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RevitUp Now 1st Exclusive Partner of HolidayCheck in Greece and Cyprus

2022-09-27 by Phil Butler

RevitUp announces becoming the first exclusive partner of one of the tourism industry’s biggest players, HolidayCheck in Greece and Cyprus.

Tags: booking platforms, Cyprus hospitality, Cyprus hotels, Cyprus tourism, Greece, Greece hotels, Greece tourism, hotel bookings, hotel marketing, hotel news, RevitUP, tourism

Why Travelers Have Resorted to “Search Escapism”

2021-02-03 by Phil Butler

Distopian travel

Since the start of the global pandemic, travelers have turned to something called “search escapism” in order to build a fantasy reality.

Tags: booking psychology, Booking.com, destination search, experience travel, fictional experiences, Fodors, hotel bookings, pandemic search, search, search trends, travel, travel experience, travel psychology, WOW factor

Europe’s Second Lockdown Already Crushing Stays

2020-11-23 by Phil Butler

Stop Covid

Europe’s 2nd lockdown is already negatively impacting hotel performance. Data from STR and other researchers reveals October performance way down.

Tags: 2020 bookings, COVID-19 cancellations, Europe bookings, Europe hotels, hotel bookings, hotels 2020, STR, VauBoo

RevitUp and the Metamorphosis of Hospitality Business Culture

2020-08-25 by Phil Butler

SeVi Boutique Hotel Zanzibar

Sevi Boutique Hotel Zanzibar deploys progressive management and holistic revenue generation service RevitUp.

Tags: Aegean Melathron Thalasso spa Hotel, Brian Solis, COVID-19, EyeWide Marketing, hotel bookings, hotel sales, hotels, marketing, Minas Liapakis, Nikos Giokas, sales, Salesforce, SeaScape Luxury Residences, Sevi Boutique Hotel Zanzibar, The Future of Business, Zanzibar tourism

Greece Hotels Reopen Offering Spectacular Deals on Paradise

2020-06-28 by Phil Butler

Balos Lagoon

Greece has reopened for tourists seeking out a slice of paradise. Hotel marketing experts say now is the time of unprecedented vacation deals

Tags: Crete deals, Crete hotels, Crete resorts, Crete rooms, Crete vacation, EyeWide Digital Marketing, hotel bookings, Ioakeim Gritsipis, Just Grow Hospitality, Minas Liapakis, RevitUP, Santorini deals, Santorini flights, Santorini hotels, Santorini resorts, Santorini rooms

Booking.com Announces Free Cancellations Due to COVID-19

2020-03-04 by Phil Butler

Booking.com logo

Booking.com has issued a notice regarding the Coronavirus announcing free cancellations and refunds for travelers affected.

Tags: Booking.com, Bookings, Coronavirus 2019, COVID-19, COVID-19 cancellations, hotel bookings, traveler bookings

RevitUP Revenue Catalyst Shines at Athens 100% Hotel Show

2019-11-20 by Phil Butler

RevitUP

This past week in Athens, EyeWide Digital Hotel Marketing and Cyprus-based Plarino Hotel Management Services launched RevitUP at the 100% Hotel Show held November 15-18 at Athens’ MEC Paianias Exhibition Center. EyeWide, a leading European hotel marketing firm, partnered with Cyprus based Plarino, in order to create a unique hotel revenue enhancement. The holistic hotel revenue […]

Tags: channel management, EyeWide Digital, EyeWide Digital Marketing, hotel bookings, hotel management, hotel marketing, hotel marketing technology, hotel revenue, hotel room sales, hotel sales, hotel sales technology, hotel tech, HotelTechReport, Humble Digital, Plarino, Plarino Hotel Management Services, Revelier, RevitUP, vacation rooms, Xotel

eRevMax Partners With Booking Experts BookOnlineNow

2019-09-10 by Argophilia Travel News

BookOnlineNow

eRevMax has completed 2-way integration with Greece based internet booking engine BookOnlineNow to boost real-time data.

Tags: booking engine, BookOnlineNow, eRevMax, hospitality news, hotel bookings, hotel technology, revenue, tech news

D-EDGE and PayPal for Secured Payment at Booking Time

2019-05-28 by Argophilia Travel News

ospitality technology provider, D-EDGE has announced a partnership with PayPal to make prepayment the norm in hotel bookings.

Tags: booking payments, Bookings, D-EDGE, data, hotel bookings, hotel tech, hoteliers, payments, PayPal, secure payments

RateGain Launches Smart Distribution

2019-05-28 by Argophilia Travel News

RateGain unveiled the Smart Distribution solution during HEDNA, Madrid. This game-changing product will revolutionize hotels distribution.

Tags: ADR, booking, Bookings, HEDNA, hotel bookings, hotel distribution, hotels technology, RateGain, Smart Distribution

Davinci TS CEO Says His Company Is Delivering “Next” Group Bookings

2018-12-21 by Phil Butler

Alex Ilyash

Davinci Travel System (Davinci TS), an online B2B platform for booking and managing group hotel reservations, is rapidly gaining traction internationally. In just two years, the Prague-based start-up has exceeded the benchmark of 5,000 partner group hotels in 900+ European cities and over 70+ tour operators. The company’s main goal is to become number one […]

Tags: Alex Ilyash, booking technology, Davinci Travel System, Davinci TS, Group bookings, hotel bookings, Hotel occupancy, hotel reservations, Seedcamp, travel tech

MyGuestXP Provides Curative for Negative Hotel Reviews

2018-09-14 by Phil Butler

A new and innovative online platform I ran across is taking aim at mitigating negative hotel guest reviews. MyGuestXP connects any hotel Wi-Fi systems, allowing hotel management to step in before negative reviews hit websites like TripAdvisor.

Tags: Arday Ardayfio, Guest Satisfaction, hotel bookings, hotel reviews, hotels, MyGuestXP, PR, ROI, TripAdvisor

Booking.com Goes Local With An Unforgettable Foodie Adventure

2018-06-11 by Argophilia Travel News

Foodie travel

More than six in ten travelers (61%) say they pick a destination for its great food or drink; Over half of global travelers (51%) are likely to seek out local street food markets; Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan and Brazil are among the top places to discover local food across the globe.

Tags: Booking.com, Bookings, culinary travel, foodie, foodies, hotel bookings, travelers

The Reality of Hotel Website Conversion from FASTBOOKING

2018-01-19 by Phil Butler

A new report out from FASTBOOKING reveals that the average hotel website conversion rate is only 2.2 %. The same report also tells us that the top 20 % of hotels convert at a rate of 5.6 %, while the bottom fifth only convert at a pitiful 0.3%. Clearly, the spread in between leaves a gulf of disparity. For hoteliers wanting to get a grip on how to bring their properties into optimization, this FASTBOOKING paper offers help.  

Tags: Bookings, FastBooking, hotel bookings, hotel conversion, hotel conversion rates, hotel data, hotel marketing, hotel website, Jean-Louis Boss, RevPAR, website bookings, website conversions

FastBooking Report Reveals Recipe for Direct Distribution

2017-09-04 by Phil Butler

FastBooking

A new report and a revealing graphic from FastBooking reminds us that hotelier uptake for using more and more advanced tools and strategies needs to be incremental. The report entitled “A guide for independent hotels: budget hotels, small luxury hotels, and hotel groups” shows how CRM and other energies need to work hand-in-hand with websites, social, SEO and SEM, email marketing, metasearch and other facets to spur direct bookings.

Tags: Accor, Accor Hotels, Bookings, CRM, distribution, FastBooking, hotel bookings, hotel marketing, hotel revenue, Hotel rooms, Jean-Louis Boss, rooms, rooms sales

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