Hospitality Net

JULY 11, 2024

In the not-so-distant past, hotel PMS were glorified booking engines, handling reservations and basic operations like housekeeping. Fast forward to today, and the hospitality world demands a PMS that can juggle more than just bookings.

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Hospitality Net

JULY 25, 2024

ROH, the hospitality industry’s first payments and revenue management platform designed to help hotels increase profitability, today announced that over $100 million in booking value has run through the platform as hotel operators, owners and brands tap the integrated platform for better business outcomes.

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Hospitality Net

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The enhanced partnership means that Mews Booking Engine is now integrated with the Quality Lodgings website, meaning hotels have another direct booking source.

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Hospitality Net

JUNE 10, 2024

Hotels looking to increase booking conversions and customer conversations should consider using custom landing pages in combination with their social media marketing efforts.

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MAY 30, 2024

Even in today’s digital age, the voice channel remains powerful for hotel bookings. Our 2024 Hospitality Benchmark Report found that the voice channel maintains the highest average booking value of any channel, and outbound call campaigns can net properties an additional $1,717 per room each year on average.

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Hospitality Net

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Revinate, a direct booking platform transforming the hospitality industry, announced an integration with ResDiary, an online reservation system that helps over 10,000 restaurant, bar, club, and hotel operators attract table bookings and provide efficient service.

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Hospitality Net

OCTOBER 15, 2024

This book envisions the future of tourism in an economy that is largely automated. Robonomics’ is the term given to this economic system that relies on robots, artificial intelligence and automation technologies for the production of goods and delivery of services instead of human labour.

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Hospitality Net

JUNE 14, 2024

Join Daniel Foreman and Jeff Eskew from Lighthouse’s Revenue Strategy Services team as they unravel the critical role of demand drivers in shaping the booking curve. Transform your approach to booking strategies with insights that empower you to make informed, data-driven decisions.

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Hospitality Net

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Eight months before the start of Oasis’ sold-out tour, host markets in Europe are already seeing a significant impact on occupancy on the books, according to Forward STAR data from CoStar. CoStar is a leading provider of online real estate marketplaces, information, and analytics in the property markets.

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JULY 23, 2024

The majority of our rooms are booked online.” Despite the pundits’ predictions, the phones continue to ring with incoming reservations leads even now in the mid-2020s, and yes, even at branded hotels across all segments. I’m sure some readers are thinking “Well not us.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Most people are calling to book especially when the online booking system says there are no available reservations, so many patrons call anyways thinking there is likely still capacity left. Access to the POS/online booking system if necessary. The most common asks are to make a reservation, ask a Frequently-Asked-Question (e.g.,

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Hospitality Net

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Auckland hotel booking levels are as high as 84% for Coldplay’s ‘Music of the Spheres’ World Tour next month, according to data from CoStar. CoStar is a leading provider of online real estate marketplaces, information, and analytics in the property markets.

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Hospitality Net

JULY 24, 2024

Bookings for the Grand Prix began as early as December 2023, significantly impacting hotel demand. This early surge in reservations has led to an unprecedented increase in hotel occupancy rates, with many premium and centrally located hotels reporting near-full bookings months in advance.

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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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AUGUST 14, 2024

This innovative partnership aims to enhance the guest experience by promoting and streamlining real-time spa bookings through Crave in-room tablets, AppLess mobile and web solutions.

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Hospitality Net

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

With a focus on providing a warm welcome and a memorable stay, they deliver an exceptional guest experience from check-in to check-out – but up until recently, their direct booking journey wasn’t quite so smooth.

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Hospitality Net

MAY 13, 2024

Meeting and event booking sites have created a flood of leads, which can be overwhelming for those working in a sales role equipped and staffed for the era when leads came in by phone or website inquiry forms. Today’s hotel and event salespeople work in completely different environments than most of their leaders experienced.

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Hospitality Net

MAY 13, 2024

Meeting and event booking sites have created a flood of leads, which can be overwhelming for those working in a sales role equipped and staffed for the era when leads came in by phone or website inquiry forms. Today’s hotel and event salespeople work in completely different environments than most of their leaders experienced.

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Hospitality Net

OCTOBER 9, 2024

With Loyalty Lite, hoteliers can boost direct bookings by offering exclusive rewards and member rates to logged-in visitors, without the complexity or costs of traditional loyalty programs.

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JUNE 5, 2024

Comparing data for both months with the same period in 2023, SiteMinder also reveals that the total volume of bookings in the country has increased by 29%. This is according to SiteMinder, the name behind the only software platform that unlocks the full revenue potential of hotels.

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OCTOBER 21, 2024

Hotels in cities across the UK are experiencing a significant boost in bookings and average daily rates (ADR) as Kylie Minogue’s 2025 Tension tour approaches, according to new data from SiteMinder, the world’s leading hotel distribution and revenue platform.

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Hospitality Net

JUNE 5, 2024

In this episode of the Hotel Moment podcast, Karen Stephens, Revinate CMO, and Kathleen Cullen, Executive Vice President at PTG Consulting, explore the ways that hoteliers are leaving money on the table and why change starts and ends with a direct booking strategy.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

With ROH, these teams gain visibility into critical aspects of the entire payment journey of contracted bookings and the tools to seamlessly take action, directly impacting the hotel’s bottom line.

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Hospitality Net

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Starting in early 2025, Choice will triple its reward night booking window to 50 weeks, give members the option to redeem points for the premium features that matter most to them, and introduce Choice RewardSaver, a redemption tool that gives customers a better value on rewards night bookings.

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OCTOBER 26, 2022

And, yes, that is the book Poisoned. So says a tweet from good Dr. Warriner (@kwarrine). Hey, next time invite me!

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Hospitality Net

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

By 2030, direct digital bookings are expected to reshape the landscape of hotel distribution, overtaking online travel agencies (OTAs) as the primary channel for global hotel reservations.

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DECEMBER 20, 2024

On-the-books refers to the confirmed room revenue already secured for future dates. You may also know it as business on books or BOB.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The holiday season is a huge calendar event in the restaurant industry, with bookings booming as guests look to let their hair down and enjoy a festive feast. Plan Employee Rotas To Meet Demand Reservations on group bookings of 10 or more people are currently up 38 percent in comparison to this time in 2023.

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Hospitality Net

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Of course, from discounted rates to special inclusions, there are many ways that hoteliers can tempt potential guests and encourage them to book a stay.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2024

20% of $500 is $100. With typical OTA commission rates hovering around 20%, that reduces the value of a $500 reservation to a $400 one. So, what’s the solution?

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

A new book dropping today has some answers. " Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine caught up with Laroche to learn more about why he wrote this book, the state of restaurant culture and more. Why write this book and why now? The pandemic gave me the time to write the book.

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Hospitality Net

APRIL 22, 2024

The Global Distribution System (GDS) is continuing to perform for independent accommodation providers with reservations up 34.5% in the past year and up 4.2% on 2019 pre-pandemic levels, according to HotelREZ Hotels & Resorts’ Independent Accommodation Insights Report published today.

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Hospitality Net

MAY 20, 2024

For the past 25 years, it has become evident that most hotels fail to adequately capitalize on opportunities presented by seasonal holidays and event business drivers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 18, 2023

Brezinski chronicles his award-winning career and the drama behind the curtain is front and center in his new book called " ForkFight!: Why did you write this book and why now? It’s a passion of mine and I’ve always been told that I ‘should write a book’ about my journeys in the restaurant business.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 10, 2021

We’ve been comparing the restaurant and hotel industries for several years as we see a similar storyline playing out in real time with restaurants, where third-party sales channels are rapidly capturing share and command of digital bookings. The concept of direct bookings long precedes the digital era in other industries.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 15, 2022

The book was written by Pulitzer Prize-winning and New York Times best-selling author Chris Rose, and Kit Wohl with the Copeland Family and foreword by Al Copeland Jr. " The book is currently available for pre-order on Amazon. . " The book is currently available for pre-order on Amazon. Kindle E-Book.

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Hospitality Net

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

In many sectors, the digital transformation has sparked concerns about market concentration, favoring larger players over smaller businesses. Yet, the European hotel industry defies this trend, as evidenced by the latest findings from Hotrec, the umbrella association of hotels and hospitality providers.

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