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England Room Occupancy Survey

England Room Occupancy Survey 690 360 HotelREZ
Every month VisitEngland™ publishes the England Occupancy Survey (EOS), which uses a measure of bedroom occupancy across the serviced accommodation sector – from large hotels to small B&Bs and farmhouses – and across the country. In the latest figures for 2018, room occupancy in England has increased +1% in January (65%) whilst February remained unchanged at [...]read more
Chinese Outbound Travel a HotelREZ visual e-Guide

Chinese Outbound Travel [e-guide]

Chinese Outbound Travel [e-guide] 690 360 HotelREZ

This March HotelREZ Hotels & Resorts launches its latest product, REZChina, aimed at helping independent hotels access the very lucrative market of Chinese outbound travel. Get our latest e-guide ‘Chinese Outbound Travel: a visual guide for hotels’ below.

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China leading the way in mobile bookings

How China is leading the way in mobile bookings

How China is leading the way in mobile bookings 690 360 HotelREZ
Early this month, a new report from travel research experts Phocuswright, provided a more detailed overview of how travellers in eight key markets are navigating the evolving consumer travel life cycle. The report covers hot topics such as millennials driving the online travel trend in the so-called BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China), to the [...]read more
Targeting the Indian Outbound Traveller-HotelREZ

Insights into the Indian Outbound Travel Market [e-guide]

Insights into the Indian Outbound Travel Market [e-guide] 691 361 HotelREZ
The UNWTO predicts the Indian outbound travel market will account for 50 million tourists by 2020, and its total outbound spending is expected to cross the US$28 billion mark. This, coupled with the country’s new generation of middle class tourists, set to grow even further, makes it a potential tourist goldmine for thousands of destinations [...]read more
GDS hotel bookings set for record growth

GDS hotel bookings set for record year

GDS hotel bookings set for record year 690 360 HotelREZ
A recent study of more than 900 travel agents, concluded a record use of the Global Distribution Systems (GDS) for hotel bookings, and estimates 2015 as a record year, with over 62 million GDS hotel bookings being made worldwide. The bi-annual 2015 Global Travel Agent study, conducted by Phoenix Marketing International in partnership with TravelClick, surveyed agents across 48 [...]read more
Bleisure a growing trend in Business Travel

Bleisure: a growing trend in Business Travel

Bleisure: a growing trend in Business Travel 690 360 HotelREZ
Business travel usually means boardroom meetings, negotiations and presentations. Right? Wrong. Increasingly more and more business travellers are looking to extend their business trips, turning them into leisure breaks when, and where, possible. HotelREZ sums up important information on this growing trend affecting business travel. What is Bleisure? This is how bleisure works in a [...]read more
Pricing Data

News: HotelREZ implements Revcaster Comp-Set Pricing Data

News: HotelREZ implements Revcaster Comp-Set Pricing Data 690 360 HotelREZ
HotelREZ has recently partnered with Revcaster, a leading supplier of hotel pricing tools, in order to provide its member hotels with rate parity reports as well as competitive pricing data. HotelREZ is now shopping for hotels on a regular basis and across a number of different channels, allowing properties to monitor their current available rates. If [...]read more
International Tourism up by 5%

International Tourism up by 5%

International Tourism up by 5% 690 360 HotelREZ
Data released earlier this month by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), reveals that international travel has grown by 4.6% in the first half of 2014. Just in the first six months of the year, an estimated 517 million international tourists have crossed borders, 22 million more when compared to the same period last [...]read more
female business travellers

Catering for Female Business Travellers

Catering for Female Business Travellers 690 360 HotelREZ

Earlier this summer, travel intelligence company Skift and digital marketing software company Buuteeq published a new trends report on the rise of female business travellers. HotelREZ Hotels & Resorts breaks down the essentials and explains why hoteliers and travel marketers should start paying serious attention to this emerging segment.

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Getting the best from OTAs

Getting the best from OTAs: 5 rules for small and independent hotels

Getting the best from OTAs: 5 rules for small and independent hotels 690 360 HotelREZ
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