There’s no instant way to improve your direct bookings, but these hotel direct. booking strategies combined with our hotel software systems can enhance the guest experience from pre-booking and beyond. Employing our industry-leading technology can provide customer-first, focused tactics to give your hotel the edge over OTAs and third-party sites. Read on to learn four […]
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Do’s and Don’ts of Hotel Guest Mobile Messaging
Whether you consider yourself a hotel guest mobile messaging expert or are in the process of learning about this unique marketing channel, there are plenty of tricks of the trade that you can implement into your text messaging campaigns that will keep guests engaged and satisfaction high. In this article, we’ll look at some of […]
3 Reasons Why People Are Unsubscribing From Your Hotels Emails & How To Fix It
Learn the top 5 reasons why guests are unsubscribing from your hotel emails and what you can do to improve list health, engagement, & retention.
15 Triggered Messages Your Hotel Should Be Sending To Your Guests
Great communication between hotel and guest is the key to developing a strong and long-lasting relationship. If you approach your messaging strategy by providing value to your guests, then you’re going to avoid some of the mistakes that a lot of properties make. You’ll reduce the need for spray-and-pray messaging, you’ll reduce your reliance on [...]
How your booking engine can drive upsells and RevPAG
“Up-selling” is a sales technique that refers to convincing customers to increase the amount they are spending from their initial purchase. Think magazines or candy bars by the cashier at the grocery store. For hotels, up-selling comes in a variety of forms, from upgrading to a higher-value room, selecting a value-added service, or choosing a […]
How to Improve the Hotel Check-In Process
The hotel check-in process has long been an important, albeit tedious step in a hotel guest’s to-do list. But it’s becoming much easier to improve the hotel check-in process thanks to an advancement in user-friendly hotel software systems. Which is good, because improving guest satisfaction is becoming increasingly important for hotels to accomplish. In fact, […]
6 Reasons Why You Should Switch Your Hotel Booking Engine Right Now
We've seen it all before. Difficult to use. Incompatibility. Missing essential features. Hoteliers continue to use booking engines that miss the mark and get in the way of success. If your booking engine falls under one of these categories, you are missing out on direct revenue. We gathered some of the most common reasons why [...]
How to Improve Hotel Guest Satisfaction
There’s no magic button or single solution for improving hotel guest satisfaction. If hotels want to elevate the guest experience, it will take rolling up sleeves and digging into customer data and implementing cutting-edge hotel software systems that’s proven to make a positive difference in guest satisfaction and hotel ROI. If you’re looking how to […]
The value of consolidated marketing reporting for hotels
Whether you have a dedicated marketing team or you’re a small team wearing many hats, you need good analytics. There is really no point in marketing if you’re not tracking those efforts. Reliable reporting makes the most of your marketing budget. Understanding your marketing ROI increases revenue overall. Most hotel marketers – or whoever […]
How to use hotel SMS marketing to increase positive reviews and prevent negative ones
There are many ways to manage and improve your hotel’s online reputation. The abundance of third-party review sites means that staying on top of it all can be like playing a game of whack-a-mole. The most effective way to encourage positive reviews and prevent negative ones is by providing great hospitality in the first place. […]
How to automate repeat guest welcome letters via email marketing
There are several different categories of hotel welcome emails that we recommend you send to guests before they arrive at your hotel. We also recommend that you write a repeat guest welcome letter – that is, a variation of your welcome emails that are tailored to loyal guests who are staying at your hotel for […]
What is an online booking engine for hotels? How the right booking engine increases direct revenue
The world of hotel distribution is more complex than ever. There’s a constantly expanding world of third-party booking platforms for guests to choose from. But that’s not to say that direct sales are diminishing. In fact, according to consumer research, in most markets, direct booking revenue has actually increased in the last year. Hotels need […]