hotels

Airbnb Is Becoming an Even Bigger Threat to Hotels Says a New Report

While the hotel industry has said Airbnb isn’t as big a threat to their business as some may think it is, a new report from Morgan Stanley Research suggests otherwise. […]

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How Google Surveys Hotel Searchers

All websites want to understand their users motivation for being there. Why is this user searching for that? Why is this user looking at this page/product? In advertising, we try […]

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Is your Hotel Website Losing Traffic?

If you have a hotel website the hope is that with each passing year you continue to see an increase in traffic to your site.  Unfortunately, this may not always […]

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Top 5 Trends in the Modern Hotel PMS

The past decade has seen the rise of a new generation of hotel PMS with the introduction of agile, flexible and cost effective cloud-based solutions – but as many hoteliers […]

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Increase Hotel Bookings based on Google’s ‘Traveler’s Road to Decision’

As we begin the new year, hoteliers will probably be thinking of new ways to get eyes on their hotel websites and more potential guests interested in their hotel. However, […]

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2017 Hospitality Predictions: Emerging Trends in Data Accessibility

Did you know that “complexify” is a word? It means, not surprisingly, to make something more complicated. As a big believer in the value of big data, it’s hard to […]

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5 Simple Ways Hotels Can Use Data To Increase Revenue

In 2017, it’s clear that the hospitality industry needs to prepare for even more disruptions that will unfold over the coming year. Airbnb, OTAs, start-ups, big data companies and loyalty […]

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The Anatomy of a Hotel SEO Campaign

Every SEO agency will say roughly the same thing in regards to search engine optimization – it is a never ending process. There is always something else to do, another […]

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The Smart Hotelier Top Ten Digital Marketing Resolutions

Reflecting on 2016 and successful hotel digital marketing campaigns that impacted the industry, there was an obvious and substantial emphasis on ‘Book Direct’ strategies. Hoteliers have been testing out multiple […]

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Key Revenue Management Practices that Cannot be Ignored in 2017

For many reasons, 2016 brought with it some anticipated, and some less so, developments that required revenue managers to review their revenue management strategy. Brexit, the rise of the sharing […]

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