Guestcentric » Video Blog http://www.guestcentric.com GUestCentric Systems, Hotel booking engine, Hotel reservation plataform, Hotel website design, website and blog Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:44:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 How to monetize social media channels for hotels http://www.guestcentric.com/how-to-monetize-social-media-channels-for-hotels/ http://www.guestcentric.com/how-to-monetize-social-media-channels-for-hotels/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 11:21:20 +0000 karla http://www.guestcentric.com/?p=6205

Welcome to the last video of the Revenue Management Series Part II Social Media and Rate Recovery. In the past videos Pedro Gomes talked to you about the importance of social media and how to take advantage of Twitter, Facebook and TripAdvisor to promote your property.
Now that you learned how to use the social channels to promote your property you need to know how you can monetize the interactions. What a best way to explain what steps to take than to use a real case study as an example. In two years Dell computers have generated as much as $6.5 million in total revenue generated through Twitter. They were able to achieve this by creating an online outlet on their Twitter channel where they sell their perishable inventory.

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]]> http://www.guestcentric.com/how-to-monetize-social-media-channels-for-hotels/feed/ 0 Social Media Series – Kevin May Tnooz http://www.guestcentric.com/social-media-series-kevin-may-tnooz/ http://www.guestcentric.com/social-media-series-kevin-may-tnooz/#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 19:03:17 +0000 karla http://www.guestcentric.com/?p=6175 In this video Kevin May Editor of Tnooz talks about the important role that online social media plays in the travel industry. Particularly in the hotel industry.
The importance of online social media is huge in the hotel industry because it lowers the barriers of entry to reach potential customers. It opens a world of possibilities for the independent properties, because it opens horizons in different markets that before they were not able to reach.
Now a days thanks to social media channels like Twitter and Facebook, hoteliers have easier ways to engage customers and reach out people with no limits. Independent properties do not need to spend thousands of dollars in marketing to reach customers. Now with online social media they only need to know the social media channels where they hang out and reach out to them via that source.

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]]> http://www.guestcentric.com/social-media-series-kevin-may-tnooz/feed/ 0 The importance of user generated content for hotels http://www.guestcentric.com/the-importance-of-user-generated-content-for-hotels/ http://www.guestcentric.com/the-importance-of-user-generated-content-for-hotels/#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 10:10:38 +0000 karla http://www.guestcentric.com/?p=6154
In this video Pedro Gomes talks about the importance of the user generated content for the independent hotels.

Here you will learn about different strategic actions you should take to monitor your user generated content.
The searching patterns of the customers are changing, now they are easily influence by other customer’s reviews and base their decision in someone else’s experience. That is whyu it is extremely important for hoteliers to monitor their customer’s reviews specially if they are bad. One of the most important things to keep in mind is that your customer´s comments should never be unanswered because they are the best reference you are ever going to find.

Stay tune for the last video of the Revenue Management series.

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]]> http://www.guestcentric.com/the-importance-of-user-generated-content-for-hotels/feed/ 0 Social Media Series – Alan Neves Vanguard ID Systems http://www.guestcentric.com/social-media-series-alan-neves-vanguard-id-systems/ http://www.guestcentric.com/social-media-series-alan-neves-vanguard-id-systems/#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 18:35:51 +0000 karla http://www.guestcentric.com/?p=6103 In this interview Alan Neves Account Manager for Vanguard ID Systems talks about  the importance of social media not only for the travel industry but for all the industries in general. For the moment social media is still at a very early stage and if it is use properly by hoteliers it can play a very important role in their business. With the use of channels like LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter people found the perfect way to communicate.

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]]> http://www.guestcentric.com/social-media-series-alan-neves-vanguard-id-systems/feed/ 0 Social Media Series – Peter Vicich Casa Andrina Hotels http://www.guestcentric.com/social-media-series-peter-vicich-casa-andrina-hotels/ http://www.guestcentric.com/social-media-series-peter-vicich-casa-andrina-hotels/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 18:09:29 +0000 karla http://www.guestcentric.com/?p=5969 This week we present Peter Vicich Marketing Manager for Casa Andina Hotels, who talks about his view on social media.
Social media is a great way for people to communicate and share their experiences. There are different ways that hotels can benefit from social media, some hotels are able to create long lasting relationships with their customers and create a loyalty programs. Other hotels will benefit from the comments posted by their former guests that will influence their friends’ decision of where to stay when planning a trip. Social media encourages hotels to do better and pay more attention to what their guests are saying and it empowers guests to express themselves.

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]]> http://www.guestcentric.com/social-media-series-peter-vicich-casa-andrina-hotels/feed/ 0 How to effectively promote your hotel on Twitter http://www.guestcentric.com/how-to-effectively-promote-your-hotel-on-twitter/ http://www.guestcentric.com/how-to-effectively-promote-your-hotel-on-twitter/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:48:41 +0000 karla http://www.guestcentric.com/?p=5945 The Revenue Management Series


Welcome back to the Revenue Management Series, today I am going to share with you some tips about how to effectively promote your hotel in Twitter.
Twitter is one of the major social media networks that simplifies conversations to 140 characters. And reaches an audience of 160,000,000 users. It is very important for a business to be part of this phenomenon because a single message will be visible to millions and millions of people.

Have success in Twitter in 3 simple steps

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]]> http://www.guestcentric.com/how-to-effectively-promote-your-hotel-on-twitter/feed/ 0 Social Media Series – Norm Rose PhoCusWright http://www.guestcentric.com/social-media-series-norm-rose-phocuswright/ http://www.guestcentric.com/social-media-series-norm-rose-phocuswright/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:27:30 +0000 karla http://www.guestcentric.com/?p=5880 Norm Rose Senior Technology Analyst from PhoCusWright, talks about the impact of social media in the travel industry. Social media is already having a huge impact in the travel industry. The way people plan for their trips is changing thanks to all the social media channels out there, specially TipAdvisor, Facebook and Twitter. The travel experience for everyone becomes more personal because people are sharing a lot more information: where they are, likes and dislikes etc…One of the many advantages of social media is that it connects the hotelier and the customer, allowing a direct conversation between them.There are many social media channels for hotels that should be use by hoteliers, this is the best way for them to advertise their differentiation and increase customer loyalty.

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]]> http://www.guestcentric.com/social-media-series-norm-rose-phocuswright/feed/ 0 Social Media Series – John Walsh Goby http://www.guestcentric.com/social-media-series-john-walsh-goby/ http://www.guestcentric.com/social-media-series-john-walsh-goby/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:56:54 +0000 karla http://www.guestcentric.com/?p=5850 John Walsh Vice President of Goby talks about the how social media is a powerful viral tool that if use properly can have a big influence in the success of a business. For the travel industry is no different, with the help of social media channels like Twitter and Facebook hoteliers are able to engage in conversations with customers and learn more about their preferences.

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]]> http://www.guestcentric.com/social-media-series-john-walsh-goby/feed/ 0 Social Media Series – James Filsinger Money Direct http://www.guestcentric.com/social-media-series-james-filsinger-money-direct/ http://www.guestcentric.com/social-media-series-james-filsinger-money-direct/#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:14:58 +0000 karla http://www.guestcentric.com/?p=5748 In this video James Filsinger CEO of Money Direct, talks about how social media is revolutionizing the way people are connecting. The social media channels are an important tool because they help people stay connected, with one simple click, 140 characters or a post you can let the world know where you are, where you stayed, what you ate, what you saw etc… This important aspect of social media can be taken into the advantage of the hotels since it provides a faster and easier way communication between the hotels and millions of people resulting in an increase of brand exposure.

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]]> http://www.guestcentric.com/social-media-series-james-filsinger-money-direct/feed/ 0 How to effectively promote a hotel on Facebook http://www.guestcentric.com/effectively-promote-a-hotel-on-facebook/ http://www.guestcentric.com/effectively-promote-a-hotel-on-facebook/#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:21:06 +0000 karla http://www.guestcentric.com/?p=5711 The revenue management series

Welcome back to the Revenue Management Series season II, in this new series we talk about how to use social media channels to achieve rate recovery for hotels. In this video we are going to focus on how to effectively promote hotel in Facebook. As some of you know Facebook is the most popular social media channel in the web with over 400 million active users around the world. Facebook provides an easy to use platform where you can share information like comments, pictures, videos links etc. with friends. The advantages of using Facebook as part of marketing strategy are many, specially when one single message can be distributed among millions and millions of people. And is also a practical way to have two-way conversations with customers to create ongoing relationships.

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