Luxury British Chain Sarova Hotels endorses RateTiger for its reliable and strong technology – shares an interesting video testimonial – check it out in the first news piece below.
Google has made it easier for travelers to find sustainable hotel options in their destination of choice. It has launched a new feature this week, labeling hotels as “Eco-Certified” in global search results, with a leaf-shaped icon next to the hotel’s name. Get eco-certified today if you have a green hotel.
According to a McKinsey & Co report, while travel volumes are returning in many parts of the world, delivering on customer experience is emerging as the new challenge, given the change in guest behavior and expectations – read more about this below.
eRevMax Partner – TripAdvisor is making major changes to its TripAdvisor Plus subscription program in an effort to bring more hotels – particularly large chains – into the program and, in turn, more subscribers. Also Expedia Group brings loyalty programs into a single platform and claims the current loyalty programs have given members almost $10 billion in discounts through member-only deals and rewards.
Lastly an excellent news for holiday makers – industry bodies have welcomed the reopening of travel to the US for double jabbed UK travellers from November. This is expected to boost economic recovery for leisure and business travel as well.
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Luxury British Chain Sarova Hotels recommend RateTiger for increasing online sales
Sarova Hotels has recommended RateTiger by eRevMax as its connectivity partner of choice for helping increase online sales and revenue by using hotel channel management and Connect solutions. The group has been using RateTiger since 2012 for optimizing revenue strategy and online distribution.
Check out this video from Jon Siberry, Group Revenue Manager, Sarova Hotels Ltd where he shares his experience with the RateTiger product and support – https://lnkd.in/gr666Aun
Google is now helping travelers go green
Google will label hotels as “Eco-Certified” in global search results, with a leaf-shaped icon next to the hotel’s name. The new feature relies on 29 certification programs to do the hard work of establishing a hotel’s green credibility.
https://leaderpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/google-is-now-helping-travelers-go-green
Rebooting customer experience to bring back the magic of travel
Customer experience is emerging as the challenge of the recovery, says McKinsey & Co. Whether it’s more tailored products, greater digital parity with analog services, or faster turnaround, customer expectations of what great customer experience looks like have shifted significantly.
TripAdvisor Plus shift to cash-back is taking shape
Participating hotels will have to offer their lowest publicly available rates, including a commission, which for the vast part gets transferred to the consumer after check-in via several payment partners.
Expedia brings loyalty programs into a single platform
The programs of Expedia, Vrbo, Hotels.com and other brands under the Expedia Group umbrella are to be unified into one service.
https://www.phocuswire.com/Expedia-Group-brings-loyalty-programs-under-single-platform
Industry welcoming lifting of US travel ban
The announcement is “a large step forward in re-starting and accelerating the travel industry’s economic engine”.
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