Understanding Guest Experience and Loyalty

Delivering great guest experience leads to loyalty and while rewards systems, points and discounts can help they aren’t the natural way to build guest loyalty. At Experience Hotel we work […]

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Digital Trends That Are Transforming the Travel Industry in 2017

  Digital breeds disloyalty. Before it came along, Judy from New Jersey went to her local travel agent to book her yearly family holiday to Barbados. She knew the providers […]

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How Much of a Threat Does Airbnb Pose to Traditional Ski Market Hotels?

Valuation professionals specializing in hotels commonly receive questions about the impact of Airbnb’s growing popularity on the established hotel industry. For years, many within the profession shrugged off Airbnb as […]

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3 Fast, Fresh Lessons Hotels Can Learn From Dominos

In a world of lightning-fast technology and constant industry disruption, one skill has risen as a top necessity for older companies to survive: Innovation We’ll be the first to tell […]

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4 Ways to Increase Your Direct Bookings

Nary a hospitality conference is found without the token debate about OTAs and their impact on hotels’ direct bookings. This trending topic has become so prevalent and so fierce, in […]

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Lessons from Snapchat – three travel and hospitality brands getting it right

With every new platform comes the inevitable sighs from overworked digital marketers. “Not another one” becomes the common refrain. There are generally two camps when it comes to new channels […]

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Channel Optimization: The Secrets of Data Driven Hoteliers

New report from Sabre and Phocuswright shows the steps hoteliers can take to create and maintain the right channel strategy to reach and convert more customers Sabre Hospitality Solutions has […]

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Hotel Rooms Departments Struggle to Control Expenses

Changes in rooms revenue per available room (RevPAR), and RevPAR penetration receive a lot of attention from hotel managers.  This is because the monies hotels receive from renting guest rooms […]

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Reduce Your Reliance On OTAs By Understanding Customer Expectations

In the 20-some years since Microsoft launched Expedia, we have seen a lot of changes in the online travel agent space. There have been so many startups, each offering some […]

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Google & Facebook move to shorten the distance between discovery and booking

Google Bucket lists and Facebook City Guides are trip planning tools that could also be useful travel brands. Andrew Hennigan reports. We’ve probably all shared our bucket list ideas through […]

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