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Optimize Your Hotel’s SEO and Mobile Strategy
November 3, 2016
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Before you go ahead, take a moment and recall anyone you know or work with you who doesn’t own a smartphone. What is the answer? I am sure you will agree that almost everyone owns and uses a smartpne these days both for personal and official purposes? It’s a data backed fact. The number of mobile users worldwide is forecasted to reach a whopping 2659.4 million by 2019! Now, that says a lot about mobile usage in today’s times. And, along with it comes an increased dep...
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The Brilliant Hotelier: Face 2 Face with Stavros Drakou, Director at Cyprotels Hotels and Resorts, Cyprus
November 2, 2016
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Welcome to Cyprotels Hotels & Resorts, the most serene hideout on the coast of the deep blue Mediterranean Sea. Imaginative architecture and homely setups here, have been highly praised by tourists on popular metasearch sites like TripAdvisor. Besides, the sea-facing rooms are tranquil and allow you to rewind, while watching the waves change colors amidst warm Cypriot hospitality and exquisite continental cuisine in abundance! All the properties under the banner are ce...
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What’s spookier than Halloween for Hoteliers?
October 26, 2016
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Halloween is just around the corner and we hope you have shortlisted your costume already! Someone at work recently mentioned out a scary story where a doctor accidently left a small scissor in a patient’s abdomen after a surgery. More than ashamed, the doctor was horrified, scared to death. We started narrating about the things that have terrified us in the past in our professional lives when an ex-revenue manager colleague of ours clearly stated. “For Hoteliers, every ti...
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Tapping the phenomenal potential of the Asia Pacific region
October 10, 2016
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When it comes to growth in the hospitality industry, nothing spells the future quite like the Asia Pacific region. Online bookings are booming all across the region, so it’s no wonder that tapping into that phenomenal growth remains top of mind for travel companies around the globe. Chinese consumers booked $11 billion worth of travel through online travel agencies last year, a 70 percent increase over 2014, and new forecasts predict as many as 600 million Chinese citiz...
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The Brilliant Hotelier: Face 2 Face with Trisna Widia, Marketing & E-Commerce Manager, Prime Plaza Hotels and Resorts, Indonesia
October 6, 2016
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Image Credit: Trisna Widia, the Corporate Internet Marketing & E-Commerce Manager with Ankur Yadav, AM Customer Success, APAC, RateGain Prime Plaza Hotels and Resorts - 'The Signature of Indonesian Hospitality' is a proud establishment delivering genuine hospitality services. The group encompasses a wide range of services and brands to cater to the diverse needs of the modern day traveler. These 4-star rated properties focus on business guests, offering them state-of-the...
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How to Increase Hotel Direct Bookings? Don’t Ignore the Role of a Booking Engine
September 26, 2016
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‘Hey, could you help me get the best deal in one of the hotels in town?’  ‘Could you please share the number of some leading travel agents, who could help me plan my accommodation at economical prices?’  ‘Oh, it is such a time-consuming process, I should have planned well in advance to get a better deal for the hotel’ Well, gone are those days and these statements are quite unheard of in the current scenario, where the entire world seems to have moved online or on mo...
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Weary of Disruption? 5 Simple Steps to Disrupt the Disruptions in the Rapidly Changing Hospitality Industry
September 21, 2016
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Disruptors in the global hotel industry – everything from home-sharing sites like Airbnb, Tujia, HomeAway, BnB Hero and Roomorama, to OTAs and other new sets of investors, have been rapidly carrying out acquisitions. They have been able to successfully create a torment in travel and hospitality landscape. But instead of focusing on how to battle disruptors through legislation and PR, hoteliers, chain executives and operators should start thinking about doing some disruptio...
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Disruption in the Hotel Industry and Changing Face of the Global Travel Market
September 16, 2016
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Influence of the modern day traveler has disrupted the monotone within the hospitality industry by giving rise to a wave of innovative ideas, ingenious solutions and permanent changes. Despite the amount of vulnerabilities faced by the global travel market, it has been expanding at a rapid pace. According to PhoCusWright, the industry will add $206 billion in gross bookings in the next four years, with two-thirds of the growth coming from emerging markets. In this regard, ...
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The Brilliant Hotelier: Tête-à-Tête with Richard Lewis, the CEO of Landmark Hotels, Dubai
September 15, 2016
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Welcome to Dubai, the metropolis of dreams which encompasses an unforgettable taste of the Arabian nights. In the heart of Dubai’s bustling shopping and entertainment arena lies a cosmopolitan and excellent 4-star hotel – The Landmark Grand Deira. The hotel complex is fast evolving into a magnet for business and leisure travellers alike. Being handily placed near the famous Al Ghurair Shopping Mall on Riqqa Road, the Landmark Grand readily qualifies as a great choice for g...
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