The Mews Blog

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 your hotel. However, managers...

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...