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7 tips to make your overbooking strategy a success in 2024

STAAH

By deploying this strategy a hotel is insuring itself against possible cancellations by having secured guests who can fill cancelled bookings. Data must be used to inform how many no-shows or cancellations to expect so you can overbook by that much. 2) Use multiple data sources. 6) Train your staff to manage overbookings.

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8 Pricing Strategies for Hotels During the Holiday Season

STAAH

Create attractive holiday-themed packages that include accommodation, festive meals, entertainment options, or exclusive amenities. This not only adds value for guests but also allows hotels to upsell services and capture diverse customer preferences.

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8 Essential Reasons to Optimize Your Hotel’s Booking Engine

STAAH

A hotel booking engine is a crucial tool for hotels and accommodation providers in today’s time. If you are a smart hotelier or any type of accommodation provider, you would not want to miss the chance of converting your website visitors from an OTA (or any other source) and bag the commission-free direct bookings.

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Hotel competitor analysis: Guide for small properties

Little Hotelier

A hotel competitor analysis allows your hotel or small accommodation to compare the strengths and weaknesses of your local peers with your own business, so you can work on being the most attractive option for visiting travellers. For example, if you are a budget property, you would compare yourself to other budget accommodations.

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Hospitality trends for 2023: what’s in and what’s out?

STAAH

Align your accommodation to meet the needs of everyone in the family – accessibility for seniors, creche or bunk beds for kids, etc. In related trends, booking windows are much shorter and cancellation policies continue to be very flexible across the industry. Offers for the whole family. Sustainability is not yet old news.

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Late bookings: Guide to last minute bookings for hotels

SiteMinder

Reduced cancellation risks : The closer the booking is to the stay date, the less likely it is to be cancelled. The report states that almost 45% of travellers used a mobile app to book their accommodation and tours, while nearly 85% of travellers booked activities using their mobile device.

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Trivago’s Free Booking Links: What they are, how they work, and benefits

Cloudbeds

With over 12M accommodation searches daily , Trivago continues to be a popular metasearch platform and a key component of a hotel distribution strategy. As they search for the best value, Trivago enables them to compare hotel prices across different booking channels and find the best accommodation for their needs. Who are they for? .’