By Pablo Delgado and César López In Continental Europe, hotels with registered trademarks can prevent intermediaries from using their brand names in Google Adwords. Doing this means that more users end up on their own websites. In spite of the advantages, most independent hotels don’t take the necessary steps to benefit from it. Did you…
If there is a guaranteed way when it comes to not only getting more fans but building on the loyalty of your hotel’s community on facebook at the same time, it is with competitions and raffles. It is recommended to use an application that requires the user to click on “I like” to participate. There…
Facebook, the world’s largest social network with more than 750 million users, has become the centre of attention for many hoteliers that see a great opportunity for their hotel to appear on this resource. Although in the past it was not taken advantage of, the hoteliers now see it as a must. Just being on…
We should not forget that, above all, we buy and sell experiences. Sometimes companies suffer what they call “marketing myopia,” a term used to refer to the mistake of defining our market in terms of the product, instead of the necessity that said product fulfills… “Nobody wants a ¼ inch drill…what everybody wants are ¼…
A well-known story for hotels: Powerful middlemen that dominate the market and put pressure on the hotel manager to lower the prices and increase the commission. Before it was the tour-operators, now it is Booking or Expedia, that have managed to continue with the same model adapting it to the new ways of doing things.…
A blog is just a few pages on your website. Each of these pages contains information in article format that your clients or other curious visitors can find useful during their stay in your city. Some common topics for a blog are: Places to eat in Toledo, things to see in Madrid, tourist bus in Barcelona and…
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The name given by a manager to his or her hotel is a key decision for the business.It could make or loose a lot of money for the business throughout the years. This is very important; it should be looked at carefully and, if necessary, with professional help, before taking a decision that will affect…
Do confidential deals attract new clients? Do they fill empty rooms which, otherwise, people would not use? How? Must the price be lowered? By cooperating with a Madrid hotel, Mirai has experimented, leading to interesting results. In addition to gathering facts worth analysing, in thirty days we have explored and made comparisons, discovering how exactly…
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