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As we close in on the end of 2025, we can reflect on the growing and new preferences guests have in the full-service hospitality industry. Many travelers are already planning their 2026 vacations, so hotels should be ready to cater to the current trends. What are they looking for in their next vacation? What do they expect from their experience? What activities and amenities are they investing in? Here are five trends we anticipate for the next year.
Hoteliers know that reputation is everything. A strong reputation from positive reviews brings hotels guest loyalty and an increase in revenue. Adversely, even one negative review can bring a hotel increased costs to repair their reputation. How much does a negative review cost? It isn’t just a simple loss of a booking or a comped room; it can cost you much more.
One of the biggest challenges hotels face is employee retention. Not only does a heavy turnover negatively impact your service, team efficiency, and satisfaction scores, it negatively affects your revenue, too. This is why employee satisfaction is an imperative part of your bottom line. Hotels have been optimizing their tech resources as small yet effective tools to curb turnover.
December 4, 2023
Managing large resorts requires strong communication between departments, employees, and guests. Having a single SaaS solution that provides digital communication could optimize your team efficiency and enhance your guest experience. Luckily, Kipsu’s digital messaging offers many features that could easily increase your ROI. From food and beverage capabilities, to broadcasting messages site-wide, take a look at five of Kipsu’s digital messaging features.
November 13, 2023
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been taking over the tech industry, and while we may not think of the hospitality industry as tech-forward, AI is definitely becoming a part of a front desk agent or GM’s workflow. Take a look at how AI-suggested replies can help boost your guest messaging experience.
November 3, 2023
Although hotels employ different measures to assess guest satisfaction, the intent-to-recommend score (ITR) stands as the benchmark of excellence in the hospitality industry. It serves as the litmus test that separates the best from the rest. There are several factors that can impact your property’s ITR scores, and guest messaging can be the tool you need to improve those elements at your hotel. Here are five ways guest messaging can help boost guest recommendation scores.
November 1, 2023
When evaluating your hotel’s overall performance, intent-to-recommend (ITR) is a great KPI. It can imply whether or not the guests will come back to stay again, if they will bring in new guests, or if their experience throughout the stay was exceptional. There are several factors that can impact your property’s ITR scores, and guest messaging can be the tool you need to improve those elements at your hotel. Here are five ways guest messaging can help boost guest recommendation scores.
October 24, 2023
In the hospitality industry, hotel managers continue to see labor shortages as one of their top issues. Short-staffed hotels face unique challenges in providing exceptional customer service while efficiently handling guest requests and inquiries. However, with the advent of guest messaging platforms, these hotels now have access to a game-changing solution that can help them overcome staffing limitations and deliver a superior guest experience.
October 17, 2023
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been the hot topic of 2023, and it’s no different for the hospitality industry. AI offers plenty of opportunities to help revolutionize how operations are conducted at hotels. With guest messaging, AI offers the ability to auto-generate replies to common questions from your guests, saving your front desk time while keeping communication and service consistent. Let’s take a look at some guest questions and what the AI-suggested replies could look like.
October 16, 2023
Para fomentar las inscripciones a Accor Live Limitless (ALL) Loyalty y las reservas directas a través de la aplicación o el sitio web de Accor, se recomienda al personal del hotel que se encargue de asegurarse de que los huéspedes se inscriban en el programa. ¿Pero cómo se hace eso? Hay miles de opciones, desde hacer que se sepa de forma creativa hasta informar a los invitados de lo que se están perdiendo:
September 27, 2023
Anyone who’s worked in the hospitality industry can tell you running and maintaining a hotel is hard work! Hospitality teams, especially front desk agents, are constantly juggling multiple tasks at once and have a lot they need to keep “top of mind.” Thankfully, there are tools and software programs, such as Kipsu’s guest messaging platform, that empower these hard-working professionals with system integrations to increase their productivity and bandwidth in a meaningful way.
Text messaging for hospitality isn’t just for the Waldorf Astoria’s of the world! Messaging with guests creates a better experience for both hotel staff and guests, no matter the hotel tier.
October 20, 2022
A rising trend in just about every industry is remote work. As travelers continue to blend business and leisure (there’s even a word for this: “bleisure”), they’re looking for accommodations that can fit all of their needs. Your hotel can adapt to this hospitality trend by providing secure Wi-Fi, common areas for working, and more.
October 17, 2022
Travel numbers are still on the rise and getting back to pre-pandemic levels, but hotel staffing isn’t. How is the hospitality industry keeping up with the demand? Tools like hotel text messaging systems have been helping increase efficiency, boost guest satisfaction, and provide contactless communication for cautious guests.
October 6, 2022
Nowadays, there are a lot of hotel technologies that are increasing efficiencies on their own—but some work even better together. The Kipsu + Quore integration is a great example of seamlessly combining processes to better serve guests—hotel teams can submit requests and communicate the status to guests, all through one dashboard.
September 20, 2022
As hotel staffing continues to be slim and travel numbers continue to soar, there couldn’t really be a worse time for budget season. But by evaluating a hotel tech stack, implementing efficient technology such as hotel messaging, and working together, hospitality teams can create flexible budgets to prepare them for uncertainty.
September 8, 2022
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