What are your hotel's most recent challenges? Is the list too long to name? The struggle remains the same as your revenue remains flat. It's time to rethink your plan. Are you prepared to take on the new millennial traveler that is taking the industry by storm? Knowing how to market to this creative and driven generation is key to capturing their interest in your property. How will your hotel review, relate and connect to this new traveler to achieve this process successfully? The millennial group traveler has hit the market strong and they are willing to spend. Are you willing to prove to them you are the destination that is the "in the now" place to be? READ MORE

Ron Shah, the founder and CEO of Bizly, provides a glimpse into the future of hotel events & group revenue. With recent announcements from Marriott, Hilton, and IHG - the industry is facing tremendous change, and this article highlights some of the important considerations that hoteliers must make when strategizing for maximizing event & group revenue in the years ahead. Amongst the topics covered include the importance of ROI measurement, how to improve speed & efficiency, evaluation of technology considerations, and how to best stay aligned with hotel brands around growth in this critical category. READ MORE

"Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable." said English Quaker writer William Pollard. For over six years I have been passionate about creating solutions that eliminate friction for hotels and planners while delivering on the emerging expectations for online bookings for groups, meetings, and events. The entire industry is at such a pivotal point, and market forces are encouraging all of us to take a hard look at the Simple Meetings problem. At this stage, we have more questions than answers. However, we are about to embark on some exciting times. READ MORE

Today, with the advent of new meetings marketplaces, submitting multiple RFPs can happen in just a few clicks. Couple that with seemingly ever-growing group demand across markets, and it's easy to see why the hotel industry now finds itself drowning in a sea of RFPs. Luckily, while technology has created the RFP problem, it also offers some exciting new solutions hotels can use to capitalize on the influx. Here, we cover some of those technologies and the intelligent lead strategies that should be implemented alongside them. READ MORE

It’s engrained into our minds at a very early age: call 911 in the event of an emergency. Unfortunately, for many of us, our emergency know-how ends there. For hotel staff, emergency preparedness skills can not only save the lives of guests or fellow employees, those skills can also help to prevent injuries, disable hazards, maintain operations and protect property. Though these events occur without warning, that doesn’t necessarily mean hotel owners and their staff have to face these situations unprepared. In this article, we discuss what hotel owners can do to prepare staff to better handle emergencies. READ MORE