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Big Data vs. Smart Data

Years before big data exploded into something like a phenomenon, hotels were already incorporating industry data into their revenue technologies and strategies. NB: This is an article from IDeaS But […]

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The Art and Science of BI for Hotels

Business intelligence (BI) for hotels can be complex because it incorporates multiple disciplines. In a nutshell, BI allows hotels to capture data from internal and external sources (e.g. benchmarks and […]

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A Comprehensive Approach to Hotel Channel Distribution

Over the past decade, the hotel industry has experienced dramatic changes, particularly in the area of hotel channel distribution. Big brands, online travel agencies (OTAs), global distribution systems (GDS’s), and […]

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How to Use Customer Insights to Spur Growth

After years of focusing on controlling costs, growth has moved to the top of the priority list for many companies. In a survey of 1,600 senior executives by KPMG, 96% […]

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Leveraging Click Data In Google Analytics

As hospitality-focused search marketers, we have an overarching goal to drive customers to a hotelier’s website and to ultimately drive a conversion. We focus most of our attention and strategy […]

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Use Actual Intelligence to Expand Revenue Through Guest Journey

Use Actual Intelligence to Expand Revenue Through Guest Journey

We can’t escape the topic of AI today. In a world of big data and personalization, it’s shaping how we approach everything in the hospitality industry. NB: This is an […]

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How Dorchester Collection Uses Data to Find Problems and Humans to Fix

At the Dorchester Collection of ultra-luxury hotels, we use big data and analytics to help us improve our guest offerings and marketing. Our tool, Metis, analyzes data from online reviews […]

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How to use business insights to increase your hotel revenue

For any hotel business to survive and thrive in this industry, it has to have a perfect plan that works best for growth and hotel revenue hike. (Actually, this is […]

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Defining & Leveraging True Guest Value Versus Total Guest Value

Guests can generate revenue for a hotel in many different ways. Revenue management powered by guest valuation algorithms enable hotels to increase guest wallet share, keeping guest spending on-property instead […]

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How to Deliver Personalized Guest Experiences in the Age of GDPR

Hotels are faced with an interesting dilemma. We’re entering a time of hyper-personalization — guests show dominating preference for hospitality experiences which are more unique in nature and catered to […]

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