reservations
Measuring and Incentivizing Front Desk and Reservations Upselling
Chances are that like most hoteliers this time of year you are busy formulating your financial game plan for 2018. If so, I’m pretty sure your owners or asset managers […]
Is your hotel reservation system tuned to the modern day traveler?
Hotel reservation systems make it easy for hoteliers to manage daily operations for a hotel with great ease. NB: This is an article by Kashmira Lad, Senior Content Marketer with Hotelogix […]
Using Hotel Demand for a Blue Ribbon Revenue Strategy
I recently caught a pie-baking competition at a local county fair. While admiring the pies vying for the blue ribbon, I naturally started thinking about how pies and hotel demand actually […]
Hoteliers’ secrets of increasing direct reservations
With the commission rates of booking sites going up, and already averaging nearly 20 per cent, no wonder the hoteliers are desperate to avoid the middleman. Increasing the number of direct […]
Steady Rates and Inconsistent Bookings Ongoing Trend for US Hotels
Heading into the summer months, North American hoteliers are continuing to experience stable average daily rates (ADR) alongside decreases in bookings during the second quarter of 2017. According to new […]
How hotels can counter high OTA cancellation rates
To entice consumers to book early, OTAs frequently advertise a free cancellation policy. Along with booking well in advance, the same tactic is used to encourage consumers to book multiple […]
Top 5 Reasons Live Chat is a Must for Hotel Websites
Most consumers today are very comfortable using Live Chat to engage with brands and find it extremely convenient to be able to do so at a time and place of […]
6 Ways Hotels Can Conquer Mobile Cart Abandonment
Almost two out of five mobile shoppers have abandoned a travel booking on a mobile device due to poor user experience. This figure comes as part of a study by US-based Jumio, which estimates that […]
Choosing the right hotel booking engine and reservations system
Today, the most advanced booking systems can radically alter how a hotel operates. With a wealth of front-end and back-end features, they have the power to drive direct bookings, grow […]
The Merchant Model Effect on ADR, RevPAR & Profitability
Is stating that the industry standard of ADR and RevPAR “is an imperfect science” a provocative statement? Two ocean front hotels (Exhibit “A”) sit side by side; each has the […]