Give your hotel a face using your social media channels
In exchange for a reward, encourage guests to add location tags to their photos or include you in videos based on your location
Facebook remains an important channel for social media marketing for hotels because there are no word or video size limits
Now that Instagram and Facebook have merged, you can create paid campaigns and promote them across both platforms
Your followers will be more likely to continue their relationship with your hotel if they are involved with your messaging
No social media marketing plan is complete without a YouTube strategy
You must create a hashtag unique for your hotel because it’s an essential tool for planning trips in advance.
Instagram has undoubtedly become one of the most influential channels in our day and age. It’s an excellent tool for keeping your users engaged with your brand since Instagram users are constantly engaged
The use of YouTube can help you drive traffic to your direct channels.
LinkedIn is a great platform for sharing content and networking within the hospitality industry
It is an excellent tool for promoting your space for special events and conferences.
Influencers have a lot of power, don’t underestim
ate them
Connect with the influential people in your area who can influence your target audience.
nowadays, with so many images bombarding us, a video can be worth a million
videos increase engagement, increase time spent on the page, and are more likely to be shared and go viral.
Always respond to both positive and negative comments so that customers get the sense that the hotel is interested in their feedback.
The most important thing is to share awesome reviews with your followers. Positive reviews are the best social media marketing for hotels.
This article discusses the importance of using social media in the hospitality industry. According to the article, social media increases visibility, increases direct bookings, and increases brand awareness. When done correctly with the right team and right platforms, social media can result in tremendous benefits for hospitality companies. Some of the platforms mentioned were LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. These platforms help companies to communicate with potential and existing customers through ads, stories, reels, videos, as well as customer testimonials. Influencers were also mentioned as these social media stars have a large and/or specific following that can help promote hospitality brands. Overall in this day and age, if you would like your company to succeed, you need to be on social media because it is the best form of marketing and promotion.
These business-to-business systems are used by organisations to keep abreast of information about travel arrangements, like hotel room availability. This allows customers to make bookings on demand
Whenever rates are adjusted or bookings are made, the CRS updates your hotel’s rates and availability on each channel appropriately
If you use a CRS, your hotel will be more visible on lots of distribution channels. This offers a greater likelihood of increased occupancy and revenue.
This article talks about the differences between CRS and GDS, their similarities, and how they both help hotels gain exposure. GDS help inform travel agencies and other organizations about travel arrangements like hotel room availability and flight schedules and prices whereas CRS is designed specifically for the hospitality to manage room availability and rates. According to the article, although these systems are both helpful, it seems more valuable to have both, as CRS in combination. With GDS will help to promote establishments to a greater market through various booking platforms.
Hotels, motels, resorts, and rented apartment complexes all gather and electronically store a range of sensitive personal guest data, such as names, phone numbers, addresses, and credit card details.
A case in point was the Wyndham Worldwide breaches of 2008 and 2010. Hackers gained access to the systems of an individual operating company through easily guessed passwords, and the attack easily proliferated through the entire corporate network, with the result that 619,000 customers had their information compromised.
Each of these groups may use different computer systems to store information, and the information can also frequently move across those systems.
ospitality appears to offer an ideal target vector for conducting crimes such as identity theft and credit card fraud due to the existence of multiple databases and devices containing both Payment Card Information (PCI) and Personally Identifiable Information (PII).
ybercriminals use this reliance on cards to infect point-of-sale (POS) systems with malware that steals credit and debit card information by scraping the data
The high level of turnover and high degree of staff movement between different locations makes it a real challenge to maintain teams of well-trained staff
While GDPR protects individual data within the EU and EEA, its ramifications have rippled through industries globally, and organizations are realizing the need to put greater compliance measures in place.
PCI DSS is another important global regulation that protects credit card data, and fines for non-compliance begin at $500,000 per incident. The risk here is not just to data security but to the future survivability of hospitality companies, many of which would not be able to absorb the s
This type of data risk is more subtle and it involves employees selling data to third parties without the knowledge of the organization that employs them
Always encrypt payment ca
rd information.
Operate a continuous training program in cybersecurity to maintain a well-trained workforce.
Always adhere to relevant regulations, such as PCI DSS.
Use cybersecurity measures such as firewalls, network monitoring, anti-malware, and traffic filtering to protect against common threats.
Conduct tests against your organization’s cybersecurity defenses in which you mirror the behavior of an actual hacker.
Know where your data is and enforce the principle of least privileges to limit access to sensitive information.
In this article, we learn about the top five data security risks as well as best practices to help prevent data breaches. According to the article, the hospitality industry is a prime target since it stores a vast amount of sensitive guest information like names, phone numbers, addresses, and credit card numbers. Some of the five risks included complex ownership structures, reliance on paying by card, and insider threats to name a few. In order to avoid these threats, the article suggest that companies become PCI compliant, use cybersecurity measures like firewalls, and know where exactly their data is stored.
New technologies, online platforms and markets are seen manifesting in new initiatives of all sorts ranging from metasearch engines evolving into one‐stop reservation options, chatbots, and robots providing butler services to alternative accommodation options.
In Asia, Singapore had its first shipping container hotel in operation in January 2020. Targeting millennials as its primary consumers who are more adventurous and looking for an experience
Key players of the pop‐up space are predominantly boutique groups although major brands such as Marriot and Accor have started to experiment with pop‐ups
it is imperative that hotels recognise and make it a top priority to address these privacy concerns and adhere to the applicable regulations concurrent to ensuring the quality of the stored data and system
Check‐in and check‐out services; provision of tourist information; butler service to deliver amenities such as towels; transport luggage; and meal deliveries.
Every year, technological advances are made in each industry, including the hospitality industry. These advances are often seen as threats according to this article, however, they might also pose as great opportunities for the industry and its stakeholders. The article highlights some of the major disruptors in the hospitality industry. Trends such as facial recognition and robots were among those mentioned. I found that both of these trends have negative and positive aspects to them. Facial recognition would reduce the time spent checking in significantly, however guests would still be concerned with the storage of their personal data. Additionally in regards to robots, they aid in operational efficiency in check in and check out services also but they could possibly omit the human touch factor of certain roles that guests appreciate.