Common vanity metrics in hotel marketing and what to measure instead

When it comes to hotel marketing, vanity metrics are numbers that make you look good, but don’t really say much or contribute to your bottom line. Common examples in online […]

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13 Things to Know on the Quest for Hotel GDPR Compliance

Today’s topic is a VERY important one. GDPR, which is the new set of regulations around data protection standards that are coming into effect in Europe in May, is a […]

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A Hotel Twitter Guide

Twitter is one of the most popular social networks in the world with more than 300 million monthly users. Contrary to other platforms like Facebook and Google+, Twitter focuses on […]

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A hotel marketer’s guide to CRM

Typically, the marketing department plays the lead role in CRM, acting as the primary user and key operator of CRM software and managing guest communications and data. As the guardian […]

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3 Short Case Studies in Total Revenue Management Algorithms

One of the arguments I continually make in this blog is that many Total Revenue Management efforts are being thwarted by the fact that managers are using the wrong measures […]

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Lawmakers Take Aim at Airfare Pricing, Transparency

For years, airlines have been known to cling to outdated and even antiquated technology, afraid that upgrading their tech infrastructure could lead to the catastrophic downages that have affected most […]

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Dreaming to Booking Part III: How to Capitalize on the Planning Phase

The moment you decide to take the plunge on planning a vacation can be just as exciting as the vacation itself. Once someone chooses a travel destination, the dreaming phase […]

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Overdependent on OTAs? You need to rethink your distribution mix

“It’s healthy that hotels have a distribution mix.” Those are the words of Booking.com’s Gillian Tans, speaking at ITB last week. You might not hear us say this too often, […]

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5 revenue management questions independent hoteliers should ask

Advanced revenue management systems, powered by machine learning, are used by leading hotel brands around the world. NB: This is an article by Tracy Dong, Lead Advisor APAC at IDeaS […]

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How your OTA pricing model mix can distort important stats like RevPAR

RevPAR (Revenue Per Available Room) is one of your hotel’s most important performance metrics. Yet while commonly used and heavily relied upon, it’s a metric that isn’t without its faults. […]

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