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How Can Independent Hotels Combat The Rise of OTAs?

There’s nothing wrong using OTAs and they can still be incredibly valuable and handy part of an overall selling strategy – they have their place in the mix

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How To Increase Bookings in a Cookieless World

Here is a breakdown of first-party data, why you need it, how you can activate it to create personalised experiences, increase loyalty and capture bookings

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Three Hurdles to Direct Sales

Reducing or simply eliminating these hurdles should be your number one priority, as it will increase the volume and profitability of your direct sales

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How to Optimise Your Website for Conversion and Drive Revenue

Your website can help you unlock revenue if it’s professional, attractive, and fully integrated. There’s a lot that goes into accomplishing this

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How to Manage Your Hotel Booking Channels for Maximum Revenue?

Each booking channel has a different cost associated with it and they all reduce the actual revenue which the hotel receives from a room booking

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Rate Parity and Flexible Rates No Longer Enough to Drive Direct Booking

If prices are identical on OTAs and the hotel website, nearly 70% of respondents prefer to book on OTAs, and only 30% prefer direct booking

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Harnessing The Power of Viral Marketing in The Hotel Industry

We’ve come up with three key takeaways from viral marketing campaigns that can help increase your hotel brand’s presence

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36 Hotel Marketing Strategies to Build Awareness and Drive Bookings

These hotel marketing strategies will help you achieve the primary objectives of hospitality marketing: building brand awareness and generating demand

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Direct Booking: Photos and Videos Now More Important Than Reviews

Most hotel marketers will agree that in today’s fast-paced and attention-deficit online environment, we have less than a few seconds to make a memorable first impression. NB: This is an […]

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The Power of Mobile in Driving Direct Traffic Conversions for Hotels

Hotels have seen a consistent growth year over year, with mobile starting to overtake desktop in driving revenue during the pandemic in 2020

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