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Interview Joost de Graaf
March 2022 - The Independent Hotel Show will be held on 16-17 March in Amsterdam, a seminar and networking event for Luxury & Boutique Hotels. The Director of Business Development of Hoteliers.com, Patrick Brand has been asked by IHS to perform interviews about market developments with some key hoteliers leading up to this event. Interview about the Soho House in Amsterdam > Read more

Interview Esther Esselaar
February 2022 - The Independent Hotel Show will be held on 16-17 March in Amsterdam, a seminar and networking event for Luxury & Boutique Hotels. The Director of Business Development of Hoteliers.com, Patrick Brand has been asked by IHS to perform interviews about market developments with some key hoteliers leading up to this event. Interview about Hotel Estherea in Amsterdam > Read more

Interview Michelle Zandbergen
February 2022 - The Independent Hotel Show will be held on 16-17 March in Amsterdam, a seminar and networking event for Luxury & Boutique Hotels. The Director of Business Development of Hoteliers.com, Patrick Brand has been asked by IHS to perform interviews about market developments with some key hoteliers leading up to this event. Interview about Hotel The Craftsmen in Amsterdam > Read more

Five tips for a digital spring cleaning
February 2022- Spring is just around the corner, and given the most recent developments of the pandemic, it seems that we can finally look forward to a long-term recovery of the hotel market. How do you ensure that you, as a hotelier, are ready to respond to this as well as possible? > Read more

Interview Edwin van der Meijde
February 2022 - The Independent Hotel Show will be held on 16-17 March in Amsterdam, a seminar and networking event for Luxury & Boutique Hotels. The Director of Business Development of Hoteliers.com, Patrick Brand has been asked by IHS to perform interviews about market developments with some key hoteliers leading up to this event. Interview about Hotel Pincoffs in Rotterdam > Read more

Interview Floris van Vliet
January 2022- The Independent Hotel Show will be held on 16-17 March in Amsterdam, a seminar and networking event for Luxury & Boutique Hotels. The Director of Business Development of Hoteliers.com, Patrick Brand has been asked by IHS to perform interviews about market developments with some key hoteliers leading up to this event. Interview about Hotel Maassluis > Read more

Booking directly with the hotel is gaining popularity
August 2021 - The effects of the corona crisis for the hotel industry are far from good. Nevertheless, there are also some bright spots that will hopefully initiate a lasting change. The most notable development is that the percentage of direct bookings at hotels has increased from an average of 20% in 2019 to 30% in 2021 over the first 7 months of the year, according to Hoteliers.com's survey of more than 100 hotels.. > Read more

Hotel prices in Google, a game changer?
March 2021 - Google's Hotel Ads have been showing prices and availability in search results for years. This week the news came that hotels and Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) can now also publish their hotel prices for free. How does this work exactly?.. > Read more

Tips for an irresistible hotel website
January 2021 - The 2021 Hotel Website of the Year election is over. What are the best practices that make a hotel website irresistible? We list them for you.. > Read more

New initiative to book directly at the hotel
October 2020 - During the corona crisis, it also became clear to consumers that hotel reservation websites are not free. In fact, the sky-high commissions charged to hotels ultimately come out of the pocket of consumers.. > Read more