A Boutique Hotel Cannot Afford An ‘Almost Experience’.
When you think of a boutique hotel, what exactly springs to mind? Jetting off for a romantic weekend in a trendy corner of NYC, or Cape Town, Berlin, or London? maybe sipping sundowners by your own private pool, looking out on the city skyline? or…
Direct bookings increase when you go digital!
We’re well and truly into the digital age, and with everything having an online presence, it’s important to keep up with the times. For hotels, this translates to getting more direct bookings via the hotel website, but how? From smartphones and laptops to tablets and TVs,…
Step By Step – Around The World In 100 Days
Does this sound familiar to you? Sitting the whole day in the office and the only walk you take is to the cafeteria during lunchtime or the – especially in the cold season of the year – almost infinite long way to the smoking corner?…
Hotel Technology Makes Your Stay Better
Have you stayed in a hotel recently? How was your guest experience? Your pleasant stay is no accident. It’s true that hotel staff are the faces behind your smooth check-in and neat-as-a-pin housekeeping, but have you thought beyond their smile? There’s so much happening behind the scenes,…
Colouring Books Are Back… for Grown-Ups!
Colouring books are back—for adults. Why, you ask? Well, adults feel overworked and overstimulated nowadays. An offline activity like colouring helps when it comes to feeling ‘relaxed and at peace.’ Colouring is a mentally stimulating activity that doesn’t involve the Internet or smart phones. Here…
Why Your Hotel Management Software Needs To Be PCI-DSS Compliant (Achtung: German Language Link)
Along with the positive digitalisation of our world, comes the down-side too: viruses, trojans and other malware are also now firmly a part of the new working day. In a guest post on our blog (this link leads you to a German-language post), SiteMinder Asia’s Managing Director,…
Khartoum Five-Star Corinthia Hotel Joins #protelfamily
We’re happy to announce that Corinthia Hotel Khartoum has joined the #protelfamily. Welcome! Corinthia is a collection of five-star luxury hotels founded by the Pisani family of Malta in 1962 and has expanded its presence to destinations such as London, Prague and St. Petersburg. Corinthia…
No barricades: protel IPM Berlin 2016
Day One: The Beginning… Once again, it was that time of year when we all head off in a mad-cap dash to Berlin. Whether you work for protel at the HQ in Dortmund, or one of it’s far-flung subsidiaries or esteemed Partner companies around the world,…
What do I need to consider when getting an internet booking engine?
Generating hotel bookings on the hotel website is the dream of every hotelier. You cut out the middle man (the online travel agency or other distribution networks) and keep all of the margin to yourself. That’s just the best thing ever, right? The truth is: with…
Let’s go back to basics and rediscover real value-based marketing in hotels
Hotels offer rooms; a place to stay for the night – or longer – where the guest doesn’t need to invest a single thought toward their own well-being, it’s just magically taken care of, and all included in the price. There’s a whole host of…