SiteMinder

OCTOBER 15, 2023

They can also be known as distribution channels and are crucial for ensuring your hotel maintains a healthy occupancy rate and revenue stream. This blog will explain which channels are the most lucrative for your hotel and how you can maximise revenue using them. Here are five ways you can use booking channels to increase revenue: 1.

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Amadeus Hospitality

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Even highlighting “free cancellation” or other flexible policies can work to enhance the hotel’s sales and revenue strategies. As a hotelier this is a valuable upsell opportunity if you can be creative in how you advertise your property to appeal to both the business and leisure side of the guest experience.

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Xotels

APRIL 3, 2024

We have written extensively about hotel revenue management strategies and tactics here throughout the years. As strategy is one of the most essential parts of revenue management, we have made a summary of all the top advice from our perspective as a hotel revenue management consulting company.

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STAAH

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

From the accurate representation of preferred OTAs via a channel manager to an easy-to-use and secure website booking engine data collection, revenue management and online review management , anything that gets you a step closer to making the guest experience better , is a must-have for modern hoteliers. Off-season travel.

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Little Hotelier

MARCH 10, 2024

Ultimately, by finding weaknesses or identifying strengths in your competitors, competitive analysis can help you maximise revenue for your own business. This will allow you to offer specific deals, packages, and rates to maximise bookings and revenue. You may be able to implement valuable upsells and add-ons.

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Travelboom Marketing

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Alternatively, less expensive room rates can be redeemed through more aggressive upselling. Considering offering an early check-in, and / or free cancellation to guests that book direct. A hotel loyalty program would amplify these opportunities to upsell. Higher rates can mean more on-site rewards for guests.

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Little Hotelier

APRIL 19, 2023

They form a record that can be accessed by both you and your guests, which can bring clarity to reservation changes, cancellations or modifications. Little Hotelier is an all-in-one booking system that can increase hotel revenue by up to 43%. Confirmation emails can also help in a managerial sense.

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Little Hotelier

AUGUST 17, 2023

Loss leader rooms can also become profitable through upselling and cross-selling. Bookings must be made directly through the hotel , which means they don’t pay the 15%-25% commission fees charged by OTAs, and the reservations are non-cancellable and non-changeable, so the revenue is locked in as soon as the booking is made!

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Cloudbeds

JULY 27, 2023

Trivago’s Free Booking Links provide hoteliers with a unique distribution channel for their website rates and availability, giving them more visibility and the opportunity to generate more direct revenue. It’s worth noticing that you pay the rate per click, regardless of whether the booking is later canceled.

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Clock Software Hospitality

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The same goes with the reverse, late cancellations are automatically relisted, allowing the hotel to optimise its revenue potential. An Independent Hotel’s PMS Increases Upsell Potential All hoteliers are looking for ways to increase the lifetime value of their guests, but an upsell is a fickle thing.

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Hotelier Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2024

He says the systems also provide an opportunity for upgrades, cross-sells or upsells, which might include a better room or a deal on a spa package. Keenan says he’s already able to track how much revenue is generated from certain email campaigns. “We

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Inn Quest

MAY 11, 2023

However, one of the biggest challenges hoteliers face is determining the right pricing strategies to maximize their revenue in the post-pandemic world. The question is, how can hoteliers implement effective pricing strategies to boost their revenue and stay ahead of the competition?

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Clock Software Hospitality

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

But as you know it is often easy to book out, if you go low enough with room rates, that said, booking out does not necessarily translate to improved revenue or guest loyalty. Improve Revenue Management Revenue management tools are the height of innovation in hospitality technology.

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Fuel Travel

JANUARY 24, 2023

Improve up-sells – pre-arrival emails are a key way to increase revenue per reservation at your hotel. Hotels using pre-arrival emails reported that 98% of their upsells came via emails before arrival rather than at the front desk. Reduce cancellations with confirmation emails that reassure guests.

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Clock Software Hospitality

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Read more: Upselling as a Way of Improving Guest Loyalty Casting a wide net is one way to ensure full occupancy but it is hardly a profitable marketing approach in the long run. The new guest acquisition can cost the hotel owner a pretty penny, and there can be no surefire way of establishing how much a guest is going to spend until they do.

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SiteMinder

JANUARY 8, 2024

Hotel management made easy Streamline hotel management, boost revenue, and enhance guest experience with SiteMinder's smart platform. Revenue management: Depending on the size of the hotel, the task of managing revenue might be given to the general manager or to a dedicated financial officer.

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SiteMinder

JANUARY 8, 2024

Hotel management made easy Streamline hotel management, boost revenue, and enhance guest experience with SiteMinder's smart platform. Revenue management: Depending on the size of the hotel, the task of managing revenue might be given to the general manager or to a dedicated financial officer.

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STAAH

MAY 16, 2023

Setting the right price for your hotel rooms is crucial for driving revenue and maximizing profitability. Hotel room pricing is a critical element of revenue management for hotels. If you are new to Revenue management and would like to know more, read our in-depth ebook to help you understand better.

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Clock Software Hospitality

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The lifespan of a guest’s loyalty is at the foundation of revenue optimization strategies, which is why during a travel drought such guests increase their value exponentially. During 2020 loyal guests have doubled their value to the establishment they frequent. What keeps a guest loyal is a topic of debate which never dies down.

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Cloudbeds

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The reservation system acts as the central hub of the reservation ecosystem, which may also include a website booking engine, channel manager, and revenue management system. When integrated, these modules work together to help hotels manage room availability, distribution, reservations, and revenue. Generate more revenue.

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Cloudbeds

JUNE 8, 2023

This year, more properties will invest in technology to help create new revenue opportunities, build better websites , manage marketing campaigns, automate services, and improve the guest experience. To keep it simple, we’ll only consider room revenue. At full occupancy , that’s $6,375 in potential revenue each day. in revenue.

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Hotelogix

OCTOBER 19, 2023

It also aids in managing reservation cancellations and modifications, accepting reservations, sending confirmation emails, extending self-service facilities to guests, processing payments, etc. It also helps hotels avoid stock-out situations and eliminate revenue loss that could arise due to item theft or damage. 

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Hotel Business

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Dynamic upsell: Hotels can engage guests in advance of their stay, offering enhancements like early check-in, late checkout and room upgrades. In doing so, hotel owners can now easily unlock new opportunities to boost revenue and their bottom line. Wyndham also debuted its new OTA reconciliation tool.

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Cloudbeds

JULY 15, 2023

For growing hospitality businesses, a channel manager is a fundamental part of successful revenue management and distribution strategy. The same happens with a cancellation. It then pushes ARI updates to that channel and, for two-way sync, it imports reservations/cancellations into your Channel Manager, PMS, and/or CRS dashboard.

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MediaBoom

APRIL 5, 2024

By engaging these potential travelers during their research phase, travel marketing effectively drives interest, bookings, and revenue for the tourism industry, making it a critical strategy for businesses looking to capitalize on digital consumer behavior. Are you aiming to engage those ready to discover new destinations?

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