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Preparing for the Up-Turn
As we begin our 11th year supporting hotels throughout Ireland the UK to achieve their rooms revenue potential, from a very early stage, here in Great National we realised that whereas what we do works and works very well, growing our…
Read More Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory.
Looking to the Autumn/Winter season, undoubtedly this will be a difficult and troubling time for the hotel industry. To say that it is unprecedented would be an under-statement. It is reasonably expected that something approaching ‘normal’ trading will return no…
Read More State-sponsored debt forgiveness may be the ‘silver bullet’ that the tourism industry needs
David Collins, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer for The Great National Group, suggests that state-sponsored debt forgiveness may be the ‘silver bullet’ that the tourism industry needs as it looks to re-emerge from Covid-19. C19 has brought about lots of…
Read More Faced with the ‘New Normal’
David Collins, Co-Founder of The Great National Group, prescribes some possible responses to the current C19 challenge facing the hotel and tourism industry. Certainty. It’s what companies thrive on and what people depend on. Without knowing where we are in…
Read More Is Pricing a Dark Art?
David Collins, columnist and Co-Founder & Chief Communications Officer for The Great National Hotels and Resorts Group discusses the alleged Dark Art of Hotel Pricing .. There is a widely held misconception that hotel accommodation pricing is something of a…
Read More Know Your Unknown Unknowns
A phrase used by former United States Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld back in 2002 came to mind recently in a chat with an industry colleague. I’m paraphrasing here but Rumsfeld’s quote went something like this: “There are things we know…
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How to be Magnetic
Customers therefore increasingly expect their online experience to be intuitive, personalised, seamless, friction-free, secure and mobile enabled.
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How NOT to be social
The emergence of social media however has created a free and effective platform now to engage directly and ‘one to one’ with your client base.
Read More Pricing? Don’t forget your Customer
You’ll be aware of the long-running bunfight between hotels and those ‘dastardly’ OTAs charging high commissions for business that might otherwise arrive direct.
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How Revanista Helps Hotels Increase Online
Are you a hotelier struggling with heightened competition from OTAs and vacation rentals; not to mention increasing commissions? We have the solution!
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