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How To Engage Your Guests And Drive Bookings This Holiday Season

As your guests start to plan their Christmas and New Year getaways, it’s time to plan how your hotel can capitalise on the seasonal travel market and maximise revenue this […]

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VAT Survival Guide For Irish Hoteliers: 25 Ideas To Slash Cost Of Booking

Regrettably, the rumours have been confirmed. Long feared by tourism businesses all over Ireland, the government has recently declared that the sector’s VAT rate will increase from 9% to 13.5% […]

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Is word-of-mouth still a way to get bookings at your B&B?

Industry experts are constantly emphasising the importance of implementing new distribution and marketing strategies at your B&B, but there’s still something to be said for word-of-mouth referrals. NB: This is […]

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7 Ways to Boost Direct Bookings with Your Hotel Front Desk Staff

There is a powerful resource for increasing direct bookings at your disposal. One that’s available to every hotel, yet it’s often overlooked and underutilized. NB: This is an article from […]

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Guest Personas and Bridging the Gap Between Browsing and Buying

Building a useful marketing strategy has become increasingly complicated with the advent of social media. Guest are now closer than ever to brands and their representatives, making impersonal and generalized […]

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What Hotels Can Learn From Google Mobile Booking Experience

Google makes no secret of its focus on mobile users. At the beginning of 2018 it rolled out mobile-first indexing and with it an entire ethos of mobile-first prioritization to […]

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How Booking Behavior Varies Across Hotel Segments

A traveler’s behavior can vary not only with how and where they search and book, but it can vary depending on other experiences during their trip, such as their flight […]

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Keeping Up With The New TripAdvisor

The travel world is abuzz with speculation about TripAdvisor. The review giant announced in September that big change was coming to the platform in the form of a travel feed […]

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10 Ways to Bring in More Direct Hotel Bookings in 2019

In 2019, three key trends will have an increased impact on your ability to drive direct hotel bookings: the travelers’ shift to mobile, direct bookings facilitated through metasearch, and the […]

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sign saying cancelled reflecting increase in hotel cancelation policies

How to Manage and Combat Hotel Cancellations

Cancellations are every hoteliers inevitable worst enemy. Even if you manage to recapture some of your lost bookings close to stay dates, they will still cost you. NB: This is […]

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