
We all want to establish ways to increase direct sales and maximize revenue using reviews and customer-created content.

We all want to establish ways to increase direct sales and maximize revenue using reviews and customer-created content.

In a previous guest post on Tnooz, I mentioned that the vast majority of travelers have a better overall impression of hospitality businesses when they engage with the traveler community and show they are taking their comments to heart.

What are the DOs and DON’Ts for responding to traveler feedback? How can you leverage user-generated content to promote your business?
We recently – working with hotel technology intelligence company RateGain – completed the first in a series of reports to understand more about how hotels use, engage and monitor social media.
In my last post, I discussed how social media has enabled a new measure of hotel performance: the Guest Satisfaction Index (GSI).
Facebook has around 600 million users connected to an average of 80 community pages, groups and events.
As we look back on the past year of reputation management technology for hotels, there were a number of important developments to consider as we head into 2011.
Munich-based TrustYou introduced its reputation-management tools to the U.S. market for hotels, travel sites and destination management organizations.
If the amount of job openings received over the past three months is an indicator, I would suggest that things are definitely looking up.

Big Data – we’re all talking about it, wondering how it will make its presence felt across the travel industry, who is best positioned to capitalise on it?

RFID, augmented reality, smart search, technology beyond social media and check-ins – more disruption is on its way in the travel industry.

Metasearch, voice search, agency search, supplier search – how consumers find and book travel products has never been more complicated.

Payment experts from Wright Express, Expedia and HotelTonight showcase and discuss how single-use virtual accounts can help drive efficiencies in the payment and settlement process in travel.
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