Industry trends (10)

Industry trends 5 Jul 2021

Bring your hotel into the future with smart rooms

What is a smart room? You may or may not have heard of a smart room before, but essentially a smart room uses internet connected devices to enhance the guest experience. By...

Industry trends 1 Jul 2021

How to define the perfect hotel’s competitive set

Why is it important to select a competitive set? Selecting a competitive set is important to be able to define your brand value proposition, your...

Industry trends 29 Jun 2021

What went wrong at the Shining's Overlook Hotel?

Mews is on a mission to help even the most challenging of hotels transform their operations and enhance the guest experience. I already took a look...

Industry trends 24 Jun 2021

How to nail hotel upselling and boost ancillary revenue

Think of the last few orders from your favourite Mexican or Italian take-away. How often did you go for that extra guacamole, the dough balls or some...

Company 23 Jun 2021

Queer hospitality: the LGBTQI+ experience in our industry

Some people don’t understand that Pride is still necessary. That writing posts like this are still necessary. Just as I don't know what it’s like to...

Industry trends 17 Jun 2021

How to build an effective hotel distribution strategy

What is a hotel distribution strategy? A hotel distribution strategy is a methodical approach to deciding when and which channels you will use in...

Industry trends 16 Jun 2021

Celebrating Pride Month: Pride charities you can support

Although Pride Month is largely a time of celebration, it also acts as an important reminder to consider those in the LGBTQI+ community who are less...

Industry trends 14 Jun 2021

What is hotel competition analysis and how do you carry it out perfectly?

What is hotel competition analysis? A competitor analysis is a way of looking at hotels in the same area and price range and evaluating their...

Industry trends 10 Jun 2021

12 best ways to go green in the hotel industry

Why is going green important for hotels? According to the sustainable travel organization, tourism is responsible for approximately 8% of the world’s...

Industry trends 9 Jun 2021

Six most important challenges faced by the hotel industry

What are the most important hotel challenges? There are many obstacles that the hotel industry faces and we’ll look at each of them one by one.

Industry trends 7 Jun 2021

What are hotel aggregators and how do they work?

What are hotel aggregators? A hotel aggregator is essentially a hotel consolidator. They can be responsible for a part of hotel room inventory,...

Industry trends 4 Jun 2021

Top 5 reservation software for small hotels in 2022

What functionalities must your reservation software have? Hoteliers who own small hotels and seek to grow their revenue through direct bookings have...

Industry trends 3 Jun 2021

The best ways to make interactive hotel experiences for guests

How to create interactive hotel experiences Creating strategies to make your hotel interactive is something that every hotelier should consider when...

Industry trends 2 Jun 2021

How can hotel guest engagement strategies help your hotel?

What is guest engagement? Guest engagement is like the “customer engagement” principle in marketing. It is the process by which a hotel brand...

Industry trends 1 Jun 2021

Why is hotel rate parity important in the hospitality industry?

What is hotel rate parity? Hotel rate parity is the policy by which hotels maintain consistent rates across all distribution channels, including...

Industry trends 30 May 2021

How your property can sell or change a nonrefundable hotel reservation

Nonrefundable rates are a strategy hotels use to help reduce cancellations and secure payments upfront. It sounds simple, but we all know that the...

Industry trends 29 May 2021

7 most relevant Millennial travel trends for hotels

What do we mean by Millennial travelers? A Millennial traveler is someone that was born between 1981 and 1996, representing an incredibly large...

Industry trends 28 May 2021

How to get more direct bookings at your hotel

What is the difference between direct and indirect bookings? As the term suggests, direct bookings are those that are made directly through your own...

Industry trends 22 May 2021

How to respond to bad hotel reviews and what to do to avoid them

The impact of bad hotel reviews It has been shown that 35% of internet users would think twice about booking if they found more negative than...

Industry trends 21 May 2021

Pop-up hotels: a new alternative way of comfort in hospitality

What is a pop-up hotel? A pop-up hotel is a temporary structure that is a way of providing accommodation for both seasonal or unique events. Those...

Industry trends 19 May 2021

How Google maps can help to increase visits to your hotel

What is Google Maps and why is it important for hotels? Google Maps doesn’t need any introduction as in the United States alone in 2020, 23.42...

Industry trends 13 May 2021

The world’s most innovative hotels

Industry trends 8 May 2021

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...

Industry trends 6 May 2021

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...

Industry trends 2 May 2021

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...

Industry trends 25 Apr 2021

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...

Industry trends 15 Apr 2021

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...

Industry trends 14 Apr 2021

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...

Industry trends 12 Apr 2021

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”....

Industry trends 10 Apr 2021

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...