What do hotels do with unsold rooms? A guide for hotel owners
Struggling with low occupancy? Explore what hotels do with unsold rooms to reduce waste and increase cash flow.
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Comparison of ThinkReservations alternative: ThinkReservations vs SiteMinder
Compare ThinkReservations and SiteMinder, their features, differences in pricing, and which platform you should choose for your hotel.
Comparison of Smoobu alternative: Smoobu vs SiteMinder
Compare Smoobu and SiteMinder, their features, differences in pricing, and which platform you should choose for your hotel business.
Comparison of ResNexus alternative: ResNexus vs SiteMinder
Compare ResNexus and SiteMinder, their features, differences in pricing, and which website builder you should choose for your hotel business.
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Sustainable business travel: Strategies for multi-property hotels
Learn how your hotel can implement smart, scalable, strategies to support sustainable business travel and attract more corporate guests.
Travel wholesalers: Complete guide for hotels
Travel wholesalers can be a beneficial distribution option for hoteliers when used strategically. Learn more here.
PPHE Hotel Group embraces nimble new approach with SiteMinder Multi-Property
PPHE’s distribution team has turned to SiteMinder, which enables its hotels to load, manage and distribute their rates centrally.
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Hotel POS system: Scaling your hotel operations
This blog will tell you all you need to know about hotel POS software, including how the right system can help you optimise operations and scale your business.
Hotel price monitoring: How to track hotel prices
Learn more about hotel price monitoring, why hotel price tracking is important for managers, and how hotels can easily monitor room prices.
What is discount pricing? Strategy and examples for hotels
Learn about discount pricing for hotels and strategies for setting competitive rates, attracting more guests, and boosting room revenue.
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Hotel costs: How to reduce expenses and boost revenue
Understand hotel operating costs and find ways you can cut hotel costs to increase revenue quickly at your property.
What is RevPAC: Meaning & formula for hotel owners
Discover how RevPAC helps hotel owners measure guest value, improve revenue strategies, and streamline multi-property performance with smart tools like SiteMinder.
Agoda Partner Central: Complete guide for hotels
What is the Agoda Partner Central? The Agoda Partner Central is the control room for your Agoda listings, now folded into Partner Hub, where you can edit rooms, push rates, and track performance from one screen. First launched as the YCS extranet, the portal serves more than 4.5 million properties in 39 languages and opens […]
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Hotel terminology: A complete guide for hotel owners
What is hotel terminology? Hotel terminology is the specialised vocabulary and shorthand that hospitality professionals use to describe rooms, rates, technology, and performance metrics. This standardized language streamlines daily operations, from front desk check-ins to revenue management, ensuring clear communication across all hotel departments and with industry partners. In this blog, we will unpack the […]
How to build a strong travel brand: Guide for hotels
Create and grow a strong travel brand for your hotel business. Learn the key steps to stand out in a crowded market and attract more guests.
Difference between a hotel and a motel: A core guide
Explore the key differences between hotels and motels and how to use this knowledge to improve brand positioning of your property.
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Hotel ad: Monitoring, compliance and parity
Develop a successful hotel ad strategy that balances rate parity, compliance, and monitoring across multiple channels & properties.
Hotel sales manager: Job skills and responsibilities
Maximise the potential of a hotel sales manager at your hotel or chain, from implementing effective sales tactics to using the right tools.
Hotel subscription: Plans, models, and trends
This guide dives into pricing, marketing, and implementation strategies to help you build a successful hotel subscription service.
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Checking into far away lands: 15 of our more remote customer properties
Starting out in 2006, we could never have imagined some of the corners of the globe that we would reach As part of our 15th birthday celebrations, below is a selection of 15 of our more remote SiteMinder customers. Ranguana Caye (Ranguana Caye, Belize) A private two-acre island on the edge of the Belize Barrier […]
From glass igloos to living museums: 15 of our more unique customer properties
With tens of thousands of hotels located across 150 countries around the world, we love that every one of the properties we work alongside is different As part of our 15th birthday celebrations, below is a selection of 15 of our more unique SiteMinder customers. Kakslauttanen, Arctic Resort (Saariselkä, Finland) A family-run group of igloos […]
Introducing the changemakers: 15 of our more eco-friendly customer properties
With SiteMinder customers doing their bit for the planet in every continent around the world, meet some properties at the forefront of sustainability and conservation As part of our 15th birthday celebrations, below is a selection of 15 of our more eco-friendly SiteMinder customers. Easter Island Eco Lodge (Easter Island, Chile) Inspired by Rapa Nui tradition […]
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Travel startup guide to power your hotel operation
What is a travel startup? A travel startup is an emerging company that uses innovative technology to solve specific pain points in booking, pricing or hotel operations. For hoteliers, these tools integrate with your current systems and can help boost revenue and service levels. Think laser-focused specialists. One startup may handle mobile room keys, another […]
Hotel keyless entry: A guide to digital accommodations
Hotel keyless entry is just the beginning. Discover keyless entry systems that are shaping the future of hotel security and guest experience.
What is Visito and what does it do?
This blog will break down what Visito does, how it works, and why it’s becoming the go-to AI solution for modern hospitality brands.