Hotel Speak

JULY 24, 2024

The better the relationships with OTAs and sales partners, the more hotels benefit from additional visibility and promotions. However, it’s essential to ensure availability and rates are accurate at all times, to prevent overbooking, or under- or over-pricing products.

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eZee Absolute

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A hotel channel manager is a software that allows hotels like yours to manage their online inventory and rates across multiple booking channels, such as online travel agencies (OTAs), global distribution systems (GDSs), and your website as well. In simple words, a channel manager is your 24*7 assistant in the digital world of bookings.

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Hotel Speak

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

A channel manager is a vital piece of the puzzle, since it uses automation and real-time data to reduce manual tasks, cut down on overbookings, increase your online visibility and sell more rooms, and gain access to key performance insights.

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eZee Absolute

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The channel manager’s user-friendly interface and robust features made it easy to manage rates and availability across all connected channels, ensuring real-time updates and eliminating overbooking risks. This streamlined approach minimized the risk of overbooking or underbooking, ensuring optimal occupancy rates year-round.

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eZee Absolute

OCTOBER 24, 2024

This real-time synchronization reduces the risk of overbookings and discrepancies, ensuring a seamless experience for both hotel and guest. Hotels can easily expand their distribution reach by adding new channels or integrating with additional platforms without the need for complex infrastructure changes.

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SiteMinder

MARCH 16, 2023

Given the fact most hotels have a diverse distribution network with a wide range of agents, this can be an extremely difficult task. With a hotel reservation system in place, all live rates and availability are automatically updated by the software.

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Cloudbeds

APRIL 15, 2024

Hotel marketing automation For hotels with limited resources, marketing can often fall by the wayside. That’s where technology can step in to facilitate the bulk of marketing automation. There are also automation tools that provide mobile concierge services to facilitate the fulfillment of guest requests.

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eZee Absolute

AUGUST 26, 2024

The hotel’s reliance on manual processes for managing room bookings led to frequent check-in delays, overbookings, and missed special requests. Challenges: Navigating Operational Hurdles Before adopting YCS solutions, Robusta Retreat faced significant operational challenges that hampered guest satisfaction and staff efficiency.

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SiteMinder

JANUARY 14, 2025

It allows your hotel to tap into markets that can be impossible to reach through traditional hotel marketing efforts. The corporate travel market can be a particularly valuable one to tap into, as it can be less price sensitive and can significantly boost mid-week and low season occupancy rates.

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Hotelogix

AUGUST 13, 2024

In this context, one of the most transformative trends reshaping how hotels market and sell their rooms is Attribute-Based Selling (ABS). This approach not only helps hotels meet and exceed guest experience but also optimizes their revenue potential. How to Implement Attribute-Based Selling in Hotels?

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Xotels

APRIL 3, 2024

Questioning when and where your demand will come, who will be booking at your property, which hotels will you have to compete, and identifying challenging periods or seasons are important to manage expectations. Mapping out these questions out in your strategy will help to set realistic goals.

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eZee Absolute

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Bonus: Avoid the dreaded overbookings that could turn your holidays into a nightmare before Christmas! With eZee Centrix Channel Manager , you can easily manage pricing across multiple OTAs, ensuring that all your listings are updated in real time. Feast for the Festive Spirits Whats the quickest way to a guests heart? Through their stomach!

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eZee Absolute

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Lack of Real-Time Updates: The absence of automated updates on room availability led to overbookings and last-minute cancellations, causing inconvenience to guests and loss of revenue for the hotel. The lack of automation also resulted in inefficient room allocation, further exacerbating the problem.

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eZee Absolute

DECEMBER 11, 2024

This centralized control meant they could easily track and control availability across all properties without the confusion of juggling multiple systems.Plus, it reduced the risk of overbooking and ensured that inventory was accurately managed across the board.

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eZee Absolute

AUGUST 26, 2024

The absence of real-time visibility into hotel operations caused several issues that directly impacted both the staff and the guests. For instance, the lack of immediate access to room availability often led to double bookings or overbookings, leaving guests without the accommodations they were promised.

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Hotel Speak

JULY 4, 2023

For example, Cloud Hotel PMS allows them to integrate with the right solution provider to roll out contactless guest services that today’s guests like the most. They can work with a hotel channel manager to ensure real-time distribution of rates and inventories across OTAs for better visibility, more sales, and zero overbookings.

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MediaBoom

MARCH 14, 2024

By collaborating with influencers who align with their brand values, hotels can tap into established audiences, creating authentic and engaging content that resonates with potential guests. Here’s the impact of influencer partnerships on hotel marketing.

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eZee Absolute

APRIL 3, 2024

Manual processes often led to errors, overbooking, and inefficiencies, causing frustration among staff and guests alike. One of the major hurdles was streamlining inventory management and keeping track of bookings amidst fluctuating demand and seasonal variations.

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AskSuite

JULY 20, 2023

A well-planned marketing strategy can drive organic traffic to your website, increase direct bookings, and build strong relationships with guests before they even set foot in your hotel. Discover strategies to harness hotel marketing channels to boost direct bookings with our comprehensive ebook.

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eZee Absolute

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

By tracking things like how many people don’t show up, when they usually cancel, and what kind of rooms they booked, hotels can start to spot patterns. For example, if a hotel notices a spike in no-shows on weekends during peak season, they can adjust their staffing or overbooking strategy. So, where do you start?

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Xotels

APRIL 3, 2024

Ultimately, prioritising achieving a fair share of direct sales empowers hotels to establish stronger control over guest data to increase profitability, and maintain autonomy over their brand image and customer experience. This is one of the first steps when creating a revenue management strategy, performing thorough market research.

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Cloudbeds

JANUARY 10, 2025

Not only does the hotel miss out on an opportunity to get a direct booking, but it must also pay a commission to the OTA if a booking results. This is a key reason why metasearch campaigns are an essential part of a well-rounded hotel marketing strategy.

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