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Is the RFP Dead? Long Live Next Evolution of Booking

Smart Meetings

Hotel sales teams are barraged with automated forms, lean staffs and limited information to determine what the customer really needs. There has also been a shortening of booking windows almost throughout 2021. An Automated Future . Automation is critical,” said Emenecker. “As More, Faster, Pricier.

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Language Interpretation Is the Next Wave in Virtual Meetings

Smart Meetings

Read More : 4 Tips to Make Your Online Event a Success. Interprefy has essentially been a hybrid events service since the company’s genesis in 2014, long before the pandemic turned the industry upside down. KUDO, for instance, has 12,000 certified interpreters available through KUDO Marketplace , the company’s automated booking site.

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3 Steps to Encourage Customer Advocacy of your Tourism Experience Online

Tourism eSchool

3 Steps to Encourage Customer Advocacy of your Tourism Experience Online. When your customers and visitors share photos and videos of your tourism experience on social media, they are offering a highly-trusted, personal recommendation of your tourism brand to their online community of family and friends. By Rebecca White. Room signage.

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Metasearch in Hospitality: an Overview of Hotel Search Engines

AltexSoft Travel

Listing your property in metasearch websites and investing in a marketing campaign can help increase visibility and attract more direct bookings. For hotels and OTAs, the main benefit of partnering with metasearch engines is increased online presence and customer reach. Metasearch cost models. Via open APIs.

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91 Invaluable Sales Training Resources for 2021

ITA Group

In this video, Dananjaya Hettiarachchi, the 2014 Toastmasters International World Champion of Public Speaking, talks about the crucial body language you must have to close the sale. Along with the podcast, you can also find resources for training, sales consulting, online courses, keynote presentations, webinars and more.

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Vacation Rental Revenue Management: Dynamic Pricing Tools by Beyond, PriceLabs, Airbnb, Vrbo, and More

AltexSoft Travel

Using RM practices and software is immensely important for hotels while they’re competing with each other and online travel agencies for the distribution market. Booking and occupancy. One hotel may operate hundreds of rooms, each booked individually, while a vacation rental is booked as a whole. Property nature.

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Contactless Guest Experience as the Future of Hospitality

AltexSoft Travel

Several hotels around the world now use technology solutions to automate their check-in, in-room, and check-out experiences for visitors. In 2014, Starwood, one of the world’s largest hoteliers, introduced two new robotic butlers at Aloft hotel in Cupertino. Aloft Hotels was the first hotel brand to use robot butlers back in 2014.