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Types of hotel security data breaches and how to protect your property
What is a hotel data breach? A hotel data breach is essentially when the private information of guests and customers falls into the hands of the wrong people, either...
The world’s most innovative hotels
How to create the best hotel pre-arrival emails
It’s easy to dismiss the hotel pre-arrival email as a nice to have. After all, you’ve already emailed these guests with their booking confirmation,...
The hotels that inspired us in 2020/2021
It’s easy to do good and be generous when times are easy. Going the extra mile when times are tough is the real mark of heroism. The last year has...
Best 10 online travel agents (OTAs) to boost hotel bookings
What are OTAs for hotels? OTAs for hotels, also known as Online Travel Agencies or Online Tour Operators, are third-party websites that are used for...
Incident management for 10+ cross-functional teams
This article originally appeared on the Mews Developers blog.
April's new Mews integrations
It’s impossible to be the best at everything. Believe us, we’ve tried. But one thing we’re sure we’re best at is connecting with other amazing...
Accept iDEAL payments with Mews
What are iDEAL payments? iDEAL is an online payment method that lets consumers pay for goods or services online – in our case, it allows your guests...
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...
How to go contact-free without sacrificing the guest experience
Finding the balance: guest experience, installation cost and operational efficiency During and post-Covid, demands for hygiene and safety will be...
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...
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...
The values that guide us: defining Mews' culture
What characterizes company culture at Mews? Put simply, it's the shared values, goals, attitudes and the behavioral norms that we hold ourselves...
Evolution of Hospitality: your questions answered
At the end of the session we asked for your questions, and you didn’t disappoint. Unfortunately, there were so many good ones that we didn’t get...
The best hotel Channel Managers in 2022
Having the best product out there won't do you any good if your target audience can't find it. You know that, so you've partnered with online travel...
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”....
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...
How to create the best hotel booking confirmation email for guests
Why focus on your hotel booking confirmation email? First things first: the booking confirmation email is an absolute must. If you buy something...
How to build a career framework like an RPG
This article originally appeared on theMews Developers blog.
What are the 5 best central reservation systems?
One of the most important parts of running hotel operations is streamlining processes, and there’s no more efficient way to do this than having a ...
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,...
How long can a guest stay at a hotel and what’s the minimum stay?
How long can a guest stay at a hotel? There’s a range of accommodations available to meet different travelers’ needs, and how long guests can lodge...
Everything you need to know about PSD2 and Mews
Every so often, a new piece of legislation comes along that causes headaches and restless nights for businesses. You probably remember the endless...
The Metrics that Matter | Download the free report
Every hotel generates a wealth of data. A veritable ocean of it, in fact. But how do you know what the most important, relevant metrics are for your...
March’s new Mews integrations
A connected ecosystem is much stronger than one that stands on its own. That’s why Mews continues to seek out the best solutions in hospitality tech...
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...
Options are seed investments: our approach to employee ownership
For a long time, as a Founder, I struggled what to think of options. For the first few years, while Mews struggled and ground out growth, I spent...
What went wrong at the Hotel California?
Hotel California is a great song. We all know it, we all love it. However, it doesn’t exactly paint the hotel industry in a good light. The poor...
Embracing blended living: how software is changing the work/life balance
Technology is leading a generational mindset change about how we compartmentalize our lives. Mews founder, Richard Valtr, considers the implication...
How to increase revenue with day use hotel rooms
There are two ways of looking at the world: binary thinking and spectrum thinking. The binary on/off, yes/no mindset is comforting because it’s easy...
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