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A hotel’s front desk is the nervous system of a hotel. It’s the main contact point for guests throughout their entire journey with a property, from pre-arrival to checkout. ‍The right hotel front desk software can have a huge impact on the guest experience, staff efficiency and hotel revenue. ‍

In today’s economy, cutting housekeeping costs is crucial, but so is keeping your staff happy. It’s a balancing act, which means proper research before you make the jump is crucial. When planning, think up pros and cons to each decision and potential knock-on effects. 

Sites like Tripadvisor, the second most-visited travel and tourism website worldwide, can make a humongous impact on a hotel’s performance. And that’s why ranking well on the platform is so important. In this blog, we’ll explore 5 ways you can improve your hotel’s Tripadvisor ranking.

Fewer and fewer people today carry cash, which makes cashless tipping solutions like Canary Digital Tipping more important for frontline hospitality workers than ever. ‍Cashless tipping solutions can drive up to a 5X increase in staff tips and help hoteliers at both full- and limited-service properties significantly improve employee attraction and retention.

A good hotel concierge is worth their weight in gold because they give your property the chance to go above and beyond for guests. This helps you increase guest loyalty, earn more good reviews, boost your reputation and drive revenue. 

It’s budget season! And 2023 is turning out to be an especially difficult year to prepare a budget. In this post, we’ll go over four budget items that hotel industry experts strongly suggest every hotelier include in 2023. Each of these are intended to address some of the most important real-world issues that hotels face today. 

Credit card authorization forms are an important tool that nearly every type of hotel needs to work with. However, how a hotel does so can have big effects on guest data security, PCI compliance, staff efficiency, the guest experience and more. 

The modern guest expects a digital-first experience when they engage with hotel properties. Forward-thinking hoteliers clearly need to embrace this new reality to thrive, but guest-facing technology isn’t the only area in which hoteliers need to modernize. The back-office and other departments can heavily benefit from the introduction of modern hotel software. 

Understanding your current and past performance is key to ensuring your property’s long-term success. Measuring and tracking hotel KPIs is the most straightforward way to do that. 

For generations, tips for hotel employees, restaurant workers and everyone else in the hospitality industry were primarily paid out in cash, but today, mobile tipping, also known as “digital tipping” is quickly becoming much more popular. ‍There are a variety of reasons for this, including evolving consumer behavior, the pandemic and the ability to use mobile devices to complete transactions. 

Unfortunately, there’s a dark side to the increased reliance on electronic payments. Chargebacks become easier to implement and more prevalent. Luckily, there’s plenty you can do to protect your business. Let’s look at what exactly hotel chargebacks are, and how you can avoid them or win them when they happen.

Guest satisfaction in hotels is an important metric hoteliers can use to help maximize revenue and create repeat guests. Properties with high guest satisfaction scores can easily attract loyal customers, generate positive online reviews and plentiful word-of-mouth advertising that help drive revenue to the property.