What Hotel Owners Need to Know About Activity Booking
It’s not such a secret amongst the travel and hospitality industry: activity booking is a great way to serve customers while increasing revenue. By creating partnerships with local businesses offering activities and excursions, you strengthen your presence locally while bringing value to your guests and helping them to have a truly unique experience on their […]
Fraud Prevention Best Practices in the Holiday Shopping Season
The holiday season is nearly here, a fact made abundantly clear by the crowds in the shopping malls, and announcements of special sales and promotions from online retailers. The holidays, of course, present opportunities for connection with family and friends, and time off to (theoretically) relax and settle in to the new year. But this […]
How to Grow Your Independent or Small Hotel
Having an independent hotel, while not without its challenges, can be very rewarding. Having a small business means everything feels a bit more intimate – from the smaller numbers of staff, to more capability for personal attention to guests. It also means that managers and owners have more say in what goes, without the scrutiny […]
For Travel Agents – Why and How You Should Invest in Corporate Clients
The popularity of the travel industry is here to stay, as people continue to embrace the luxury and freedom of hopping a flight (or train, or bus, or…) to experience new parts of the world. The travel and tourism industry is one of the largest in the world, contributing $8.27 trillion USD to the global […]
How to Attract Business Travelers to Your Hotel
With total spending on global business travel projected to reach $1.7 US by 2022, hotels are in a great position scale up their profits. Although competition will be high, with the right approach to marketing your hotel can dramatically increase its revenue in the coming years. Follow some of these tips for both attracting and […]
Driving For Uber Eats – How It Works
Launched in 2014, Uber Eats is a delivery service provided by taxi alternative Uber. Uber Eats is a standalone app which connects customers to restaurants from the comfort of their own home. How it Works Uber Eats has its own app for both iOS and Android users. Once registered, app users can log in to […]
9 Tips for Marketing Your Hotel to Business Travelers
Business travellers Many hotels miss out on the opportunity for capturing the corporate travel crowd when marketing their rooms and services. By appealing to business travelers, you have guests who tend to be more frequent, loyal, and less price-conscious than leisure travelers. Because of the nature of their needs and expectations, marketing to business travelers […]
The Most Important Payment Processing Features for Restaurants
Service experience is crucial to customer satisfaction, and the easiest way to make customers happy (except for serving delicious food of course) is by choosing the right forms of payment processing for your restaurant. Customers are paying with a variety of methods these days and are looking not only for a restaurant that accepts credit […]
Understanding Dynamic Currency Conversion – A Presentation
Dynamic currency conversion (DCC) is a feature that allows credit card holders to pay for products and services abroad with their local currency. This means that if an American travelling internationally chooses to use his or her credit card to pay for say, hotel accomodation, he or she will be given the choice of being […]
Six Reasons You Should Plan a Trip to Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe isn’t called a “premier tourist destination” for no reason. Every year, thousands of tourists travel to various destinations in Zimbabwe, to take in the stunning nature, meet friendly locals, and enjoy the exotic wildlife. Here are 6 reasons you should plan your next trip to Zimbabwe: Exclusive safari experiences Going on safaris is a […]