Real World Examples
How Meliá Hotels International Uses Review Analytics to Make Better Revenue Management Decisions
By Daniel Edward Craig. Revenue management has always been a bit of a guessing game for hotels, involving competitive analysis, historic actuals, forecasts and intuition. But we don’t really know if travelers will buy until … Continue reading
How Would You Respond To This Review? [Contest to Win Free Digital Strategy Session]
Daniel Edward Craig and I wanted to do something fun and interactive before our webinar on Wednesday: How to Respond to Reviews and Social Media Feedback. So, we’re holding a contest. The person who writes … Continue reading
Helpful Hotels: 15 Great Examples of Remarkable Service That Earns Social Media Attention
“Social media raises the stakes for customer service.” That was one of the most important insights from the recent Global Customer Service Barometer [PDF] conducted by American Express – which found that social media savvy … Continue reading
Bridging the Online-Offline Gap: citizenM’s Facebook Contest
I’m always looking for ways to connect online audiences with offline ones. Recently, I spotted a good example from citizenM Hotels – which created a Facebook contest to promote the upcoming opening of their London … Continue reading
Graffiti, Tattoos, and Your “Talkability Quotient”
“Advertising is the tax you pay for being unremarkable.” Creating something worth talking about is essential for encouraging more online reviews and generating buzz. It has always been like this, but now it’s increasingly important … Continue reading
Hoteliers Say Online “Community Building” Key to Loyalty, Social ROI
“Community building” is one of those phrases thrown around so frequently in social media strategy sessions that it’s easy to grow sick of hearing it used so often without an explanation on why it is … Continue reading
The Art of Getting People Talking
In my presentation earlier this week, one of the core concepts I shared was the importance of creating “talkable touch points” that encourage your guests and visitors to talk online: creating and sharing social media … Continue reading
Practical Ways to Use Social Networks Like Your Virtual Focus Group
A big part of what drives us to do what we do here at ReviewPro is the fact that a wealth of data can be extracted from the social web to better understand your guests … Continue reading
Top Hotel Marketing Trends (And Case Studies) For 2012
Note: This originally appeared on Tnooz as a 3-part series: part one, part two, part three. “Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.” – Niels Bohr In this article, I wanted to … Continue reading
Reputation Management for Rogue Employees
Many times hoteliers think of reputation management in the context of monitoring and managing customer feedback. But it’s also important to protect yourself against an employee going rogue and doing something inappropriate that damages the … Continue reading