Imagine a keen traveller in the days before the internet looking for a place to go and explore. They saunter into a travel agent’s office and look at a wall of around 50 brochures. Which one do they choose? how long do they continue to...
With studies showing that “the travel plans of over 90% of consumers were influenced by evaluations posted on online review websites,” it's no wonder the hospitality industry faces an ongoing battle with fake online reviews, including...
In Back of House Banter, GuestRevu's Amy Branford chats with leading hoteliers and other hospitality industry leaders about their careers, life lessons, and aspirations. Joining Amy in this five-part series is Paula Carreirão, an...
No one likes to get a bad review online. The sinking feeling when you see a one or two out of five rating and the harsh criticisms of unhappy guests erode at the heart of a good hotelier, and at the reputation of your business.
When it comes to online reputation, reviews are undeniably influential for any business, but especially for hotels. Travellers don’t have an opportunity to "try before you buy", so they must rely on reviews from past guests to get a sense...
Guest feedback has a profound impact on your hotel’s online reputation. In today’s digital age, all it takes are a couple of clicks, and travellers can read all about your previous guests’ experiences — the good, the bad, and the ugly. In...
Reviews come in all shapes and sizes, so to speak. While you probably love getting the warm and fuzzy positive reviews that spur you on to work another day in the crazy world of hospitality, you also have to contend with gut-punch negative...
One surefire way to improve any hotel’s bottom line is to increase direct bookings – any booking that comes directly to the hotel via its website, email/phone call or walk-in. The benefits of direct bookings are twofold: first, you avoid...
In Back of House Banter, GuestRevu's Amy Branford chats with leading hoteliers and other hospitality industry leaders about their careers, life lessons, and aspirations. This four-part series is all about Liutauras “LV” Vaitkevicius'...
GuestRevu is honoured to announce our fourth win in the annual HotelTechAwards in both of our categories: Guest Surveys and Reputation Management. The GuestRevu team couldn't be prouder of this year's win which comes hot on the heels of...