Revenue Hub

JUNE 25, 2024

Either using organic content or paid media, one of the main goals for marketing is to increase the visibility of your business and the awareness of your brand in order to create more conversions ( direct bookings) and repeat business (loyalty). Among your main marketing assets, your website and social media accounts hold immense power.

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Revenue Hub

APRIL 3, 2024

The first reason why it may not be entirely beneficial for hotels to prioritize direct bookings over online travel agencies (OTAs) is that OTAs can provide the visibility needed, especially when it’s most crucial. Hotel A converts 100 reservations, while Hotel B generates 300 reservations on booking.com’s platform.

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SiteMinder

MARCH 23, 2025

Bangkok, Thailand Thailands Songkran festival has cemented itself as a drawcard for international travellers, with overseas guests now accounting for 86% of scheduled hotel check-ins between 10-17 April. Hotels in Koh Samui have marked the longest average booking lead time at 109 days, reflecting a 33% increase from last years 82 days.

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Hotelogix

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Your front desk staff can use a Hotel PMS to accept, cancel, and modify reservations based on your guests’ requirements. Be it F&B costing, giftshop, materials management, maintenance management, financial accounting management or HR & Payroll management, a Hotel PMS streamlines everything across all the departments.

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Hotelogix

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Cost-Effective for Long Stays They can be more affordable for long-term stays, as they often offer lower nightly rates and discounts for extended bookings. You can use this type of hotel apartment management software for an apartment reservation system, as well. Book a Demo with Hotelogix PMS

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Hotel Business

APRIL 17, 2024

The global distribution system (GDS) continues to perform for independent accommodation providers with reservations up 34.5% HotelREZ Hotels & Resorts, a hotel representation company, found thet GDS reservations have grown 51.2% The report also found direct booking continues to experience high growth rates—up 22.5%

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Revenue Hub

OCTOBER 4, 2024

A hotel Booking Engine is an online platform or software that allows customers to search for, view, and book hotel rooms and self-catering accommodation directly on a hotel’s or property’s website. Tailored offers such as promotions and special discounts can entice guests to book direct, saving on hefty OTA commissions.

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Hotelogix

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Introduction: The Hidden Revenue Killer for Hotels Did you know that hotels utilizing a mix of OTAs, metasearch engines, and direct booking strategies experience significantly higher revenue growth than those relying on a single channel? Direct Booking Platforms - the hotel website and booking engine.

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Hotelogix

OCTOBER 18, 2023

A hotel reservation system is far more than a booking tool.   As technology continues to reshape the hospitality landscape, the importance of an effective reservation system cannot be overstated—it's the key to unlocking efficiency and excellence in modern hotel management.

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Revenue Hub

JUNE 15, 2023

Despite the predictions of its demise, the voice reservations channel is alive and well for all sectors of the lodging industry. NB: This is an article from Kennedy Training Network For decades now, pundits have predicted the death of voice as a booking channel. The decrease in voice reservations varies according to lodging sector.

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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.

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Hospitality Net

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Berlin, Germany – Hotel bookings during Oktoberfest are pouring into Munich and are set to account for 32% of the host city’s reservations this autumn.

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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 15, 2024

Last-minute bookings are bookings that arrive days, hours, or minutes before the guests do. While these bookings can be trickier to handle (no one likes doing things last minute), they are worthwhile to pursue. Hint: There are OTAs specifically geared towards late bookings. Here is how to land guests in a hurry.

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SiteMinder

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

What is the online booking process? The online hotel booking process is how guests book and pay for a stay at your hotel. It should include a smooth, secure booking system that shows real-time room availability and pricing, letting guests book a room without the back-and-forth of phone calls or emails.

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Revenue Hub

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Online Travel Agency (OTA) partnerships are an essential part of most hotels’ business mix, with OTA bookings sometimes accounting for half of all transient reservations. This process includes cross-checking OTA reservation confirmations with actual PMS reservations and payments to ensure the hotel is capturing all revenue due.

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Hotelogix

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

  Reservation management: This feature allows you to manage all your reservations from a single dashboard. You can see which rooms are available, which are booked, and which guests are checking in and out. You can also cancel or modify reservations based on guests' requirements here. 

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Hospitality Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

If you’re working with a PR agency, put together a list of publications you’d like to be featured in and have an account manager pitch to editorial teams with information about your venue as well as an invitation to come in. This can be done yourself or by a professional videographer or content agency.

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Revenue Hub

OCTOBER 6, 2023

NB: This is an article from Revinate Ever since the introduction of online travel agencies (OTAs) in the ‘90s, hoteliers have struggled to achieve the optimal distribution mix between OTAs and hotel direct bookings. The state of OTAs and direct bookings The pandemic transformed the booking behavior of today’s travelers.

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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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Hotelogix

JUNE 28, 2024

The Hotel cancellation policy allows guests to cancel reservations up to a specified time before check-in. After this period is crossed, hotels may apply a cancellation fee, a percentage of the booking amount, or the entire booking cost.   It fosters responsibility, ensuring guests commit genuinely to their bookings.

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HotelREZ

MARCH 18, 2025

HotelREZ adds value to accommodation businesses with global partnerships and digital marketing through best-in-class systems, and consultative account management. 2024 saw growth in the corporate market which sustained strong booking performance for our hotel members.

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Revenue Hub

JULY 19, 2024

In fact, it may be the largest account your hotel can go after, particularly if you are a focused service property. Imagine what losing one of your top accounts would look like. With front desk reservation inquiries, if you lose one, you are still booking hundreds of thousands of dollars more in incremental room revenues….yes,

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Revenue Hub

JULY 28, 2023

NB: This is an article from Net Affinity Not only this, but it looks like direct bookings for summer 2023 are aligning with 2022 levels, and also are continuing to significantly outperform all other channels’, including Booking and Expedia. Hurrah for independent hotels! Are your rateplans and descriptions clear?

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Revenue Hub

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

NB: This is an article from WebRezPro Subscribe to our weekly newsletter and stay up to date The Purpose of Cancellation Policies A cancellation policy protects both you and your customers by: Reducing the number of no-shows and holding guests accountable. Below are a few common policies and the situations in which they best apply.

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Hotelogix

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Here is how you go about generating this report – Report Console >> Night Audit Reports >> MTD & YTD Report Rooms on book report – This report helps you with a snapshot of room revenue, room nights and ARR for a specific search date. You can filter the report by reservation status.

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Hotelogix

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

It enables hotels—whether small, independent, or part of a group—to handle front office workflow, including booking, guest check-ins and checkouts, assigning rooms, managing housekeeping tasks, and billing. They can also take requests for booking cancellation/modification and room upgrades, etc, with ease.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 4, 2021

Claiming their GMB account can help restaurateurs manage how their business appears in Google search results and improve website rankings on Google Maps and local search results. Google is by far the top search engine with over 87 percent market share in the U.S. Last year alone there were 6.9 trillion searches for the year worldwide.

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Hotelogix

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The front office department includes: Front Desk Concierges Uniformed services Front office Accounting System A front desk team must be able to effectively address any kind of issues. Not following the standards expected by the guest can result in losing revenue and bad reviews. Handling these queries manually can lead to overbookings.

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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.   Accounting Management: It automates the accounting processes of hotels, such as billing and invoicing.

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Revenue Hub

APRIL 29, 2024

The channel manager for the hotel instantly adjusts your inventory when a guest makes a reservation through an online booking platform, which is reflected in all associated channels and your PMS. In other words, a channel manager streamlines and increases the efficiency of your hotel’s booking procedure.

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eZee Absolute

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Hotels and resorts face daily threats, from fraudulent reservations to stolen identities at check-in. These incidents can occur in various forms—whether it’s a fake ID being presented at the front desk or stolen credit card information being used for bookings. Does it match the name on the reservation? They hand over their ID.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 3, 2022

This information can vary from menus to external links for reservation bookings. In other cases, hackers can use QR codes to launch a customer’s payment apps or automatically subscribe them to malicious accounts. Security compliance helps prevent hackers from infiltrating your business’ account and accessing data.

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Hotel Business

JULY 9, 2024

The solution also includes a booking engine and quotation tool to help event planners quickly find the space they need for their budget and requirements. Now, our customers can leverage Duetto to optimize pricing, manage inventory and streamline bookings for individual guests, groups and function spaces—all in a single, unified solution.

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InnQuest

AUGUST 11, 2022

T his blog covers everything you need to know about roomMaster Anywhere – From securing bookings and streamlining operations to managing a workforce and enhancing the guest experience, there’s a lot that goes behind efficient property management. To book a demonstration of our award-winning hotel management software , click here.

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Hospitality Net

JUNE 23, 2023

New data from SiteMinder, the world’s leading open hotel commerce platform, suggests Spain’s hotel sector could be facing a historic summer of bookings. percent this same time last year.

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Hotelogix

AUGUST 21, 2024

Night Audit in Hotel Front Office is a significant part of a hotel's accounting process. This process records, reviews, and collates all the hotel's financial activities in one day and posts them on appropriate account heads. It reconciles all front office cash counters/accounts. Balance all departmental accounts.

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