The Mews Blog

Best practices 31 May 2021

How to open or start your own hostel, step by step

Industry trends 29 May 2021

7 most relevant Millennial travel trends for hotels

What do we mean by Millennial travelers? A Millennial traveler is someone that was born between 1981 and 1996, representing an incredibly large...

Industry trends 28 May 2021

How to get more direct bookings at your hotel

What is the difference between direct and indirect bookings? As the term suggests, direct bookings are those that are made directly through your own...

Industry trends 22 May 2021

How to respond to bad hotel reviews and what to do to avoid them

The impact of bad hotel reviews It has been shown that 35% of internet users would think twice about booking if they found more negative than...

Industry trends 21 May 2021

Pop-up hotels: a new alternative way of comfort in hospitality

What is a pop-up hotel? A pop-up hotel is a temporary structure that is a way of providing accommodation for both seasonal or unique events. Those...

Industry trends 19 May 2021

How Google maps can help to increase visits to your hotel

What is Google Maps and why is it important for hotels? Google Maps doesn’t need any introduction as in the United States alone in 2020, 23.42...

Industry trends 2 May 2021

The importance of the hotel curator in the future of hospitality

What is a hotel curator and its role? A hotel curator is a manager or overseer. Traditionally, a curator referred to someone who took care of the...

Industry trends 25 Apr 2021

Best hotel booking sites in 2023

What are the eight best hotel booking sites to list deals? Booking sites are important places to list deals in order to drive bookings, particularly...

Marketing & distribution 23 Apr 2021

How can hotel blogging help you in your marketing strategy?

What is hotel blogging? Hotel blogging is a realm of content marketing designed to grow your hotel’s website organically. Essentially, blogging...

Industry trends 12 Apr 2021

11 hotel advertising strategies to increase your online presence

Why is advertising important for hotels? Bill Gates once said, “if your business is not on the internet, then your business will be out of business”....

Industry trends 10 Apr 2021

The best sustainability trends and initiatives for hotels

Why is sustainability important in hotels? According to the United Nations World Tourism Organization, hotels are accountable for one percent of...

Technology 3 Apr 2021

The 8 best hotel sales tools to increase your property’s reservations

What hotel sales tools do you need to manage your business effectively? Managing your hotel business effectively depends a lot on the tools you use,...

Industry trends 22 Mar 2021

What are the advantages of transient business and how do you attract it?

What is transient business? Hotel business can be classified into group and non-group travel, and transient business lies under the non-group travel...

Technology 2 Mar 2021

6 advantages of using a central reservation system (CRS)

What are the advantages of using a central reservation system? There are plenty of advantages to using a CRS that a hotelier can benefit from. The...

Industry trends 24 Feb 2021

What are the differences between yield management and revenue management?

What is revenue and yield management? Revenue management is the practice of predicting or anticipating customer behaviour, and then optimizing...

Industry trends 22 Feb 2021

What are the differences between CRS and GDS in the hotel industry?

What is CRS and GDS? The primary function of a GDS is to assist travel agents who are looking for hotels that satisfy certain criteria. These...

Technology 14 Feb 2021

8 advantages of self service kiosks for hotels

What are the advantages of self service check-in/out Kiosks? Better use of hotel resources To gain a customer’s loyalty, it’s vital to provide...

Industry trends 1 Feb 2021

What is an overbooking strategy in hotels and what are its advantages?

What is a hotel overbooking strategy? Overbooking occurs when a customers book more rooms than the actual number available in a hotel. The hotel...

Industry trends 5 Jan 2021

Top 10 benefits and advantages of a hotel management system

What are the advantages of using a hotel management system? In case you still need convincing, here are ten advantages of implementing a modern hotel...