Hotel trends: what not to miss in 2019/2020
Michał Wajda, Area Revenue Manager, BookassistFor the hotel industry autumn is a time to reflect on marketing plans for the coming year. It is a particularly good time to analyse trends. Looking forward, we should not forget that there is little sense in...
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How does overbooking influence hotel revenue?
Booking cancellations and no-shows are common phenomena throughout the hospitality industry. While they disrupt normal functioning of a hotel, they also afford an excellent opportunity to generate additional income. Unfortunately, using this opportunity to...
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Google Hotels – a new tool for hotel marketing
There are many different models of working with Google for hoteliers to promote their property. You can choose the most common way of promotion – the Google Ads. You pay and a link to your hotel’s website appears directly in the sponsored links in the...
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New connection: Traveliko.com
YieldPlanet has a new connection to the Channel Manager with an OTA: Traveliko.com.Traveliko.com offers the cheapest distribution channel for hotels to sell their room online and compete with other OTAs. The OTA channel aims at rebalancing the online...
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Google Assistant revolutionises the hotel industry
Modern technology has established itself in hotels for good and it seems like this is unlikely to change in the near future. Quite the contrary: the expectations of guests and their shopping habits change quickly, forcing hotels to continually modify their...
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Consortia as a source of corporate bookings
GDS distribution is the entry point to worldwide corporate travelers. The GDS feed most consortia, providing a major source of business for hotels that capture strong corporate demand. How to join TMC & Consortia hotel programs to make the most of your...
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The best apartment rental websites
Which channels to use to efficiently boost profits on renting apartments ?A successful sales strategy involves the use of a variety of diverse and mutually complementary channels. Using of only one or two distribution channels in an extremely competitive...
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Build a distribution strategy for apartments
Increasingly often, short-term rentals are the first choice over traditional accommodations, primarily among individual customers, but also among business customers. However, continuously growing interest and, as a result, competition, have made property...
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How to maximize your peak season earnings
With the high demand that peak season brings to your distribution channels, together with Booking.com we are sharing some tips to show you how your business can benefit. This is how you can attract more guests to your property. 1. Improve your visibility...
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Consortia – a quick guide for corporate reservations seekers
As explained in the ‘Why do you need to be on a GDS now? A guide to the GDS market for hoteliers’ GDS white paper elaborated by YieldPlanet, diversification of distribution channels is one of the key factors that make your property perform better....
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YieldPlanet at the Polish–African Business Achievement Investment Forum and Awards
YieldPlanet will be participating in the Polish–African Business Achievement Investment Forum and Awards event.This prestigious event will be held on the 11th of June 2019 in Warsaw. Wojciech Borowy, Board Member and founder of YieldPlanet S.A., will be...
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New connection: Apaleo PMS
YieldPlanet has established a new connection with Apaleo. The two-way integration enables hoteliers to connect YieldPlanet’s Channel Manager directly from Apaleo’s store. Apaleo is an easy-to-use property management system that connects to all your...
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New connection: Smartbox Group
YieldPlanet has established a new connection with Smartbox Group - the pioneer European and worldwide leader in the experience gift market. YieldPlanet’s clients can connect to Smartbox and benefit from this platform. The connection allows YieldPlanet...
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Rate leakage: Hotelbeds wants to support hoteliers and property owners to prevent Rate Leakage
Redistributing of inventories and reselling offers from one channel on another is not a new thing but with the more widespread use the booking-basic rate on Booking.com in European hotels since December 2018, the rate leakage topic has been fueled again.A...
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Case study: Aurora Luxury Hotel & Spa, Greece
The first hotel to take full advantage of the interface between YieldPlanet’s Channel Manager and OperaAurora Luxury Hotel & Spa is an independent vacational, four-star property, located in the island of Santorini, in Greece, and the perfect place to...
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Booking.com AV Resell Feature – new way booking.com handles cancellations
Booking.com has started testing the AV Resell Feature. This can be a great chance for properties which depend heavily on bookings from OTAs. Booking.com informed us that they started testing the AV Resell Feature. With this feature, booking.com is...
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YieldPlanet now has 500 connected partners!
We are happy to announce that over half thousand partners have trusted us and are officially connected with us.Who are our connections?• The 506 partners belong to one of 7 categories: OTA, wholesalers, PMS, RMS, CRS, GDS and booking engines.• The most...
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YieldPlanet listed one of Booking.com’s most trusted partners globally
We are excited to inform that YieldPlanet has been listed among Booking.com’s most prestigious partners in the Connectivity Partner Programme for another consecutive year.YieldPlanet has been included among 50 leading partners of Booking.com globally to...
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Airbnb – switch to a new connection
It is our pleasure to announce that YieldPlanet has received certification from Airbnb as data provider for channel manager, which takes our cooperation to another dimension.YieldPlanet’s customers can now benefit from full support from the partner’s...
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Property management system (PMS) and Channel Manager – the perfect duo
Digital revolution is gaining momentum and increasingly changes the landscape of the hotel industry. It enforces constant updating of both the business model, as well and the marketing and distribution strategies. Thankfully, increasingly advanced and...
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Ummarking inactive mappings in Booking.com
A new advance has been developed in YieldPlanet’s Channel Manager – automatic unmapping of inactive rooms and rate plans in Booking.com. This development results in faster distribution and decreased traffic to Booking.com due to not sending any data to...
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Price Optimizer Update 23.01.2019
Please find below the product updates that will go live on Thursday 24.01 - the first update in 2019.OverviewVirtual Rooms per seasonCorporate rates - Fixed prices in rate plansSaving display settings3 Day Pick-up based on real availability dataDynamic...
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YieldPlanet at FITUR 2019
This year we will be attending the most important International Tourism Fair that takes place in Spain, FITUR 2019. Our stand will be located in Hall 10 in the Fitur Know How & Export Area - STAND B17.This year our team has prepared surprises for all...
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YieldPlanet connects with Travelport Hotelzon
From now on, hoteliers can update their Travelgate extranet through YieldPlanet. Thanks to a partnership agreement between YieldPlanet and Hotelzone Travelport, hotels can increase profitability and drive commercial success across the business-to-business...
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Manage each channel separately with the new feature of Channel Manager
Revenue is what makes all the difference. Manage each channel separately. Battles over banning rate parity clauses used by OTAs worldwide have been hot topic for several years. There were winners, hostages and bloodshed during rate parity battles in the...
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The basic ingredients of the revenue management II
In the second article of the series devoted to hotel revenue management we will examine its main components. Segmentation The need for segmentation is a logical consequence of diversity among clients (business travel and tourists, individuals and groups, domestic or...
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5 revenue strategy hacks that you MUST implement during the Christmas holidays period
In this festive season hoteliers have to start doing everything they can to fill up the rooms of their properties. This is the moment to close the year with green numbers. What can be done in order to achieve this goal?Here are some revenue management...
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Instagram for hotels: 4 strategies to attract gourmets and get more bookings
Instagram strategies to attract gourmetsFood tourism has developed significantly in the recent years. Interests of travellers began to change, which allowed us to fill a niche on the market: the market of travellers who are food lovers.This market niche...
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Price Optimizer Update 18.12.2018
We are happy to inform you that we have introduced new features in Price Optimizer. The updates will be available in the following days.Company ratesin Price Optimizer, all rates, including fixed company rates, are currently listed in the Rate Plan...
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Changes in Revenue Management that can help improve the hotel’s performance
As revenue management in the hospitality industry grows, hospitality professionals need to be aware of their key role in the hotel sales strategy, paying particular attention to new market trends. Technology and customer behaviour are basic aspects that...
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