Johannes Vocke
The Future of Hotel Procurement Is in the Cloud—Here’s Why
Johannes Vocke | April 23, 2024
By Johannes Vocke If your hotel uses in-house software to manage procurement, leadership may be reluctant to adopt a cloud-based solution—especially if an on-premise system has served you well for many years. This mindset is likely to put your hotel behind competitors in the near future if it hasn’t already. Many leading hoteliers are leveling up their procurement departments with cloud-based infrastructure - investments that are now key to streamlining procurement operations, navigating an uncertain market, and satisfying new guest expectations. Even more than AI, the Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain, or robotics, hoteliers bel...
A Smarter Way to Save: 8 Ways That Hoteliers Can Increase Compliance and Reduce Annual Spend
Johannes Vocke | February 28, 2024
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Staying Within Budget in 2024: The eProcurement Advantage
Johannes Vocke | October 12, 2023
By Johannes Vocke Hoteliers know that guest experiences drive revenue. In recent years, leading hoteliers have responded to the pressure to leverage data to deliver more personalised, streamlined stays for their guests. But while hoteliers have been busy moving towards digital customer-facing solutions, they haven’t put as much energy into back-of-house (BOH) transformation. Accenture reports that 95 percent of travel companies are only focused on digital transformation in some parts of their business, but not all of them. Understanding guest data is a great way to drive top-line growth but to really boost the bottom line, hoteliers...
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