portugal travel destination skyline with hotels but can the portugese hotel market continue to grow as before

The Portuguese Hotel Market Can No Longer Grow As Before

At first glance tourism revenues paint an optimistic picture for the Portuguese hotel market, however, a closer look reveals a more complex context

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man holding his head in his hands possibly a sales leader wondering why their hotel dashboards continually fail to provide the information they really need

Why Hotel Dashboards Fail: Lessons for Sales Leaders

Most dashboards turn sales leaders into crime-scene investigators. Showing what happened, but not much help when trying to influence the future

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stage lights at a pop concert illustrating importance to hotels of big events to drive big opportunities

Big Events Big Opportunities: How to Prepare for Far-Out Demand

How can your hotel make the most of opportunities with mega events? Here are five ways to prepare and maximize revenue

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a person at a laptop with coins and a graph overlay illustrating the price illusion and why the rate a hotel files is not the rate the traveller might see

The Price Illusion: Why the Rate You File Isn’t the Rate They See

The gap between the price you set and the price the guest pays is often created in the murky middle layer of distribution

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3 Levels of Pricing Architecture: Where is Your Profit Decided?

Discover how your pricing architecture decides your ability to react to demand and why controlling your increments is key to maximising your revenue

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Hotels Didn’t Abandon Spam They Abandoned Acquisition

Instead of replacing crude outbound tactics with something more sophisticated, the industry largely exited upstream acquisition altogether

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What You Must Take Away from Marriott-Google AI Direct Booking

Here is the unvarnished reality of the Marriott-Google AI direct booking play and why the “logical path” forward requires a fundamental rethink

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7 Strategies to Boost Direct Bookings and Outpace OTAs

Despite all the buzz around OTAs and AI bots, guests still prefer direct relationships with hotels when offered a reason to – they want to be recognized

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Cluster-Based Insights to Improve Hotel Direct Bookings

Improving direct conversion is not simply about generating more bookings; it is about capturing more demand through the channel that delivers profitability

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AI, AEO, and GEO: Questions Every Hotelier Should Ask

AI can help hotels increase direct bookings, but the value comes from improving efficiency and visibility rather than replacing human decision-making

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