Hospitality Industry Trends

Defending Your Hotel’s Occupancy in an Inconsistent Market

The hotel industry has been breaking records for so long – years, in fact! – that we’ve almost conditioned ourselves to believe the good times will never end. But evidence is suggesting it’s time to think about mounting a strong defense so you can continue to play great offense. One thing to keep in mind [...]

Por |2019-02-11T19:35:26+00:00marzo 6th, 2017|Hospitality Industry Trends|

STR Report: Occupancy rates predicted to drop. Here’s how to help stay ahead of the curve.

Street Corner Sales Tactics With occupancy predicted to drop by STR Global in 2017 for the first time since the Great Recession, plus an easing of RevPAR growth to a predicted 2.3 percent, the hotel industry is facing its first speed bump in years. That doesn’t mean you should sit back and let the decline own you. The hotel business [...]

Por |2019-02-11T19:35:28+00:00febrero 24th, 2017|Hospitality Industry Trends|

The Top 4 Reasons Your Bed and Breakfast Needs Reservation Software

If you own a bed and breakfast, chances are that you love making a personal connection with those who stay in your establishment. Bed and Breakfast-style inns can offer what many big hotel chains can't: a sense of history and nostalgia with a special touch. But while many who choose to stay at B and [...]

Por |2019-02-11T19:20:01+00:00enero 4th, 2017|Hospitality Industry Trends|

Top 2017 Lodging Industry Tech Trends

Technology has become infused in the daily life of most Americans, and it’s forever altering how consumers interact with brands, especially travel related ones. Call it customer 2.0; a world where hoteliers must learn to make meaningful connections in ways never previously explored. At SkyTouch Technology, we’re trend experts, and we’ve put together a list [...]

Por |2019-02-11T19:24:54+00:00diciembre 22nd, 2016|Hospitality Industry Trends|

WEBINAR RECAP: Top 5 Hotel Tech Support Questions Answered

Sure, a cloud based property management system such as the SkyTouch Hotel OS can be easy to use. But that doesn’t mean users won’t have any questions regarding how to maximize its capabilities. After all, switching over to such a flexible system peppered with a myriad of productivity tools,  can create some questions. Already more [...]

Por |2019-02-11T19:20:59+00:00diciembre 14th, 2016|Hospitality Industry Trends, Webinars|

The Incredible Importance of Hotel Interfaces

More than ever, the property management system is the hotel’s brain. It’s the all-in-one place that not only manages a property’s guests, but more often, is the most important system operating the entire hotel. Hotel based property management systems that work up to their potentials have myriad interfaces with a panoply of products. It's a [...]

Por |2019-02-11T19:21:53+00:00diciembre 8th, 2016|Hospitality Industry Trends|

Why Baby Boomers are more relevant than ever

There has been much talk about millennials in the media lately, and rightfully so. They’re what we’d call the demographic du jour; everyone is focused on them, and we can’t get enough. The lodging business, for example, is hyper-focused on how to understand this important and formidable group. Appealing to millennials makes lots of sense, [...]

Por |2016-11-28T15:49:53+00:00noviembre 28th, 2016|Hospitality Industry Trends|

Missed our Employee Retention Webinar? Watch the Video Today

Turnover rates in the hotel are just nightmarish. It’s such a massive problem that some hotels find they’re replacing more people every year than there are jobs in the hotel. It’s a crazy situation that has the entire industry perplexed. And it’s costing everyone a lot of time and money. Industry wide, the average annualized [...]

5 Critical Technology Trends You Need To Know About Now

The hotel industry is in the midst of a technology revolution. And it’s changing everything we know about how we run hotels and service guests. Though it’s a future fraught with challenges, it’s also one chockablock of opportunity. It’s simply a matter of understanding the trends and preparing how to take advantage of them as [...]

Por |2019-02-11T19:40:14+00:00octubre 20th, 2016|Hospitality Industry Trends, Rate Management|

The Top 5 Lodging Business Trends and How to Leverage Them

The hotel industry is a forever morphing beast. Fads come and go – think, computer keyboards for hotel room TVs – and that sometimes costs hotel owners a lot of money for little payback. But there are changes in this business expected to be long term trends. Trends that we believe should generally be followed [...]

Por |2019-02-11T19:44:20+00:00septiembre 16th, 2016|Hospitality Industry Trends|
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