InnQuest

JANUARY 23, 2023

In the past few decades, the rise of third-party online travel agencies has reflected a gradual decline in direct bookings. However, you can still implement strategies to increase direct bookings and create a better bottom line for your property. In this blog, we have compiled five tips to boost direct bookings.

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eHotelier

JANUARY 28, 2024

Explore the insights and strategies that can supercharge your online presence and drive more bookings to your property.

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eHotelier

OCTOBER 17, 2023

By understanding the motivations behind reviews and actively seeking guest feedback, you can motivate your guests to share their positive experiences online, ultimately boosting your bookings.

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Soft Inn

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

A hotel booking engine system is used widely by hotels regardless of the size of the businesses ranging from small boutique hotels to medium-size, grouping hotels, and luxury types.

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Revenue Hub

APRIL 17, 2024

Ah, the elusive weekdays – the underdog of hotel bookings. With a dash of innovation and a sprinkle of savvy strategy, hotels can turn the tide and transform weekdays into a vibrant canvas of bustling bookings. Read more articles from Userguest The post Want to Skyrocket Weekday Hotel Bookings? Curious about this feature?

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MEWS

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

What are late bookings in the hospitality industry? Late bookings refer to reservations made a few days or even hours before check-in. These bookings usually occur due to spontaneous travel plans, unexpected delays, or last-minute changes in itineraries and plans.

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Revenue Hub

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Reducing friction in the hotel booking process is a critical strategy for increasing revenue and profitability. By mitigating these friction points, hotels can not only elevate their online reservation experience for customers but also significantly enhance their bookings. Collect data from the CRS to identify booking errors.

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MEWS

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

What are holiday bookings? Holiday bookings refer to reservations made during the vacation or holiday period. Since it's a popular time to travel, holiday season reservations require advanced planning to ensure the availability of the preferred accommodations.

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Hotel Business

APRIL 17, 2024

The report also found direct booking continues to experience high growth rates—up 22.5% For HotelREZ clients, mobile direct booking has more than doubled since 2019—up from 15% of all direct bookings to 32% in 2023. The GDS is often—incorrectly—regarded as a relic of travel booking. against its pre-pandemic standing.

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eHotelier

MARCH 7, 2023

In this episode, we discuss how to use personalisation on your website to increase direct booking conversion. My guest is Juanjo Rodriguez, founder and CEO of technology company The Hotels Network.

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Soft Inn

JANUARY 12, 2024

Ever wondered how hotels effortlessly manage bookings and keep everything in sync? The secret lies in two powerful tools – hotel booking engines and channel managers. Let's delve into the inner workings of hotel booking engines and channel managers, exploring how they collaborate to create an efficient hotel management system.

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Revenue Hub

APRIL 15, 2024

At the heart of a successful digital marketing strategy is a broad spectrum of tactics aimed at amplifying your hotel’s digital footprint and driving direct bookings. Booking Stage: Guests are ready to make their dream vacation a reality and proceed to book.

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Revenue Hub

MARCH 25, 2024

Developing effective strategies to boost direct bookings is paramount for long-term success in the hospitality industry. But why is it important to develop winning strategies to increase direct bookings? Let’s Find Out Six Strategies to Increase Direct Bookings: 1.

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eHotelier

AUGUST 8, 2023

While hoteliers face a number of challenges, combining the power of first-party data and always-on campaigns can empowern you to deliver personalised experiences that inspire booking any time of year.

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Revenue Hub

MARCH 18, 2024

NB: This is an article from Groups360 Subscribe to our weekly newsletter and stay up to date Before we get to the facts, let’s look at some of the myths associated with instant group bookings: Myth: Only my sellers can offer the customer the best rate. By allowing smaller groups to book instantly, sellers are free to hunt for larger business.

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Soft Inn

MARCH 29, 2023

Bookings and reservations, particularly for hotels and restaurants, are sure to be impacted now that Ramadan is here. Ramadan a significantly special time for Muslims and indirectly it will take a toll on the hotel industry.

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eHotelier

MARCH 26, 2024

New research from Journey reveals spa trends including changes to lead times, and cheapest and busiest days for spa breaks and treatments, highlighting opportunity for hotel spas to increase their revenue

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Revenue Hub

MARCH 14, 2024

In March 2021, the search engine Giant Google introduced organic booking links to help hoteliers connect with potential guests directly through their search results. By providing prices and availability, hotels now can appear in the hotel booking module for free, along with paid hotel ads. Why is this important?

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SiteMinder

APRIL 25, 2024

Barcelona, Spain – Spanish hotel bookings have jumped 34% ahead of the upcoming Labor Day holiday, compared to the same period last year. Compared to 2022, hotel booking momentum has grown 55%, as travellers take the opportunity to secure a five-day weekend. The average hotel room rate across the holiday period is €211, 2.4%

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MEWS

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Discover some of the most inspiring and game-changing books and podcasts about hospitality, technology and success.

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Revenue Hub

MARCH 19, 2024

In this digital age, having a hotel-specific booking engine is crucial for driving direct bookings on your website, which in turn impacts profitability while saving vast amounts of money in OTA commissions. This includes your website’s booking engine reservation system.

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Revenue Hub

APRIL 4, 2024

The loyalty programs of the largest hotel brands in the world, such as Marriott, Hyatt and Hilton, all share a common functionality: “book & join” or the ability to join the loyalty program while making the first reservation and without diverting to a different funnel where there is a greater chance that your guest will drop out.

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Revenue Hub

APRIL 15, 2024

Incentive structures that reward these metrics encourage strategies that boost immediate revenue, often through any means available, including reliance on third-party bookings. However, these benefits do not immediately impact RevPAR or RGI in the same direct manner as third-party bookings might.

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Hotel Owner

APRIL 19, 2024

The average lead time for accommodation bookings has increased 13% year-on-year to 83 days for the coming London Marathon weekend, according to data from SiteMinder. According to SiteMinder’s Hotel Booking Trends, the average lead time for UK hotel bookings grew by 7% in 2023, when compared with 2022, and by 12% when compared with 2019.

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Revenue Hub

MARCH 14, 2024

Hotel booking apps are now a dominant source of bookings for accommodation providers, with travellers booking their trips online more often than not. billion in 2023, booking apps are where the money is – as well as your own hotel website. The wider you cast your net, the better too.

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Hospitality Net

MARCH 15, 2024

Direct booking plugins are apps that will further reduce your reliance on OTAs by bringing more features and greater functionality to your existing booking engine.

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Hotel Owner

MARCH 13, 2024

To enhance profitability and cultivate positive guest relationships in your hotel, it’s crucial to recognise the advantages of securing direct bookings. While there are numerous benefits to increasing the share of direct bookings, the most significant is likely the improved profit margin.

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Revenue Hub

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Let’s talk about something that’s been etched in stone for far too long in our industry – the ‘perfect booking window.’ The Illusion of the Ideal Booking Window For years, we’ve operated under the belief that there’s an ideal period before arrival when guests are most likely to book. Well, it’s time to shatter that myth.

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Revenue Hub

APRIL 4, 2024

When considering the entirety of the guest experience, from booking to on-property and post-stay, hotel operators and executives now have an incredible opportunity to exceed guest expectations and maximize revenue potential with the help of new-age tools and processes.

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Hotel Management Network

APRIL 19, 2024

The average lead time for hotel bookings has increased 13% year-on-year to 83 days for the coming London Marathon weekend. The post London hotels race ahead with marathon bookings appeared first on Hotel Management Network.

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Revenue Hub

JANUARY 30, 2024

The source of a reservation is known as its booking source, and all hotel booking sources fall into one of two primary categories: direct and indirect sources. Guests and clients may reserve guestrooms and event space using hotel booking software on your website, calling the hotel, or simply walking in.

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SiteMinder

APRIL 16, 2024

New data from SiteMinder, the name behind the only software platform that unlocks the full revenue potential of hotels, reveals a 70% rise in the average booking lead time for hotels in Vietnam, following a sharp rise in international arrivals in 2023. The data was revealed by SiteMinder at the 7th Hospitality Vietnam Conference.

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Hospitality Net

MARCH 22, 2024

A hotel booking app is an application or website that travellers use to book a stay at a hotel. Often travellers will use apps via their mobile devices to research, book, and pay for hotel accommodation. Some well known examples of hotel booking apps include Booking.com, Airbnb, or HotelTonight.

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STAAH

MARCH 19, 2024

In the competitive hospitality industry, securing direct bookings is vital for hotel success. But why is it important to develop winning strategies to increase direct bookings? Direct bookings boost profits by cutting commission fees and allow hotels to build better guest relationships.

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Revenue Hub

MARCH 4, 2024

Fortunately, there are a few strategies that hoteliers can use to checkmate OTAs and encourage more hotel direct bookings. These strategies will help you boost direct bookings, reduce reliance on OTAs, and increase your hotel’s profitability. But, what can you do to increase your direct bookings and reduce your OTA dependency?

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Revenue Hub

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Group bookings are a powerful force, as it allows you to capture a chunk of travellers while only paying distribution and marketing costs for one booking. Family groups will book for family reunions or multi-generational travel experiences. Group travel plays an important role in your revenue management strategy.

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Revenue Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Now it’s time to get an even bigger return on those efforts by sending Facebook users straight to your online booking engine. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter and stay up to date This can easily be achieved by adding an action button to your property’s Facebook page that links directly to your booking engine.

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