hotels

The travel industry is continually facing disruption, which often provides great benefits for travelers and a path to fostering a culture of innovation and new business models. A current trend […]

In the hospitality industry we have heard that “A revenue management program/system has the potential to increase revenue by 3 – 5%”. By revenue management system, we are talking about […]

The amount of software that hotels use is increasing every year. Not all of it is necessary, but some of these tools are of course extremely useful. And as the […]

More than 25% of direct online revenue for hotels comes directly through Search Engine Marketing (SEM) initiatives, making these paid placements in the search engines an especially critical piece of […]

Last week we discussed how major changes from Google in 2016 affected hotel marketing. In part 2 of our 2016 recap, we turn our attention to the changes made by […]

This report presents a summary of the key findings and implications from a study entitled “Why tourists choose Airbnb: A motivation-based segmentation study underpinned by innovation concepts.” It was found […]

The best marketing  your hotel can receive comes from word of mouth generated by your promoters and advocates. A joint study between Ogilvy, Google and TNS found that 74% of […]

Google has appeared more aggressive in the travel space lately, inserting itself into the competition between hotels and online travel agencies for primacy among consumers searching for a room. The […]

In 2015, hotel occupancies were at all-time highs throughout the industry. Since most hotels are still not struggling to fill rooms in 2016, we wondered: What is the optimal occupancy […]

With that simple headline, commerce arrived on one of the world’s most engaging visual platforms. An official blog post marked the announcement from the Instagram team. There would now be […]