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Revenue Management – Looking Towards A Challenging Winter…
It is time to determine how we will achieve top line budget goals whilst keeping bottom line costs in check. Revenue Management strategy plays a key role
Hotel Digital Marketing Performance: Defining Success in The New Market
Each side of the coin uses different attribution models and KPIs to measure digital marketing performance. It is not as cut and dry as one may think
Where is Real Innovation in Hotels Happening? Digital Guest Engagement
The hotel industry has a longstanding reputation for slow technological adoption. This can be seen in the adoption of digital guest engagement solutions
London Sees 40% Uplift in Hotel Website Conversion Rates
Despite decreasing during summer months, hotel website conversion rates in the UK & Ireland started to recover in September – uplift was higher in London
6 Steps to build an effective distribution strategy
Too often we see revenue management teams set rates and forget about them and fail to monitor how their inventory is performing across distribution channels
Let Us Be Clear Revenue Managers Do Not Create Demand
Connor outlines what he feels are some misconceptions of where Revenue Managers sit in the demand equation and what they are ultimately responsible for
Booking.com Introduces “Native Ads”
This is probably the most interesting part, as native ads are mostly intended for destination searches (“hotels in Boston”) and not branded searches
What Black Friday 2021 Has In Store For Hoteliers
Last year, we published a Black Friday report showing impact on hotel bookings. We saw a 47% jump in campaign conversions and 58% increase in direct revenue
Marketing Audit: Not Exciting But Crucial To Your Budget
The ideology around the digital marketing budget needs to evolve, rather than asking the question “how much am I going to spend” we should be asking this
How To Budget Plan Amidst Uncertainty
With historical forecasts irrelevant, it can be useful to do “budget sprints” or shorter budgeting windows better suited to respond to dynamic situations