The Mews Blog

Technology 12 Jan 2023

The benefits of facial recognition technology for hotels

Product 11 Jan 2023

Introducing Mews Community: the new hub for hoteliers

Who’s the best person to ask for advice about a product or software that you’re using? Someone who’s already using it. There are thousands upon...

Industry trends 3 Jan 2023

The perfect guide to hotel distribution channel strategy

Company 28 Dec 2022

How a Donut changed my role at Mews: Mewser stories

My F&B beginnings For my entire working life I’ve been part of the hospitality industry. You might even say that I grew up surrounded by it....

Company 22 Dec 2022

Life as a Mews Sales Director | We’re hiring in DACH

In the five and a half years I’ve been at Mews, so much has changed. But the most rapid growth has come over the last year, and with hugely ambitious...

Product 22 Dec 2022

How can Apple Pay improve your hotel’s guest experience?

What is Apple Pay? Apple Pay is a way for Apple users to make payments, whether they be in person, in iOS apps or on the web. Payments can be made...

Industry trends 21 Dec 2022

How the internet of things (IoT) benefits the hospitality industry

What does IoT stand for? IoT stands for the Internet of Things, which refers to a network of devices connected to the internet in order to collect...

Company 20 Dec 2022

Top reads in 2022: the best hospitality content of the year

We’re not sure about you, but 2022 felt like a busy year. There was a lot going on, globally but also in the world of hospitality. Staff shortages...

Marketing & distribution 19 Dec 2022

How to add and list your hotel on Google

Company 16 Dec 2022

Life at Mews: Spanish stories with Albert Arranz

Albert Arranz was asked to join Mews three times before he took the plunge. A Barcelona native, he worked as General Manager at Golden Tulip in his...

Company 15 Dec 2022

Why we raised $185mil and what’s next for Mews and hospitality?

The chance to redefine industry standards In 2019, Mews raised $33m in our Series B funding round. In the three years since then, so much has...

Industry trends 12 Dec 2022

What are the tasks and responsibilities of a revenue manager in a hotel?

What is a hotel revenue manager? A hotel revenue manager is the person in charge of leading pricing strategies in order to maximize a hotel’s...

Industry trends 9 Dec 2022

What are the duties and responsibilities of a hotel food and beverage manager?

What is a food and beverage manager in a hotel? A food and beverage manager in a hotel is a professional in the hospitality industry who directs the...

Industry trends 7 Dec 2022

Seven ways for hotels to prevent high energy costs

Industry trends 6 Dec 2022

What are the skills and responsibilities of a hotel IT leader?

Company 1 Dec 2022

Life at Mews: off-grid Spanish stories

Mews is a remote-friendly company. In other words, you don’t have to live close to one of our offices – or any office at all – in order to work for...

Product 29 Nov 2022

How documentation and software are the same

1. Problem decomposition Breaking problems down into smaller, solvable parts

Industry trends 18 Nov 2022

What are the roles and responsibilities of a General Manager in hotels?

What is a hotel General Manager? A hotel General Manager is a hospitality industry professional who ensures the proper functioning of a property,...

17 Nov 2022

Six Benefits of Combining Your POS and PMS: download your free guide

Digital ordering and mobile point-of-sale is one of the most obvious and successful examples of how technology has changed hospitality in recent...

Technology 15 Nov 2022

How does self-service technology impact hotel guest experience?

Company 15 Nov 2022

Life at Mews: Spanish stories with Francesco Longo

You may have heard us talk about how amazing the Mews culture is. If you haven’t, your first port of call should be the culture section on our...

Industry trends 14 Nov 2022

The typical organizational structure of a hotel

What is hotel organizational structure? Hotel organizational structure is a plan or high-level overview devised by a hotelier to help clearly define...

10 Nov 2022

Mews Marketplace integrations update: November 2022 edition

Partners that went live in October Time to find out more about our brilliant new Marketplace integration partners.

Company 9 Nov 2022

Mews is a Major Player: what the IDC MarketScape PMS Vendor Assessment means

This week, IDC released their IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Hospitality Property Management Systems 2022 Vendor Assessment (doc #US48098122, November...

Industry trends 4 Nov 2022

What is POS reporting and how it can improve your hotel’s growth

Company 3 Nov 2022

Building a Mews community in France

Mews community in France At the time of writing, there are more Mews hotels in France than any other country. That means we have a large pool of...

Company 1 Nov 2022

Boosting the guest journey (and your profits) at every stage

TL;DR: No time to read the whole blog? We’re making it easier to: Boost revenue pre-arrival Save your front of house staff time by checking in...

27 Oct 2022

10 Tips to Improve Your Housekeeping Operation: download your free guide

Cleanliness is next to godliness, so they say. While we don’t have the authority to make a judgement on that, we can confidently say that cleanliness...

Product 25 Oct 2022

New from Mews: streamline your front desk and boost revenue

The faster, easier check-in We had an exciting rollout earlier this year that offers tremendous benefits to the front desk staff, eliminating clicks...

Technology 21 Oct 2022

What are the differences between cloud and legacy POS systems?