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Live Webinar: Knowland to Host Webinar on How to Optimize Group Revenue for Small Hotels
JIM VANDEVENDER. EXECUTIVE ADVISOR, KNOWLAND | February 13, 2020
Washington, DC (February 13, 2020) Knowland, the leader in revenue-generating hospitality meetings data and analytics, today announced a live webinar on how smaller hotels can maximize group bookings and meeting space revenue. The webinar, "The Secret to Winning More Group Business for Your Small Hotel” is designed for hotels with less than 6,000 square feet of total meeting space. Hotels will learn how to boost revenue by booking more of the 65,000+ small meetings that occur each year. Tired of all the inbound RFPs hitting your inbox from groups needing more space than you can offer? There are thousands of small groups looking for the r...
BENCHMARK Shares Five Trends Transforming Meetings in 2020
BENCHMARK®, a global hospitality company. | February 3, 2020
The Woodlands (Houston), Texas, February 3, 2020 … BENCHMARK®, a global hospitality company, announces Five Trends that will Transform Meetings in 2020. The trends have been observed by its diverse portfolio of meeting properties located coast to coast. Benchmark is the leading U.S.-based independent hospitality management company, operating 80 award-winning hotels, resorts, and conference centers within its Benchmark Resorts & Hotels, Gemstone Collection and Benchmark Conference Centers brands. Benchmark’s 2020 meeting trends were announced by Ted Davis, chief sales and marketing officer. "We’ve seen this coming, but in 2020 mi...
Declaring Their Independence, Big Box Hotels Combine Capacity, Personalized Service, High Tech & Flexibility
Teneo Hospitality Group | January 9, 2020
Eleven Teneo Members Offer Hot Dates, Promotions in 2020 Eden Prairie (Minneapolis) MN, January 2020 … Bigger, bolder and now independent – Big Box Hotels are increasingly breaking off from major brands and deploying their expansive meeting spaces, extensive room inventory and outstanding technical services to become independent operators. It’s a growing trend that offers planners the advantages of a large hotel accommodating groups of up to 3,000 attendees while providing a level of flexibility and creativity once reserved for boutique properties and smaller brands. Teneo Hospitality Group, the leading group representation firm, ...
What About My Inbound Leads?
Kristi White | December 18, 2019
By Kristi White, VP of Product, Knowland In this this third and final installation of our “Playing to win” series, we take a look at inbound leads and how they should fit into your mix of business. Inbound leads are a reality and will never completely go away, even in a downturn. However, a one size fits all approach to inbound leads is often detrimental and ineffective. There are more strategic ways to respond to them. Do you have a strategic methodology on how you respond? Let me rephrase that, do you have a strategy that doesn’t involve “be first”? Perhaps it’s time to contemplate how you evaluate inbound leads and...
Most Companies Host Their Holiday Parties in January, According to Tripleseat’s Recent Survey
Tripleseat | December 5, 2019
Award-winning hospitality software company releases top trends for venue bookings around this holiday season CONCORD, Mass., Dec. 5, 2019 -- Tripleseat, the leading web-based sales and event management platform, released today a holiday booking trend report highlighting the most popular days of the week, month, specialty cocktail, theme, among others. In surveying event and sales managers at venues using their software, Tripleseat found that majority of companies wait to hold their holiday company parties until January and most are scheduled on either Thursday or Saturday. With the mission to better understand how companies are plannin...
Counterpoint: Direct Group Sales Over Indirect Platforms
Robert Post, Chairman and CEO, Knowland | September 5, 2019
More passive RFP platforms are not the answer. Intelligence-based Direct Sales drives 8X ROI for Hotel Group Sales. By Robert Post, Chairman & CEO - Knowland Knowland CEO Robert Post responds to recent articles/opinions that the $50 million investment by Marriott, IHG, Accor, and Hilton in a new Group Booking Platform has signaled “meaningful change” in the painful process of selling event space and room blocks to meeting planners. The new booking platform uses a self-reporting database of hotel group block inventory and meeting space to offer meeting planners an OTA-like environment to shop and book event venues at the lowest ...
How Hotels Are Meeting the Demand for Quality Meeting Space
JLL Real Views | May 9, 2019
Whether they're hosting a conference for 300 out-of-town guests or an away-day for a 30-strong team from a local company, hotel meeting and event spaces are in high-demand. The global market for meetings and events is currently growing at seven percent per year, in turn driving up prices for meeting space across North America, Asia, and Europe. Yet not all facilities are in the same league. As hotels look to gain the edge in winning new and repeat business, many are considering how they can modernize, refresh or add to their meeting and events spaces to extend their appeal to companies and business travelers. "Tired, old facilities won'...
iVvy Venue Technology Achieves Oracle Validated Integration With Oracle Hospitality OPERA PMS
iVvy Venues | March 18, 2019
Next generation sales and catering solution iVvy now offers Oracle Validated Integration of contacts, blocks and room reservations plus, syncs ARI from OPERA PMS back to the iVvy dashboard. Australia (March 18, 2018) – Award-winning event and hospitality technology provider iVvy Inc. continues to expand its suite of software integrations, announcing today its latest collaboration with OPERA, Oracle Hospitality's premier property management system (PMS). As an Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) Gold level member, iVvy is delivering rich features and functionality to hotels to simplify and enhance end-to-end groups management. To achieve ...
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