hotels

10 Things You Must Do to Grow Your Hotel’s Direct Bookings

There’s been a huge amount of talk in the industry recently about direct bookings, in an attempt to loosen the hold that OTAs have on the industry. A term we hear a […]

Read more

Direct Bookings Drive Will Transform Hotel Industry into Direct Response

First off, the hospitality industry is already a full-blown direct response industry. That might not be so obvious to the untrained eye, but you just need to know where to […]

Read more

How Much Does Facebook Advertising Cost? Complete Guide to Ads Pricing

We previously shared what $5 per day will buy you on Facebook Ads, but how much does Facebook advertising really cost? That’s a tricky question! And the short answer is, […]

Read more

Winning the Direct Booking: Combat the Effect of Airbnb on Your Hotel

It’s no secret that Airbnb has drastically disrupted the travel industry and has positioned itself as a unique and local online travel agency for travel consumers. Yet, while Airbnb paves […]

Read more

It’s Not Just About Big Data, Leverage Small Data, Too

Small data results from internal resources like PMS, channel manager, website etc. Hotels need to consider the quality and utility of small data, before looking deep into big data, intelligence […]

Read more

Hotel rooms boom for New York, L.A., Chicago in 2017

This year is shaping up to be a healthy one for the U.S. hotel industry, with more 33,000 new rooms planned in the top 10 most active markets. According to […]

Read more

How TripAdvisor Algorithm Works & How To Rank Higher

Reading guest reviews has become a standard process in the travel shopping journey. 95% of travelers read travel reviews when planning a trip and 76% of travel shoppers believe that […]

Read more

Data Proves Branded Hotel Vanity Sites Are Effective

It’s been an ongoing mission of the major hotel brands to convince hotel management companies and hotel owners to “retire” their vanity websites. In fact, this has been going on […]

Read more

17 Hotel Marketing Trends for 2017, Think Mobile!

2017 is knocking on our doors. Most of us are more than ready to see what a new year will bring! 2016 brought big changes from Google, partially due to […]

Read more

Hilton to ease mobile booking via TripAdvisor network

Hilton, one of the most popular hotel chains in the world, is upping its ease of booking factor for mobile customers by integrating with TripAdvisor. Through a partnership with the […]

Read more