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Top tips for dealing with hotel online reviews

By: John Shortall on 7/19/17 8:30

Today's travelers have access to more information than ever before. Travelers have always used word-of-mouth reviews to make decisions about where to stay on their journeys. ...

Top 10 ways to increase your hotels revenue

By: John Shortall on 5/22/17 10:00

Today, independent hotels have access to more tools boosting revenue than ever! However, a certain amount of know-how is needed to truly leverage revenue opportunities (such as ...

Decide and don't dither with your data

By: John Shortall on 12/14/16 10:00

You have Google Analytics. Great start. You run weekly traffic reports on your website. Wonderful. Let's just say you are even crunching the numbers. Okay. But are you making the ...

Best practices for text - Messaging with guests

By: Mallory Hull on 4/29/16 12:30

This is a guest post from Checkmate, a provider of SMS communication tools for hotels. Mobile messaging has changed the way that people communicate. Every day, new articles and ...

How It Works: Automated Emails

By: John Shortall on 12/15/15 7:00

Why It Is Important: Save Time and Effort by Automating Your Messages Frontdesk Anywhere allows you to set up automatic messages to be sent send to your guests at key intervals ...

Social Media: 9 Tips to Double your Hotel's Instagram Followers

By: Helena Murphy on 12/3/15 10:30

We've spoken about Instagram here at Frontdesk Anywhere before but still many hoteliers seem to think that a presence on Facebook or Twitter means they can tick off Social ...

4 Social Media Tips to Rule this Festive Season

By: Helena Murphy on 11/24/15 13:00

Whilst traditionally a time spent with family in the confides of our own home, more and more of us are now packing our bags and heading away for the holidays. So what has this ...

5 Easy Ways to Grow Your Hotel Subscriber List

By: John Shortall on 11/6/15 12:00

Email marketing - and especially targeted emailing - is a proven method for independent hoteliers to increase repeat guests, direct bookings and keep hotel occupancy up year round ...

6 Ways Your Independent Hotel Can Gain a Competitive Advantage Over Competition

By: Shane Barry on 8/25/15 8:30

The hospitality industry is always growing with newer hotels consistently entering the industry, which means, the competition is always heating up. While there are several ways of ...

How to Use Social Media to Bolster Occupancy

By: Ardalan Zandian on 7/29/15 8:30

With all of the hype surrounding social media, it's apparent these tools are here to stay. If you effectively harness the power of social media, you can turn those Likes, ...

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