One of the biggest changes that the hotel industry has seen in the first half of 2016 is the number of hotel chains that are aggressively promoting direct bookings. Hotels…

The largest hospitality trade show in the world is back! With over 50,000 senior industry professionals, government ministers and global press expected, the 37 year old convention generated over…

With competition in hospitality intensifying every year, hoteliers are constantly on the lookout for better ways to improve profitability. And in today’s highly fragmented market, revenue management strategies provide…

Reading and using hotel data isn’t as intimidating as it sounds. With the right approach, it is quite simple to evaluate and then use the data to the hotel’…

Running a successful hotel business is all about being hospitable – it’s the very essence of the industry itself. Unfortunately, it’s not a perfect world and every now and…

Another year has just whizzed by and now only 4 months left before we greet 2017. This is the perfect time for hoteliers to reassess their targets of 2016 and…

One of the biggest dilemmas for any hotel, but especially for a small and mid-sized hotel is to decide how much should be allocated to their marketing campaigns. The…

Located barely a few miles away from Dover, the 69 room Carlton hotel is an attractive property ideal for business as well as leisure travelers. New owner Sarath Wickrama intended…

As  a customer how many times have you been victim to the terms ‘upto 50% off’ or ‘prices starting from $10’ when only maybe one or two items are 50%…

Hospitality today is nothing like it used to be during the earlier days of the industry, when hotels relied on offline bookings and software-enabled enhancements were unheard of. Even…