The results from the latest TripBarometer report focusing on Social Travellers indicate hotel businesses need to start properly leveraging this new social wave.
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Getting the best from OTAs: 5 rules for small and independent hotels
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Love them or hate them, let’s face it, the reality is travellers love using OTAs (online travel agencies). And why wouldn't they? OTAs represent a one-stop-shop where usually ultra-competitive deals can be found, and the user-experience is second to none, offering consumers with a secure, straightforward booking process across a wide range of devices (from desktop to smartphones, [...]read more
The breakdown on the Customer Journey to Online Purchase
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With customer buying behaviour continuously evolving, and the increasing power of social media, mobile and other web-based exchanges, online travel brands are forced to constantly adjust and refine their marketing strategies. Recently Google Think Insights created an interesting tool meant to shed some light on how the different marketing channels affect today’s online customer along [...]read more
Welcoming Chinese Travellers: a cheat sheet for Hotels
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An estimate of 97 million Chinese citizens travelled abroad in 2013, according to data from the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA), 14 million more than the previous year. The market of outbound Chinese Travellers is already massive and growing. So how should hospitality businesses capitalise on this growing market? HotelREZ has put together a quick [...]read more
All you need to know about TripConnect
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TripConnect is a service provided by the giant review site TripAdvisor, which allows independent hotels worldwide to bid directly on the site, thus driving traffic from TripAdvisor to their own booking engines.
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The Marketing power of Pinterest and how Hotels can harness it [e-Guide]
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Pinterest is an image-led social media platform, where users connect to each other, as well as their favourite brands, by displaying and swapping images they identify with. Much like the concept of the old pin board, users can create topical boards, and “pin” image content to each board. HotelREZ brings you a Free Guide on getting started on Pinterest for Small and Independent Hotels.
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What does the Future of MICE in Hospitality hold?
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Last month saw the release of “The Future of Meetings in Hospitality”, an industry trends report, by travel intelligence company Skift, intended to deep dive into how hospitality companies are remaking the modern meetings and conference events. A Millennial Revolution? According to Skift, hugely popular events such as the annual TED Conference, or South by Southwest [...]read more
How to handle Extreme Weather Events – a Practical Guide for Hotels
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In light of the recent extreme weather and flooding events across the UK this winter, Visit England released a practical guide for tourism businesses. Serious events not only impact directly on businesses, possibly causing some to cease trading entirely while they cope with the damage or disruption, but can also affect the attractiveness of a destination. [...]read more
The Break Down on Visit England’s Domestic Leisure Tourism Trends
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Rarlier this month we saw the release of Visit England’s domestic leisure tourism trends for the next decade. The report, commissioned to Trajectory Global, a leading insight and futures consultancy, aimed to help identify the key trends that will influence leisure domestic tourism over the coming years. Read on to get HotelREZ’s break-down of their [...]read more
News: HotelREZ gets social and uncovers quirky seasonal traditions
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'Tis the Season to Go Social, is HotelREZ's motto this Christmas. In a creative campaign bid, the hotel representation company headquartered in the UK, asked its hotel members around the globe to share images and stories around their local Christmas celebrations. From a photo-shoot with Santa Claus, “staying over” at a Yorkshire hotel, to a [...]read more









