Industry trends (3)

Industry trends 18 Jul 2024

The contact-free hotel: A vision of the new hospitality

What is a contact-free hotel? A contact-free hotel uses technology to streamline the guest experience, reducing the need for face-to-face interactions. The goal is to provide a...

Industry trends 11 Jul 2024

What is a hotel rooming list and how to improve it in 2024

What is a hotel rooming list? First things first, what is a hotel rooming list? Simply put, it’s a document that consolidates all the key...

Industry trends 27 Jun 2024

Everything you need to know about hotel check-in and check-out timing and..

What is the average hotel check-in time? As mentioned above, the average hotel check-in time is between 2 PM and 4 PM. However, with international...

Industry trends 7 Jun 2024

Operational insights from Unfold 2024

Stay innovative Innovation in hospitality is about pushing boundaries to deliver a superior guest experience. Mick Vazquez, Senior Application...

Industry trends 7 Jun 2024

Hospitality industry insights from Unfold 2024

What does transformational hospitality look like? By focusing on the following areas, the hospitality industry can enhance guest experiences, build...

Industry trends 16 May 2024

What are the different types of rooms in the hotel industry?

What are the factors that define the different types of rooms?  The different types of hotel rooms can be defined by a range of factors, depending...

Industry trends 9 May 2024

What is hotel Average Daily Rate (ADR) and how to calculate it?

What is Average Daily Rate (ADR)? An Average Daily Rate is an important hotel KPI that’s based on calculating the average rate or price of a hotel...

Industry trends 7 May 2024

10 best hotel loyalty programs and how to set up your own

What is a hotel loyalty program? A hotel loyalty program is a reward program similar to an airline's mileage rewards program in that it offers...

Industry trends 30 Apr 2024

What is a night audit and why is it important in the hotel industry?

What is a night audit in a hotel? A night audit is a critical process used in hotels to ensure financial accuracy, operational efficiency, regulatory...

Industry trends 16 Apr 2024

What is a channel manager and why should hotels use one?

What is a channel manager for hotels? A hotel channel manager is a tool designed to help hotel owners effectively manage customer data, online...

Industry trends 2 Apr 2024

How AI is already shaping hospitality

7 ways AI is shaping hospitality Guests are using AI today Open AI launched ChatGPT in November 2022. In March of the following year, Expedia and...

Industry trends 2 Apr 2024

What is a hotel property management system and what are the benefits of a..

What is a PMS in a hotel? A PMS can manage hotel bookings and perform various admin duties. Its primary functions include payment processing,...

Industry trends 26 Mar 2024

Data sovereignty for hotels: safeguarding guest information in a digital world

What is data sovereignty? Data sovereignty in the hospitality industry pertains to data subject to laws and regulations based on the country in which...

Industry trends 25 Mar 2024

Mews Coffee Corner: a fun space for hospitality insights

Brewing ideas and insights This isn't just another webinar or podcast series. Mews Coffee Corner is a space where ideas percolate, opinions are...

Industry trends 21 Mar 2024

Guide to hotel pricing intelligence to increase revenue

What is hotel pricing intelligence? Hotel pricing intelligence involves analyzing, gathering, and using data to make informed pricing decisions...

Industry trends 19 Mar 2024

All you need to know about hotel fees

What are hotel fees? Hotel fees encompass more than just additional charges for amenities, add-on services, taxes, resort fees, and incidental...

Industry trends 12 Mar 2024

Discount pricing strategy in the hotel industry

What is discount pricing? Discount pricing is a strategy in which you offer your hotel rooms at a lower price to draw guests, boost demand, increase...

Industry trends 5 Mar 2024

What is cost-based pricing in the hotel industry?

What is cost-based pricing? Cost-based pricing lets hoteliers set prices for rooms, services and amenities based on how much they cost their hotel,...

Company 4 Mar 2024

How new Mews funding will shape hospitality’s future

As the hospitality industry undergoes a significant period of transformation, we’re thrilled to announce that we’ve raised an additional $110m of...

Industry trends 27 Feb 2024

The importance of hotel cleaning protocols and their benefits

What are cleaning protocols for hotels? Cleaning protocols in hotels are the procedures and standards that ensure cleanliness, hygiene and guest...

Industry trends 19 Feb 2024

2024 hospitality trends in the Nordics

What does the Nordic data say? The demand for travel in 2023 remained strong. Across the Nordics, average occupancy was 53%, up 4% on 2022. This is...

Industry trends 15 Feb 2024

The power of hotel data in the hospitality industry

What is hotel data? Hotel data is essential information collected within the hospitality industry – guest bookings, preferences, revenue figures,...

Industry trends 14 Feb 2024

The Mews Data Dive: assessing hospitality’s performance in 2023

What’s in the Mews Data Dive? There’s no unified set of must-track metrics for hoteliers – at least, not yet. Although our guide on New Era of...

Industry trends 13 Feb 2024

The comprehensive guide to hotel rate shopping

What is hotel rate shopping? Rate shopping is popular among hoteliers who want to check competitors' room rates and benchmark them against their own...

Industry trends 6 Feb 2024

8 main challenges when protecting hotel guest data in 2024

Why is protecting your hotel guest data so important? Hotel guest data has a range of uses, from optimizing service, personalization, forecasting and...

Industry trends 15 Jan 2024

Essential hotel metrics for General Managers

The must-track areas for hotel metrics There’s a tendency to obsess over a few traditional hospitality metrics. We don’t want to name names, but...

Industry trends 11 Jan 2024

The importance of hotel group business and how to manage them

Industry trends 26 Dec 2023

Empowering Hospitality: Embracing a Data-Driven Future

Industry trends 20 Dec 2023

Top 7 Hotel Innovation Trends for 2024

Industry trends 19 Dec 2023

Hospitality Insights: 2023 recap and 2024 predictions, part two

Welcome to part two of Mews Hospitality Insights.We hope you enjoyed part one, wherethe star-studdedcast from Microsoft, Lamington Group, Generator /...