Wednesday 6 April 2016

Online Hotel Trends in 2016

With the exponential growth in the number of users relying on internet has to a great extend influencing the hotel industry. A very well doing hotel if has not made itself available on internet than it is guaranteed that hotel is going to loose its business in the coming future.
As present there are many ways with which hotel can make its presence on internet. Some common ones are
1. Making a hotel website and doing the hotel brand promotion with the help of that website. The first impression to your visitor from internet will be your website and so it has huge potential to generate revenue for your enterprise. Make sure you include all your best features on the website and make it as appealing as possible. Also you can use hotel reservation software to get the online booking registrations, which also allows users to do the payment.

2. Online travel agents (OTA) - There are numerous amount of OTA's available in market today which gives its visitors all the freedom to choose the best hotel of their choice with the help of comparative analysis. The visitors usually short list the hotel based on the user reviews, prices, the images of hotel, promotions etc.
If you make your listing on OTA, keep in mind that you have competition and you have got to stand out among all.

3. Social media has been a game changer for many business domains and hotel industry is not at all left out. Social media gives you the power to connect and engage with customers which indirectly influence your reputation among masses.

This list to get your footprint on internet is unending but one has to be smart enough while deciding the marketing plan for your hotel enterprise.


Some of the hotel marketing trends are shown in image below;

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