When evaluating a potential booking engine vendor, hotels have many things to balance. First and foremost, core features like real-time integration with key systems. Your booking engine should be designed to convert based on consumer behavior and expectations. Secure payment processing is also a non-negotiable for any booking engine. For more, read: What to Look for […]
How your booking engine can drive upsells and RevPAG
“Up-selling” is a sales technique that refers to convincing customers to increase the amount they are spending from their initial purchase. Think magazines or candy bars by the cashier at the grocery store. For hotels, up-selling comes in a variety of forms, from upgrading to a higher-value room, selecting a value-added service, or choosing a […]
What is an online booking engine for hotels? How the right booking engine increases direct revenue
The world of hotel distribution is more complex than ever. There’s a constantly expanding world of third-party booking platforms for guests to choose from. But that’s not to say that direct sales are diminishing. In fact, according to consumer research, in most markets, direct booking revenue has actually increased in the last year. Hotels need […]
Wake Up! Your Post-Booking Conversion Rate Is Costing Your Hotel Money
Every hotelier knows about the conversion funnel: potential guests enter your site, shop for a room, and make a booking.
If you think that’s all there is to it you are losing guests and revenue every single day. I’m going to show you how to optimize your post-booking conversion funnel for fewer cancellations and improved ancillary revenue.
What is a Hotel Booking Engine?
A hotel booking engine is a software application that securely processes direct online reservations through a hotel website. It’s a crucial component in the buying cycle where travelers can find and select a room from a hotel to make a reservation online using a credit card. It's basically the shopping cart for a hotel website. [...]
Your Booking Engine May Be Losing You Millions In Mobile Revenue – Part 2
Want to sell more rooms and make more money? Of course, you do. See how we earned clients millions more in revenue Y/Y with our NEW mobile-friendly booking engine.
Your Booking Engine May Be Losing You Millions In Mobile Revenue
Let’s be honest with ourselves: We hit the mobile tipping point back in 2014. And yet, we still see mobile bookings and mobile revenue lagging far behind. Why is that? The conventional wisdom is that mobile is “earlier in the conversion funnel.” It’s where people are getting inspired or simply researching before switching to the […]