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What is Hotel Management?

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What is hotel management, you might ask? And that's a really good question. The hotel industry is broad and complex, with many stakeholders involved. Did you, for example, know hotels are not just managed by one party but typically have many different players involved in operating the hotel? This is just one of the many important things discussed in this article. As a hotel management company, we hope this article will help you with the basic concept of hotel management to explore different hotel positions and everything in between. We want to make sure you get the complete picture of what the hotel industry is all about!

What Does a Hotel Management Company Do?

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What Does a Hotel Management Company Do?

Whether you’re a senior hotelier or an entrepreneur in the hospitality sector, understanding what a hotel management company does is essential to thriving in today’s competitive hospitality landscape. Running a successful hotel demands not only a passion for exceptional guest experiences but also a deep understanding of numerous intricacies to ensure revenue management, finance, marketing, and operations all keep running perfectly.

Let’s uncover the invaluable support that is offered and explore why this collaboration has emerged as a strategic necessity.

10 Smart Hotel Cost Control Ideas to Save Money

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10 Smart Hotel Cost Control Ideas to Save Money

Inflation, labour issues, and rising cost to meet the needs of an increasingly tech-savvy and sophisticated guest journey. Is there anything more pressing on the minds of hoteliers, preventing them from having sleepless nights thinking about how to bring down their hotel`s cost and keep their business afloat? With an ever-increasing amount of cost-associated challenges in our industry, this topic couldn't have been addressed at a better time. From our perspective as a hotel management company, we see both challenges as well as opportunities for hoteliers. The key is taking action in an adequate and timely manner, prioritising the right initiatives that truly make a difference. Cost can always be reduced, but how does it impact your day-to-day operations, and how does this reflect on your guest experience? Want to know how to turn cost issues into a competitive advantage? Keep reading our article on how to approach this multi-faceted issue.

Hotel Marketing Plan for 2024

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Hotel Marketing Plan & Strategies for 2022 & 2023

Today's traveler's journey is more fragmented than ever. With the recent proliferation of new travel super apps, distribution Goliaths such as Google and Expedia updating their ranking algorithms at a frantic pace, and the seemingly unstoppable growth of metasearch engine traffic, building and executing an effective hotel marketing strategy can seem intimidating. Maintaining a holistic, cross-channel approach is essential and always is highly-recommended by our hotel management company.

Top Hospitality Industry Trends in 2023

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Top Hospitality Industry Trends in 2023 | Current & Future Trends in Hospitality  

The hospitality industry has undergone a seismic transformation since 2020. This period of change is set to continue through 2022 and 2023, with shifts in demographics and technology, and the post-pandemic transition to a new normal all playing decisive roles. As a hotel management company with clients around the world, we have seen these trends in the tourism and hospitality industry take shape and evolve.

10 Ways on How to Improve Hotel Operations

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10 Ways on How to Improve your Hotel Operations by XOTELS

If you´re reading this, chances are you´re looking for ways to improve your hotel´s operational performance - and you are unsure what actions to take and which tasks to prioritize. And understandably so, since creating a successful hotel business is anything but a straightforward - cookie-cutter process, and success definitely doesn't come overnight… It requires careful planning, prioritization and dedication to achieve great results for a hotel.

Running operations as a hotel management company for a diverse portfolio of independent and boutique hotels in a variety of cities and countries, we have seen the same concerns pertaining prioritization and decision making. There is always room for improvement on numerous aspects of the business, whether it is making the right decisions, optimizing work processes, providing higher quality service, or aligning departments and objectives.

Most Innovative Hotel Concepts & Ideas

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Most Innovative Hotel Concepts & Ideas

Innovation has always held a central position in the hotel industry, fueled by the need to stay relevant and excite guests with new products and services to create unique guest experiences. To get inspired, we from XOTELS have put a list together for you consisting of hotels that truly embrace the concept of innovation and apply creative ways to deliver top-notch experiences to their guests. Enjoy our list of creative and innovative hotel concepts and get inspired!

How to Make your Hotel Stand Out, Post Covid-19 ?

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How to Make your Hotel Stand Out, Post Covid-19 ?

Standing out from the crowd has always been a perpetual task demanding full attention of any hotelier, but has become even more apparent in the post Covid-19 era.

The countless marketing, sales, and operational tools available in the market have allowed hoteliers to gain quick returns in the past, but unfortunately mediocre strategies and cookie cutter approaches won't cut it anymore.

This brings us to the real question: ¨which hotel management actions will truly help us to differentiate ourselves from the rest of the hotel market and thrive in the post Covid-19 era.¨

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