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If you fancy bringing some of the 700 million Instagram users on an Insta-Holiday to your place, get an account on this extremely visual and exciting platform. You can do wonders, with not too much effort.

Hotel booking engines need to look and feel more like apps. Everybody is talking about the rise of mobile bookings. In fact, a study by eMarketer estimates that by 2021, half of all digital travel sales will be made from smartphones or tablets.

One of the greatest challenges that you face as an owner or asset manager is stepping back from the day-to-day and delegating unencumbered operating responsibility to your on-property team because not doing so can have disastrous effects.

If you're like most hotel managers, chances are you are highly focused on securing more direct bookings and thus reducing the costs of customer acquisition. If so, here are some train-the-trainer style tips for providing your reservations and/or front desk colleagues with the skills they need to covert today's over-informed, channel surfing callers.

Consider this your quarterly performance audit, but thinking a bit more ambitiously, it is already time to look ahead to 2018! Now is the perfect time to reevaluate the goal we proclaimed at the beginning of January, but there's also enough time to plan something bold for next year.

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Hotel marketing requires a quirky blend of skills.

Nowadays, hoteliers are so inundated with technology that the tasks of prioritisation and selection have become far more than just daunting; research and procurement are practically a job title unto themselves! Unless you have specific objectives with a firm plan and budget in mind, you'll easily be intimidated by the sheer myriad of options for consideration.

Temperatures rise. Humidity creeps up. Sounds like time to pack up and head to the nearest beach. While your team may be thinking 'vacation', you should be thinking 'revenue' when it comes to your leisure segment.

Gift vouchers are a fantastic way to get in new customers and encourage repeat visits from loyal guests. If you're not selling as many as you'd like, these proven tactics will get you ahead.