Hotel Marketer

JUNE 14, 2025

Generative AI went mainstream in hospitality last year: 76 % of hotel executives now say AI is fundamentally changing the industry, and 79 % already see a positive business impact (source: hoteltechreport.com) Yet many properties still rely on manual check-lists, email chains, and copy-paste nightmare spreadsheets. The good news?

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Hotel Marketer

JUNE 28, 2025

Welcome to the World of Digital Doubt Have you ever found yourself mindlessly scrolling through social media, only to pause and wonder: "Wait, is this real?"

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Hotelogix

APRIL 17, 2025

​In the competitive landscape of the hospitality industry, guest satisfaction is a critical determinant of a hotel's success. hotel rooms reaching $158.45 Conversely, dissatisfaction can tarnish a hotel's reputation and adversely affect its financial performance. With the average daily rate (ADR) for U.S.

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eTourism

JUNE 7, 2012

From online vouchers to emailed discount codes, the benefits of using discounts in your online marketing campaign should not be overlooked. Here's a look at how you can use this tactic to drive traffic to your resort's website, as well as a few of the pot

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eTourism

JANUARY 12, 2016

So, the tinsel is down, your cards have been recycled and the tree has been packed away for another year. Christmas is well and truly over. In fact, it's almost two weeks into 2016 already. But that doesn't mean it's too late to start thinking about your

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Question for Our Hotel Marketing Expert Panel How can hotels incorporate their F&B outlets into their greater hotel marketing strategy? And how can they leverage the additional touchpoints in the customer experience?

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eTourism

JANUARY 12, 2015

Now that we're nearly two weeks into 2015, take a moment to think about the marketing goals you hope to achieve in the year ahead. Have you identified what's already working for you and the areas you need to adjust to make this year's campaigns just as su

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eTourism

JANUARY 19, 2015

Marketers, much like almost everyone else, are under pressure to do more. Sign up to more social media platforms, publish more blog posts, create more email campaigns, drive more results. Often, doing more works. Emailing your guests on a more regular bas

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STAAH

MAY 2, 2023

Stage 4: Experiencing The stage when the guest is in your hotel , experiencing everything that you have to offer, including your service. The STAAH Booking Engine’s Get Google feature allows you to advertise your rates and availability on Google Hotels – one of the largest meta-search engines for hotels.

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Little Hotelier

MAY 31, 2023

What is hotel digital marketing? Hotel digital marketing is the practice of promoting your property to potential guests using the internet. Digital marketing is great for small hotels, as it is more accessible and affordable than traditional marketing like broadcast and print media.

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SiteMinder

OCTOBER 18, 2023

In the hotel industry, this involves leveraging sophisticated pricing algorithms and software to monitor, in real-time, the room rates of comparable hotels. Table of contents Why use competitor based pricing for hotels? These algorithms aren’t just about tracking competitors but understanding the entire market ecosystem.

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Little Hotelier

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Hotel email marketing is an online marketing technique that helps hoteliers reach a broader audience via email. It usually involves automatically sending emails to promote their hotel, announce new discounts, request feedback from previous guests, and share news about their property.

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eTourism

OCTOBER 26, 2020

A hotel website is crucial for keeping up with today's competitive online market, but as a hotelier, are you aware of the standards your website needs to meet for it to effectively advertise your hotel and generate the best results? Cutting-edge website d

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eTourism

AUGUST 2, 2021

What do guests check about your hotel before booking? It's a question worth asking, as it provides useful pointers for improving your online marketing strategy, hotel policies and the guest experience you offer in ways that will boost direct bookings in t

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eTourism

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

After establishing your online marketing strategy, the next big step for your hotel is partnership marketing. By developing a mutually beneficial arrangement with a local business that shares the same values or goals as your brand, you'll be taking your m

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eTourism

AUGUST 5, 2016

With so many other hotels and resorts vying for your guests' attention, one of the biggest challenges of any property's online marketing campaign is how to drive a steady stream of traffic to their website. And of course, not just any traffic, but high qu

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JUNE 3, 2024

Question for Our Hotel Marketing Expert Panel For hotels with a smaller budget, what marketing strategies carry the biggest impact? Question by Cory Falter) Our Marketing Expert Panel Thom de Graaf - Online Marketing The post What are the Best Marketing Strategies for Hotels on a Budget?

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STAAH

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Gone is the cookie-cutter approach to online marketing. Hotel marketing today is all about how personal you can get. Competing for guests online is now harder than ever, with so many options out there for them to choose from. Yet, the online hotel prices are equal or cheaper than in OTAs.

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eZee Absolute

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

However, despite the gains, inevitable challenges in the accommodation sector make running hotel businesses a little more difficult. This article talks about all the common challenges in the hotel industry and their possible solutions. Running a hotel business isn’t a cakewalk. There’s this hotel I visited in Prague.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Question for Our Hotel Marketing Expert Panel How can hotels successfully inspire and maintain guest loyalty in a B2C context? What are the best practices and tips for delivering results?

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eTourism

APRIL 19, 2017

Whatever else changes in the online marketing world, reviews will continue to form an integral part of the hotel shopping process for your guests. More than half of travellers around the world won't even consider booking a hotel before reading what previo

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eTourism

JUNE 7, 2016

The ultimate aim of every hotel's online marketing campaign should be to drive direct bookings made through their property website. True, the OTAs have a pretty strong grip on travel consumers, but that doesn't mean you should lie down and accept their do

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eTourism

JULY 11, 2017

In an online market dominated by online travel agents with steep commission rates, every hotel wants to increase the number of bookings made directly through their property's website. Here are 5 ways to wrestle control away from the OTA's and maximise rev

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Hotel Marketer

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

I've created a few different hotel industry recruitment ads over the past year or so (see below), mainly to test new Gen AI tools and capabilities, but also to tell a compelling story in the process. link] [link] [link] For my latest hotel industry recruitment ad, I wanted to show that hotel careers offer more…

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Cloudbeds

JANUARY 17, 2024

With restrictions to third-party data and new AI tools, lodging operators must familiarize themselves with the different hotel market trends and strategies to stand out from the crowd. Here, we look at how the travel landscape is evolving and the latest trends to shape your marketing strategies this year. Invest in SEO.

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eTourism

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Email is an essential component of any hotel's online marketing campaign, but crafting great email content takes time, effort and money. With a little bit of planning and creativity, however, driving results with your email output needn't eat into your re

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eTourism

JANUARY 20, 2016

We could all use a little motivation at the beginning of the year, and especially, perhaps, when it comes to your hotel's content marketing campaign. That's because maybe above every other kind of online marketing tactic, content production could never be

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eTourism

MAY 19, 2020

The coronavirus has negatively impacted the hotel industry in different ways, but one of the many online marketing methods that is proving to be more important than ever is email marketing. With travel restrictions in place for many countries, email marke

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eTourism

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

It's a no-brainer: social media is now an essential component of every hotel's online marketing campaign. And because all your competitors and every other business under the sun are using the channel daily to build brand awareness and engage their audienc

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SiteMinder

AUGUST 1, 2024

What is a hotel business plan? A hotel business plan is a comprehensive document that outlines your hotel’s goals, strategies, and financial projections. It serves as a roadmap for your hotel’s success, helping you attract investors, secure funding, and make informed decisions about your operations.

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eTourism

MAY 29, 2019

At eTourism, we're committed to optimised hotel website design and powerful online marketing strategies that generate exposure and increase direct bookings. If you're as keen as we are about getting customers to book direct, take a look at our list of pre

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

Question for Our Hotel Marketing Expert Panel What are the best practices for driving revenue-generating email marketing and for collecting valid email addresses from guests?

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eTourism

JUNE 14, 2012

Landing pages have become an essential component of every business's online marketing strategy, and your resort is no exception.

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eTourism

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

The fact that Google favors brands in search results means independent and flagged hotels need to be more proactive about staying on top of their online marketing. Fortunately, the avenues discussed in this article are excellent ways you can remain compet

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SiteMinder

JULY 13, 2024

What is hotel revenue management? Hotel revenue management is the strategic distribution and pricing tactics used to sell perishable room inventory to the right guests at the right time in order to boost revenue growth. Other products such as hotel amenities and food and beverage offerings will also form part of the strategy.

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eTourism

JUNE 2, 2014

Running a successful online marketing campaign is pretty demanding. Most of us are juggling multiple social media accounts, scheduling new content, creating email campaigns, optimising for Google, constantly analysing datathe list goes on. With so much to

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eTourism

JUNE 24, 2012

You're probably aware by now that blogging is absolutely essential to the success of your online marketing campaign. Without regular fresh content, Google will no longer crawl your site, your search engine ranking will plummet, your social media community

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