Why Expedia or Priceline Might Be Next Great Hotel Brand

What if Expedia, Priceline, and TripAdvisor had their own hotels? What if there were less need for hotel owners to rely on hotel management companies like Hilton, Marriott, Hyatt, Wyndham, […]

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Distribution Channel Strategy: The Path to Profitability

If attaining guests through loyalty programs, personalization and the provision of choice is the hospitality industry’s Holy Grail, then profitability is the infinite abundance it promises. NB: This is an […]

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Data, Data Everywhere

Albert Einstein once said, “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” NB: This is an article by Glenn Wirick, EVP of Sales and Marketing at […]

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How Hotels Can Prepare for a Changing Facebook

If your hotel’s strategy for marketing on Facebook is sharing photos or blog posts to your page, I have some bad news. Not only has this been a low-performing strategy […]

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Mobile Search and the Travel Industry

It is no secret mobile search has become more popular over the past decade. With the popularity of smartphones and mobile devices there has been a noticeable and consistent increase […]

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Blockchain for hotels: What you need to know (and what you don’t)

“A new internet for the travel industry”: Why blockchain matters Here are three reasons why we think blockchain should be something that hoteliers have on their radar: It has the […]

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The State of Central Reservations Systems: Key Requirements Driving Evolution

Today’s travelers have high expectations of a personalized e-commerce experience along their journey, which makes guest-centric functionalities a top priority for a hotel chain’s central reservations systems (CRS). As a […]

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Bing gearing up for Hotel Ads general release

As metasearch marketers say goodbye to 2017 and prepare for 2018, one question on everyone’s mind is, “What is new in metasearch for 2018?” One answer to that question is […]

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The end of the professional critic (and why you need to get over it)

Remember the days of the professional critic? You’d have the perfect room picked out — the pride of your hotel — and it would be flawlessly cleaned and prepped, mint […]

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Common UX mistakes you might be making on your hotel website

Is your website losing bookings by making some common user experience mistakes? Plenty of seemingly modern hotel websites have subtle flaws that might not be obvious at first glance, but […]

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