The Mews Blog

Company 6 Mar 2024

Four reasons to be excited by the Mews + Amadeus partnership

There was plenty to talk about at this year’s ITB Berlin, but the headline news was the announcement of the new strategic partnership between Mews and Amadeus.

Best practices 5 Mar 2024

New hospitality metrics every revenue manager should track

New revenue management metrics Technology has changed not only what’s possible, but what’s measurable. A new generation of hospitality metrics has...

Industry trends 5 Mar 2024

What is cost-based pricing in the hotel industry?

What is cost-based pricing? Cost-based pricing lets hoteliers set prices for rooms, services and amenities based on how much they cost their hotel,...

Company 4 Mar 2024

How new Mews funding will shape hospitality’s future

As the hospitality industry undergoes a significant period of transformation, we’re thrilled to announce that we’ve raised an additional $110m of...

Best practices 4 Mar 2024

The great hospitality balancing act

Balance is a lost art. In almost every sphere of society, from politics to culture to technology, more and more people inhabit the extreme ends of...

Guest experience 1 Mar 2024

Lessons from the air: what can hospitality learn from airlines?

The utilization mindset Running a profitable airline is hard. In 2023, the industry’s net profit margin was less than three percent. This requires...

Best practices 29 Feb 2024

The benefits of late bookings in hotels

What are late bookings in the hospitality industry? Late bookings refer to reservations made a few days or even hours before check-in.These bookings...

Marketing & distribution 28 Feb 2024

How to Message Your Hotel Guests: download the data-led guide

It’s easy to make assumptions about what guests want. After all, we’re all guests at various points throughout the year. But one of the remarkable...

Marketing & distribution 28 Feb 2024

5 technologies that are transforming hotel distribution

Top technologies applied to hotel distribution From artificial intelligence and machine learning to blockchain and big data, technological solutions

Industry trends 27 Feb 2024

The importance of hotel cleaning protocols and their benefits

What are cleaning protocols for hotels? Cleaning protocols in hotels are the procedures and standards that ensure cleanliness, hygiene and guest...

Best practices 22 Feb 2024

The best books and podcasts about hospitality and tech

The best tech and hospitality books Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara Category: Hospitality

Best practices 22 Feb 2024

7 ways to increase holiday bookings in your hotel

What are holiday bookings? Holiday bookings refer to reservations made during the vacation or holiday period. Since it's a popular time to travel,...

Industry trends 19 Feb 2024

2024 hospitality trends in the Nordics

What does the Nordic data say? The demand for travel in 2023 remained strong. Across the Nordics, average occupancy was 53%, up 4% on 2022. This is...

Industry trends 15 Feb 2024

The power of hotel data in the hospitality industry

What is hotel data? Hotel data is essential information collected within the hospitality industry – guest bookings, preferences, revenue figures,...

Industry trends 14 Feb 2024

The Mews Data Dive: assessing hospitality’s performance in 2023

What’s in the Mews Data Dive? There’s no unified set of must-track metrics for hoteliers – at least, not yet. Although our guide on New Era of...

Technology 14 Feb 2024

How is artificial intelligence revolutionizing the hotel industry?

Industry trends 13 Feb 2024

The comprehensive guide to hotel rate shopping

What is hotel rate shopping? Rate shopping is popular among hoteliers who want to check competitors' room rates and benchmark them against their own...

Best practices 8 Feb 2024

Enhancing hotel productivity: strategies for success

What is hotel productivity and how to measure it? Hotel productivity refers to properly using resources like staff, facilities and time to maximize...

Industry trends 6 Feb 2024

8 main challenges when protecting hotel guest data in 2024

Why is protecting your hotel guest data so important? Hotel guest data has a range of uses, from optimizing service, personalization, forecasting and...

Technology 1 Feb 2024

How does a hotel key card work, and which one is the best for you?

What is a hotel key card? A hotel key card has a magnetic stripe, works with Near-Field Communication (NFC) technology, or is embedded with an RFID...

Company 31 Jan 2024

Why Mews acquired Frontdesk Anywhere

The acquisition Although the acquisition went through at the beginning of 2024, the wheels had been set in motion years before. I’ve known Joe...

Technology 18 Jan 2024

The modern hospitality landscape: understanding the hotel tech stack

Essential components of a hotel tech stack So, you may be wondering: what are the essential components of a hotel tech stack? They should...

Best practices 16 Jan 2024

Tips for effectively avoiding overbooking in your hotel

Understanding the risks of overbooking What are the top risks of overbooking? A negative impact on your brand, decreased customer loyalty,...

Industry trends 15 Jan 2024

Essential hotel metrics for General Managers

The must-track areas for hotel metrics There’s a tendency to obsess over a few traditional hospitality metrics. We don’t want to name names, but...

Industry trends 11 Jan 2024

The importance of hotel group business and how to manage them

Guest experience 9 Jan 2024

How to use on-property credits at hotels?

What is property credit for hotels? A property credit for hotels is a monetary amount guests can use toward upgrades, on-property services and ...

Company 8 Jan 2024

Mews wins Best PMS at the HotelTechAwards 2024

What are the HotelTechAwards? The HotelTechAwards are run by Hotel Tech Report, the go-to place for reliable hospitality tech reviews and insights....

Best practices 4 Jan 2024

Demystifying cost per guest acquisition: maximizing returns in hospitality

Marketing & distribution 2 Jan 2024

8 best hotel eCommerce strategies

What is hotel eCommerce? So, hotel eCommerce refers to commercial transactions that are conducted electronically over the Internet. In the hotel...

Guest experience 28 Dec 2023

9 key elements when building a guest-centric hotel