The Mews Blog

Industry trends 1 Dec 2020

13 reasons to choose a cloud PMS for your hotel

Back in the simpler times of 2018, a Fuel Travel survey found that 55% of hotel managers weren’t satisfied with their current property management system. The sad reality is that...

Industry trends 26 Nov 2020

How to choose the best revenue management systems for hotels

Revenue Management Systems are nothing new – they’ve been around for decades. But it’s only in the last few years, with the introduction of smart...

10 Nov 2020

We’re delighted to welcome Base7booking to the Mews family

Français | Deutsch The acquisition from global travel platform trivago provides Base7booking customers with a specialist cloud-based property...

3 Sep 2020

Hotel Reopening Diaries: The Central House

Although for many hoteliers around the world the slow recovery is already underway, there are many who still feel the struggle of a constantly...

Industry trends 1 Sep 2020

Lessons from COVID-19: teaching hospitality during a pandemic

In a recent blog, we interviewed a group of 2020 hospitality graduates to see how the next generation of hoteliers view the state of the industry....

Industry trends 13 Aug 2020

The next generation of hospitality: insights from the class of 2020

Hospitality stands on the cusp of change. Even before the events of the last few months, our industry was finally beginning to embrace technology en...

29 Jul 2020

Hotel Reopening Diaries: The Dylan Amsterdam

As hotels continue to open up around most of the world, we’re speaking to a variety of hoteliers to understand their decision-making process for...

23 Jul 2020

Hotel Reopening Diaries: The Flushing Meadows

Hotel Reopening Diaries talks to properties around the world about how they’ve been coping with the fallout from COVID-19. Although occupancy rates...

Company 14 Jul 2020

People of Mews: Ria De Temmerman, Planet Winner founder – part 2

Ria De Temmerman built her own PMS, Planet Winner, from scratch, managing the business with her husband Dirk for over 25 years.

7 Jul 2020

Hotel Reopening Diaries: Superbude

When should hotels reopen their doors? What do hoteliers need to do differently to keep guests and staff safe, while trying to remain profitable?

2 Jul 2020

Hotel Reopening Diaries: Postillion Hotels

One of the most dramatic outcomes of recent lockdowns and travel bans was the closure of so many hotels. For the first time in recent memory,...

Industry trends 30 Jun 2020

How to boost your hotel TripAdvisor ranking, and other review platforms to..

Online reviews are of huge value to hotels, with 96% of travellers admitting that they find reviews important when researching a hotel. And if ever...

Industry trends 19 Jun 2020

The Word in Hospitality podcast | Highlights from episode 1

The Word in Hospitality is a brand new hospitality podcast that encourages discussion and provides food for thought around some of the key topics...

Company 12 Jun 2020

People of Mews: Ria De Temmerman, Planet Winner founder – part 1

Ria De Temmerman is the founder of the Planet Winner Property Management System, a pioneering programmer, and one of the most engaging people you’re...

Company 27 May 2020

An interview with Hotel Unplugged | A Hotels for Helpers story

Hotel Unplugged is a city centre hotel in Rotterdam that utilizes technology to give guests a seamless stay. Recently, they’ve been hosting...

23 Apr 2020

The trick to cutting credit card fraud: combine process with people | Machefert..

The Machefert Group is one of the leading independent hotel groups in France. Paris is their hub, with 19 hotels, seven bars and five restaurants, as...

14 Apr 2020

The power of connected hotel tech

Meet Jelle Landman, hotelier of the future. He looks like a pretty normal guy – apart from the fact that he’s always exceptionally dressed – but he’s...

27 Mar 2020

“Our checkout time has gone from 5 minutes to 2 minutes, easily” | The Opera..

Michael Böhler is the General Manager of The Opera Hotel, a four star, 58 room property in Zurich, Switzerland. Moving to Mews not only gave them...

23 Mar 2020

“Our entire operation has become more efficient” | Wayfarer Hotel Kyoto Shijo..

The Wayfarer Hotel Kyoto Shijo is the first hotel of the Wayfarer Hotels, which has big plans afoot to expand its Japanese presence in 2020. They...

17 Mar 2020

“What's great about Mews Payments is that you hardly even notice it's there” |..

We visited Claudia van den Berg, Managing Director for Boutiquehotel STAATS Haarlem, at her beautiful hotel to chat about how Mews has improved their...

Industry trends 12 Feb 2020

What's new with hotel door locks?

Back in the heady days of November 2017, we wrote a blog post about hotel door locks. It’s really good — you should check it out before reading this...

Company 8 Jan 2020

Mews wins Best Property Management System at the HotelTechAwards

We’re officially the best in the business after winning this prestigious award