Lowest Available Hotel Rates: A Friend or Foe?

Owing to increased Internet penetration and the booming sharing economy, which has an impact on the lodging sector, the online travel market in Asia-Pacific has grown in recent years. Technology […]

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The rise of mobile and social as performance channels

Performance marketing platform Criteo saw mobile business breach the critical 50% threshold last quarter, underlining why travel firms must have cross-device insight. Speaking to Travolution after Criteo issued a three […]

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Hotels and the dirty battle with OTAs

From point-of-sale shenanigans to wholesaler tactics and the rise of club rates, hotels of all shapes and sizes are fighting back and it’s not over yet. The battle for direct […]

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RevPAR fall suggests hotel market has reached plateau

The UK’s hotel market saw its first decline in average RevPAR (rooms revenue per available room) in four years during the first three months of 2016 adding further fuel to the suggestion that […]

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Turning the Luxury Hotel Experience into Online Bookings

NB: This is an article by Jennifer Alberts, Account Supervisor at HeBS Digital Though the economy travel landscape continues to change, luxury hotels are as prosperous and popular as ever. […]

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Five ways revenue management analytics impress your owner

  NB: This is a viewpoint by Brian Douty, chief financial officer at IDeaS. As the chief financial officer of a revenue technology company, bottom line financial performance always remains […]

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Techniques to connect content with your audience

Understanding our audience is at the heart of all good content marketing. Fundamentally, content marketing is an exercise in empathy: understanding and appreciating the audience’s needs and providing content that they’ll […]

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The Proper Use of RevPAG (Revenue Per Available Guest)

Any specialty, and hospitality is no exclusion, comes with its own set of technical jargon and acronyms. We hoteliers are bombarded daily with ADR and Revenue Per Available Room (RevPAR) […]

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How Online Reputation Affects Hotel Performance

Online reputation has become a major factor in the choosing of a hotel; now, most travelers will use online sources to review hotels and other tourism operators during their decision […]

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Dinosaur Metrics Bites Chunk Out of Hotel Marketing

Marketing is evolving as I am typing this sentence. I’m here to make sure you are not wasting your time, energy and marketing budgets by focusing on outdated metrics. Many of […]

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