Hotel Management

JULY 3, 2025

In HM’s 2025 Australasian Development Outlook, Choice Hotels Asia-Pac Head of Investments and Portfolio Growth, Trent Conroy, reveals the key strategies for scalable growth in a challenging environment. Unlike ground-up developments, conversions require less capital, can be executed faster and deliver ROI sooner.

ROI

STAAH

JULY 1, 2025

Hotels rely on OTAs like Booking.com, Agoda, and Expedia to stay visible and fill rooms. But while these platforms drive bookings, they can also cause unintended revenue loss — not because the platforms are flawed, but because of avoidable mistakes in how hotels manage them. It’s one of the highest-ROI investments a hotel can make.

OTA

Gourmet Marketing Hotel

JANUARY 28, 2025

Analyzing how local SEO impacts your Google Hotel Finder Bringing in more guests is always a top priority for hotels. It also contributes largely to the online visibility of hotels, particularly through platforms like Google Hotel Finder. Your hotels online presence can make or break your success.

ROI

Hotelogix

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Ever wondered why some hotels consistently outperform their competitors, even in challenging market conditions?   Successful hotels focus on understanding and serving specific guest segments instead of trying to be everything to everyone.

Hotel Marketing

AskSuite

JUNE 27, 2025

For hotel chains and resorts managing high service volumes across multiple properties, the pressure to respond faster — without sacrificing quality — has made automated customer service not just an operational upgrade, but a financial necessity. Let’s check it out! What Is Automated Customer Service in Hospitality?

Services

STAAH

AUGUST 12, 2025

We’ve included both timeless terms and new additions that reflect today’s fast-changing hotel world. API – Application Programming Interface : Tech that allows hotel systems (like PMS, CRS, and channel managers) to connect and share data. AR – Accounts Receivable : Money owed to the hotel from guests, companies, or travel agents.

Average Length of Stay

Hotel Operations

JANUARY 4, 2025

To understand what’s happening in the hotel industry today, I ran a survey to understand the state of the hotel industry in 2025. Word-of-mouth is still the cheapest and most effective marketing channel for hotels. This drives direct bookings, reduces acquisition costs, and ultimately leads to higher profitability.

ROI

Social Hospitality

MAY 8, 2025

The world of hotel digital marketing is evolving rapidly. To remain competitive, hotels must adapt to the evolving expectations of tech-savvy travelers, who are increasingly demanding personalized guest experiences. What Are the Key Hotel Marketing Trends for 2025? What Role Does Personalization Play in 2025 Hotel Marketing?

Digital Marketing

AskSuite

JULY 31, 2025

Explore proven hotel marketing strategies for 2025 designed to boost direct bookings, reduce OTA reliance, and maximize revenue through digital and automated channels. In 2025, hotels must move beyond relying on OTAs and embrace direct sales through targeted hotel marketing. What is hotel marketing?

Hotel Marketing

BCV

JULY 21, 2025

The modern hotel marketing team is overburdened, under-integrated, and way too dependent on vendors who can’t prove ROI. Why It Matters Now 70% of hotel staff spend 1–2 days per week just creating and analyzing reports. Make ROI a Vendor Requirement Every vendor should report against business outcomes, not vanity metrics.

Market

Hospitality Tech

JULY 16, 2025

For decision-makers in hospitality, the ROI is clear: better customer satisfaction, higher retention, and a stronger brand reputation. While those human touches are still meaningful, AI helps scale personalization without sacrificing relevance by enabling frontline teams to focus on connection, not data retrieval.

Services

Xotels

AUGUST 6, 2025

And a good hotel budget plan isn’t made overnight. Did you make your new hotel budget already or are you right in the middle? Now is the time to take action to build your hotel budget plan! This article answers all your hotel budgeting questions: What is a Hotel Budget Plan And When do you Start?

Revenue

Hotel Management

APRIL 16, 2025

Marmont; Studio All & Mitchell & Eades Beyond CRI, lux, and automation, well explore how lighting delivers both design excellence and commercial ROI, says Petrie-Allbutt. These lighting considerations will be explored across different environments including bars, restaurants and hotels. View the 2025 Design Inn program here.

General Manager

eHotelier

JUNE 17, 2025

For Hotels For Professionals For Education Solutions Courses Certifications Immersive Learning Baseline Integrations Ritrovo Integration Maestro Integration Pricing Hotels and Education Individuals Resources News and Insights Tech.Ex All these capabilities confirm that a CDP is a necessity for modern hotels.

Scale

Hotel News Resource

AUGUST 4, 2025

For hoteliers, paid search can be a vital tactic for breaking your reliance on OTAs and capturing more direct bookings. But here’s the catch—without refinement, your budget disappears fast.

ROI

STAAH

APRIL 29, 2025

Hotel distribution today is a different game. The New Age of Hotel Distribution 2. Move Beyond Syncing, Start Scaling 1) The New Age of Hotel Distribution The hotel distribution landscape has changed. If youre only using it to manage availability, you’re missing out on serious ROI.

Revenue

The Hotels Network Blog

JULY 22, 2025

There’s a striking difference between how hotels approach their distribution channels. For their direct channel, hotels typically allocate a yearly budget for their team, marketing, and technology costs. Let me put it another way: hotels have an unlimited budget for expensive reservations. But is this really the case?

OTA

BCV

APRIL 20, 2025

Social media has become a powerful tool for hotels to engage with guests, showcase their brand, and drive bookings. So, what should hotels focus on instead? For hotels, this means shifting from vanity metrics to data that reflects real interactions, guest intent, and conversions. Let’s find out today.

Branding

STAAH

JULY 1, 2025

Hotels rely on OTAs like Booking.com, Agoda, and Expedia to stay visible and fill rooms. But while these platforms drive bookings, they can also cause unintended revenue loss — not because the platforms are flawed, but because of avoidable mistakes in how hotels manage them. It’s one of the highest-ROI investments a hotel can make.

OTA

gcommerce

JUNE 25, 2025

How Boston Harbor Hotel increased direct bookings with website personalization & strategic campaigns As travel demand stabilizes after the post-pandemic surge, hotels are faced with a new challenge: maintaining and growing direct bookings in a more competitive landscape.

Marketing Strategy

Amadeus Hospitality

JUNE 13, 2025

SETTING THE SCENE Nestled in the heart of downtown Boise, Idaho, the Grove Hotel Boise  is a premier full-service hotel offering luxury accommodations, eclectic dining, and direct access to the Idaho Central Arena and Boise Centre. Beyond the immediate revenue impact, the campaign also laid the groundwork for long-term guest loyalty.

Dining

AskSuite

JUNE 9, 2025

Data analytics in the hospitality industry is already guiding hotels in making smarter, faster decisions. In this article, we explore how data analytics and AI are reshaping decision-making in the hospitality industry, with practical applications in hotel operations, marketing, and guest experience. Have you heard the news?

Operations

AskSuite

JUNE 9, 2025

Data analytics in the hospitality industry is already guiding hotels in making smarter, faster decisions. In this article, we explore how data analytics and AI are reshaping decision-making in the hospitality industry, with practical applications in hotel operations, marketing, and guest experience. Have you heard the news?

Operations

SiteMinder

AUGUST 5, 2025

Table of contents Why are hotels using Agoda Partner Central? Running a hotel means juggling rates, inventory and guest conversations across multiple channels. Picture a 150-room city hotel that once spent an hour each morning updating rates across five extranets. Most independent and chain hotels qualify.

OTA

Xotels

JULY 11, 2025

Think revenue management is just for the big hotel chains or that it’s all about jacking up prices? Believe me when I say, as the COO of a revenue management consulting firm, that at least one of the below misconceptions is draining your hotel’s profits faster than a leaky faucet. Myth #10: “My gut feeling beats any system.”

Revenue Management

Up Hotel

AUGUST 11, 2025

We see it all the time: hotels pour effort into direct booking strategies, only to undercut themselves with OTA promotions that kill profitability and confuse the guest experience. Use a single, well-planned offer if necessary, and monitor ROI closely. And yes, it might get you on the first page. But at what cost?

Branding

Hotel Speak

MAY 14, 2025

To navigate these complexities, hotels are increasingly turning to data analytics. By utilizing the power of data, hotels can anticipate demand surges, optimize maintenance operations and enhance the guest experience. Also Read: Is Your Hotel Ready for the Peak Season? Customized Offers : Align promotions with past behaviors.

Management

MediaBoom

JUNE 30, 2025

If your hotel isn’t reaching travelers through mobile, you’re missing critical opportunities to connect and convert. With the travel industry reshaped by digital habits, hotel mobile marketing has emerged as a must-have, not a nice-to-have. Get My Free Audit Should My Hotel Use Mobile Marketing?

Market

Amadeus Hospitality

AUGUST 11, 2025

Let AI RFP Automation for Hotels Transform Your RFP Emails Every group sales inquiry is an opportunity—but only if your team has the time to respond. Enter Email to RFP, a powerful AI RFP automation for hotels that’s a new add-on to Amadeus MeetingBroker® that automatically transforms email inquiries into structured leads. .

Sales

Hotel Business

JULY 14, 2025

By Stacy Garcia In May at HD Expo in Las Vegas, I had the chance to walk the show floor and connect with so many hotel designers, operators and brand leaders—all of us sharing one common goal: crafting experiences that not only look beautiful but perform better. A recurring theme in those conversations? It’s a valid concern.

Business

Hotel Business

MAY 23, 2025

Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. The sale price represents 64x 2024 EBITDA of the hotel. Proceeds from the sale will be used for ongoing ROI projects in Parks portfolio and for other general corporate purposes. chairman/CEO, Park Hotels & Resorts. Baltimore Jr.,

Resorts

Hotel Speak

APRIL 22, 2025

As smartphones, voice assistants, and AI-powered platforms become routine in daily life, guests expect their hotel experience to reflect the same level of immediacy, personalization, and convenience. The 2025 State of Hotel Guest Tech Report , based on a global survey of 402 recent hotel guests with a margin of error of 4.9%

Operations

SiteMinder

AUGUST 6, 2025

A travel startup is an emerging company that uses innovative technology to solve specific pain points in booking, pricing or hotel operations. Table of contents Why are travel startups gaining traction in the hotel industry? Each connects quickly through open APIs, so hotels can experiment and scale without heavy development.

Operations

Hotel News Resource

JULY 15, 2025

If that’s you, read on to see the benefits of short&form videos and our tips for increased engagement that turns clicks and shares that translate into increased revenue and ROI across social channels. Though video is popular and effective, not all hoteliers have begun to use this medium for their social media marketing & yet.

Market

Hotel Business

JUNE 10, 2025

Revenue Analytics has launched the N2Pricing Commercial Suite, an expansion of its RMS designed to improve how hotels track performance, gain insights and enable strategic planning. It highlights how engaged users are, how often price recommendations are accepted and how different properties are leveraging the system.

Revenue

AskSuite

MARCH 14, 2025

Hotelier, have you ever considered how much revenue you might be losing from inefficient customer service to travelers interested in your hotel? Hotels across various regions are already using AskFlow to improve communication with travelers and raise conversion rates. What is AskFlow?

ROI

MediaBoom

DECEMBER 20, 2024

For example, crafting narratives about a hotel’s rich history or a resorts eco-friendly initiatives creates emotional resonance. Key Content Marketing Strategies For Hotels Hotels can significantly benefit from localized content that highlights staff recommendations, local events, and hidden gems.

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