal Analytics and Google Analytics 4

Following is a high-level list of the many differences you can expect when your Universal Analytics to Google Analytics 4 migration is complete

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