7 Shifts

OCTOBER 22, 2024

With 90% of diners checking a restaurant online before visiting, you also need a strong online presence to attract and boost reservations. Use it to share updates, special events, or new menu items. For example, you can promote your seasonal dishes or happy hour specials. It's an active marketing tool.

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InnQuest

APRIL 3, 2023

For instance, online booking systems, channel managers, and revenue management software can help you manage reservations, room rates, and availability across different channels. Accurate forecasting is another critical aspect of revenue management, allowing hotels to price confidently and prepare for high-demand seasons and special events.

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Social Hospitality

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

People travel more to visit family and friends during this time, leading to an overflow of events, restaurant reservations, hotel bookings, and other seasonal activities. It’s no secret that the hospitality industry is busiest during the holiday season.

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Hospitality Net

JUNE 7, 2023

today announced that ROOST Detroit will officially open and is now accepting reservations for guest stays, starting June 1. and Bedrock additionally unveil Book Tower’s special events program, Anthology, an elevated hospitality experience spanning several beautiful event venues.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 27, 2022

Take photos of patrons during your restaurant’s special event and share it on your social channels. Perhaps treat them preferentially by allowing them to make reservations before others. Ask reward recipients to do the same. Think creatively. Ask your most loyal customers what incentives they would like you to offer.

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Boutique Hotel News

JUNE 21, 2023

Hong Kong / UK: The Peninsula has announced the debut of its new hotel, The Peninsula London, which is now accepting reservations for stays from 12 September 2023. A number of special-event venues are due to open later this year, including the pillarless St.

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Revenue Hub

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Types of Cancellation Policies There are many types of cancellation policies for different scenarios and reservation types. Special Event and Group Booking Cancellations Hoteliers have more to lose from large groups (such as weddings or business conferences) cancelling their reservations.

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Hotelogix

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

  Understanding Market Segmentation Basics Types of Hotel Market Segments The hotel industry typically divides guests into distinct categories based on their characteristics and needs: Business Travelers Leisure Travelers Group Bookings Extended Stay Guests Special Event Attendees Benefits of Targeted Marketing Benefit Impact Increased ROI Higher (..)

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 26, 2022

On Valentine’s Day, restaurants fill up quickly with reservations from couples eager to spend a romantic night together. Holidays provide restaurants with the opportunity to capitalize on the special moment by offering specials, events, and so much more exclusive to the holiday. Create a Prix Fixe Menu.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 12, 2024

For example, implementing a seamless online reservation system optimizes the restaurant's scheduling while offering convenience to customers. They look for intuitive and user-friendly interfaces that simplify online ordering and reservations, ensuring a hassle-free process.

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Scheduling Server Reservations POS Systems 189

Hotelogix

JANUARY 12, 2025

Tools like Hotelogix’s Web Booking Engine simplify the reservation process, allowing guests to book directly. Offer personalized pricing for niche markets, like long-stay guests or special events. To make your website effective, focus on usability and convenience. A TA Console , simplifies it all.

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Synergy Suite

MARCH 7, 2023

If you have a food establishment that utilizes a wait staff, then the right restaurant reservation system is an absolute essential piece of your restaurant technology solution. Table reservations and management can be a complete nightmare if you don’t have a software tool, or the tool you have isn’t a good fit for you.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 3, 2021

Invest in your website with clear menus, ample dining room and food photos and include online ordering or online reservation options to serve both sets of customers. Use Facebook, Instagram and/or TikTok to share your unique offerings, daily specials and other events and to interact with customers.

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Social Hospitality

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Hospitality organizations run focused promotional campaigns that position themselves at the top of search results and social media feeds to generate instant user clicks and reservations. The main benefit of a paid advertisement is determining who views your content.

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Revenue Hub

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

This system enables hoteliers to keep track of available rooms, reservations, and occupancy rates in real-time. Leveraging historical data, market trends, and special events, hotels can predict periods of high and low demand. Forecasting Demand Accurate demand forecasting is the bedrock of successful inventory management.

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Pricing Reservations Training Article 109

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 10, 2020

“We’ve always been a no-reservations family restaurant, with close-proximity indoor seating to encourage lively, customer interaction,” said a 15-year veteran on the waitstaff. The investment could also pay off long-term when, after larger gatherings are once again permitted, the space can also be used for special events.

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Sanitation Special Events Reservations Marketing 221

Hotel Business

JANUARY 13, 2025

Not only must we understand and track consumer behaviors, but these future guests have a huge array of platforms where they can learn about our properties, make reservations and critique us. Expedia, Booking.com, Google ads, Facebook ads, meeting sites like those for weddings or special events are all in play.

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Special Events Marketing Budgeting Reservations 52

7 Shifts

OCTOBER 1, 2024

For instance, using an online reservation system allows customers to book a table conveniently, saving your staff from having to appease disgruntled customers who were overlooked on the waitlist or turned away. Having an efficient system in place makes sure customers receive their food promptly.

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Hotel Owner

JUNE 22, 2023

The hotel also offers numerous special-event venues opening later this year, which include St. All include mahogany dressing rooms, bathrooms of honey onyx, and customised fittings. Many have floor-to ceiling-windows with unparalleled views over Wellington Arch and historic Belgravia.

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Hotelogix

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Going to special events, talking in forums, and meeting other members are all great ways to build relationships. It does things like keeping track of reservations, rooms, and bills automatically. It's like making friends but for grown-ups! It's not just about trading cards (like we do for baseball!),

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Revenue Hub

MAY 3, 2024

Firstly, our city is a drive-in market; guests don’t stay for three nights for special events. We were selling special event prices in a market that had reverted to normal holiday-weekend low demand. Just three people booked the $800 special rate. We were offering Monte Carlo prices to a NASCAR crowd.

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SiteMinder

APRIL 7, 2025

For example, properties can adjust coverage to meet local market needs or special events, further improving revenue potential. With the ability to provide tailored coverage for different guest types and seasons, BeSafe Rate offers unique benefits.

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Revenue Hub

JULY 10, 2023

Group The group segment refers to guests traveling in a group that has blocked several rooms in advance at a special rate. Groups usually reserve at least six to ten rooms per night – they may be corporate, family, special events, MICE, and other types of groups. Find out how to attract group bookings to your hotel.

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Marketing Special Events Book Article 98

Revenue Hub

JUNE 20, 2024

Daniel Bank, reservations manager at Parkhotel Adler, dealt with this firsthand. Without real-time updates, there is a constant battle with inconsistent data across departments – whether it’s the front desk, reservation sales, guest services, or different properties within a group. What does that look like?

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

And for our community, we are going to plan something special—whether a dish, or a special event—to amplify our positive impact on the holiday for our customers.” All rights reserved. Copyright © 2024 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. This book is available wherever books and eBooks are sold.

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EATER

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

We reserved Sunday nights to cook a more involved meal together. At some of the places that we go, we might end up spending $200 or $300 on dinner, or reservations might not be available for months. With R, they typically pay; it feels more of a special event when Im able to treat them. So thats how it works with us.

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7 Shifts

JULY 25, 2024

Offering additional services, like delivery and takeout, meal kits and subscription boxes, and even catering and hosting special events can unlock new growth opportunities. If you have a big area, you can host weddings, corporate events, birthday parties, and other celebrations, allowing you to maximize the profitability of your space.

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Revenue Hub

APRIL 11, 2023

Still, it is one of the most critical decisions hoteliers can make to improve profitability and boost reservations. Marketing systems collect information about guests, and the hotel PMS has all the information about the reservations, which reflects guest behavior. Distribution is complex and will not be uniform for all structures.

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Hotelogix

JANUARY 31, 2024

It includes browsing for options, reading reviews, and making reservations. This can be achieved through personalized services, special events, or distinctive features of your property. Stages of Guest Experience/Journey Pre-arrival: This is the stage where guests make decisions.

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SiteMinder

JUNE 12, 2024

Over time, these roles matured and transformed, giving birth to the modern-day revenue or reservations managers. To help explain this further, please watch this video explaining yield management’s evolution to revenue management: There’s also a distinct difference between reservations management and revenue management.

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Pricing Book Reservations Events 98

Hotel Owner

JUNE 29, 2023

Think about what attracts people to your area – is it a theme park, special event, scenery, or a pastime, such as walking, cycling or fishing? In this digital age, mining your past reservations and reaching out to past clients is simple and cost effective. Reaching your market has never been easier or more cost effective.

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Special Events Marketing Reservations Communication 105

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 5, 2020

Most municipalities have existing permitting capabilities for temporary uses and special events that provide for an expedited process to obtain a permit and would not require reinventing the wheel. Permits – Is there an existing permitting structure in place that can be utilized, or will a new system need to be created?

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Revenue Hub

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Instead of solely looking at the occupancy (OCC) and average daily rate (ADR) for one room, now properties are looking more closely at the guest (or guests) that reserve these rooms, what they are interested in, and how to capitalize on those interests and capture more of their spend. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter and stay up to date.

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Special Events Book Information Reservations 97

Revenue Hub

OCTOBER 28, 2022

NB: This is an article from RealTime Reservation. Develop innovative packages, such as girls day by the pool, special occasion, bachelor, or bachelorette packages. Most importantly, empower the guest to personalize and reserve in advance. Let potential guests learn about your amenities and reserve and customize their stay.

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Reservations Book Catering Special Events 96

Revenue Hub

AUGUST 22, 2023

Subscribe to our weekly newsletter and stay up to date Instead of solely looking at the occupancy (OCC) and average daily rate (ADR) for one room, now properties are looking more closely at the guest (or guests) that reserve these rooms, what they are interested in, and how to capitalize on those interests and capture more of their spend.

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Special Events Book Information Reservations 96

InnQuest

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

In addition, chatbots can be useful for marketing purposes because of the huge amount of data they collect, and they allow hotels to promote special events and promotions directly to customers. roomMaster Anywhere is an easy to use, all-in-one, pure cloud reservations software solution for hotels, motels, and guesthouses.

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Revenue Hub

MAY 17, 2024

Properties can offer a discount on spa services or special event tickets based on their history and interests. Guests want options and they are more likely to select services or special offers catered to them.

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