The Mews Blog

Industry trends 27 Jul 2017

Why Saving the Planet with Free Pizza is the Modern Way of Upselling

We have invited Erik from Oaky to write a guest-blog. We have seen a tremendous interest in their product in the last weeks since they went live with their connection to...

Product 17 Jul 2017

Mews and Oaky are Transforming the Way Hotels Serve Millennial Travellers

Today’s travellers are accustomed to receiving a more personalised and on-demand experience. They now expect that their accommodation...

Company 3 Feb 2017

Designing a Modern PMS for the Modern Hotelier

We have a bit of a joke in the office as one of the first videos that we ever produced started with my droning voice and the above phrase. We...

Technology 31 Jan 2017

The trouble with being an Oracle and why the move to a cloud mindset is always..

This week I read THIS blogpost, written by a hotelier about his frustrations with the industry’s leading Property Management Solution. What I...

Company 3 Jan 2017

Offering a 90s Guest Experience to your Guests in 2017

Last week I checked into one of Europe’s most forward-thinking luxury boutique hotel brands. Being a hotelier myself, I am always on the...

Company 12 Dec 2016

People of Mews - introducing Ilse, Director of Operations

After many years of trying, we finally convinced Ilse to leave her steady career at Sabre and come strengthen the Mews team with her talents....

Company 25 Nov 2016

Mews Systems Raises €1.5m to Accelerate and Innovate Hotel Management

Amsterdam, 22 November 2016: Mews Systems announces that it has successfully raised a 1.5m EUR investment from Axivate Capital, to help...

Technology 14 Nov 2016

“Let’s ignore mobile - what’s the worst that can happen?”

So, the title is a little misleading, really. It’s not a real quote, but it seems to me to describe the state of mind of most of those that we...

Industry trends 19 Oct 2016

7 Changes to Make an Instant Improvement Across Every Department

As a general manager, every decision you make is scrutinised by your staff, and so being a leader requires you to affect every department in...

Industry trends 29 Sep 2016

The hidden rising costs of OTAs

Hotels are paying the price for inadequate security, and largely further enriching the OTAs in the process. We would like to expose one of...

Company 29 Aug 2016

Defying the odds – the insanity of building your own PMS

Richard and I met each other 6 years ago at a Czech Fashion Show, where they were presenting last season’s collection to a crowd of hipsters,...

Technology 15 Aug 2016

​A Painless PMS Switch – Dream or Reality?

Back when I was 25, I worked as the Front Office Manager at the Hilton Prague, a monster hotel of 800 bedrooms with a front office team of 65...

Industry trends 22 Jul 2016

Overcoming the Challenges of Revenue Management in Hostels

Hands up anyone, who knew what they wanted to do after leaving school? Like most people I didn’t really know what to study or which career...

Product 12 Jul 2016

We Upgraded our Booking Engine. You Won't Believe What Happened Next

When I first started coming to hotel conferences, I was always taken aback by how many exhibiting companies promised to drive direct sales,...

Industry trends 6 Jun 2016

How Booking.com, Expedia and TripAdvisor are helping hotels drive more direct..

Let’s be honest, if you’ve visited the Internet lately, it’s not hard to find AdWords ads from Booking.com, Expedia or TripAdvisor. Big...

Industry trends 13 May 2016

Drive More Conversions and Direct Bookings with Promotion Codes

We’ve decided to highlight another of our favourite, but highly under-utilised features of Hotel Booking Engines: “Promotion Codes”. Creating...

Industry trends 25 Sep 2014

Hotel Management from the Palm of your Hand

Mews Systems unveils a unique mobile solution for hotels, apartments, B&Bs and hostels, presenting a radical rethink of the way these...