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Lodge Management System: Top 5 Benefits
Rustic. Cosy. Natural. Lodge holidays are increasingly popular as travellers desire a countryside escape with many outdoor activities. With so many options in South Africa, how can you make sure yours stands out from the crowd? That's where a lodge management system comes in. The system can give you a significant competitive edge by improving efficiency and boosting marketing and exposure. By automating some of the most tedious and...
Read blog21-06-2022
Hotel Housekeeping Software: 5 Must-Have Features
Keeping a hotel running smoothly requires a lot of coordination; it's a tough job that could be much easier if you had...
19-05-2022
Tech-Savvy Hotel Guest Experience Journey: 5 Stages
For hoteliers, it is important to understand the journey of a tech-savvy traveller. The guest experience can be broken...
05-05-2022
What Are the Best Hotel Booking Sites in 2022?
Whether you have a spare room in your home, want to fill an apartment, or you’re the owner of a new hotel —...
13-04-2022
Property Management System For Boutique Hotels: Top 5 Benefits
Distinct. Intimate. Elegant. You have put a lot of care and effort into creating a signature brand for your boutique...
05-04-2022
How to Get Eco-Certified on Google Hotel Ads
Your hotel is your brand and in a study done by the Havas group on meaningful brands, consumers are desperately...
29-03-2022
The Smart Guide to Hotel Accounting Software
To succeed at running your business – or even to know if you're succeeding – you need to analyse...
28-03-2022
The Best Hotel POS System and Software in South Africa
Hotels have evolved from clunky cash registers and legacy hotel point-of-sale (POS) systems that cluttered...
14-03-2022
Examples: What is Yield Management in the Hotel Industry?
Demand in the hospitality industry constantly fluctuates. So selling time-limited inventory like hotel rooms at...
21-02-2022
5 Hotel Booking Engine Mistakes and How to Fix Them
Are you not getting the performance you expected from your hotel booking engine? Direct booking...
01-02-2022
Quick Guide: How to Identify Your Hotel CompSet
You’re always competing for bookings with other accommodation providers in and around your area. For this reason,...
21-01-2022
6 Benefits and Advantages of Hotel Online Check-In
More and more hotel guests are skipping the front desk and heading straight to their rooms. Corporate travellers...
20-01-2022
Automated Payment Processing with Peach Payments
It takes a lot of hard work and resources to get your customer to the point of booking. The last thing you want is for...
20-01-2022
Automated Payment Processing in Kenya with Peach Payments
It takes a lot of hard work and resources to get your customer to the point of booking. The last thing you want is for...
13-01-2022
5 Ways Hotel Management Software can Make Businesses More Successful
A hotel management software is a centralised computer system that makes it easier to manage a hotel business. Some of...
07-01-2022
Your Key To Success: PMS for Small Hotels
Small and independent hotels have different goals and challenges compared to big hotel chains. And that’s...
23-11-2021
8 Things Guests Expect From Your Hotel in 2022
Throughout 2021, hoteliers have proven their resilience and ability to make the most of difficult situations. As we...
15-12-2021
9 Proven Upselling Techniques For Hotels in 2022
Hotel managers that don’t include upselling in their sales strategy are leaving money on the table. In 2021,...
15-11-2021
Hotel Booking Engine: A Guide to More Direct Bookings
A hotel booking engine is a powerful tool that captures direct bookings right on a hotel’s website. No...
07-11-2021
What is a Hotel Channel Manager? (Ultimate Guide 2022)
Nowadays, successful hotels promote their rooms and availability across multiple online travel agencies to stay ahead...
28-05-2019
Save on your bookkeeping costs with RoomRaccoon
Companies are obliged to keep their accounting records and to create detailed financial reports. Hoteliers usually...
18-03-2021
3 Tips to help your potential future travellers
The pandemic has put a strain on the hospitality industry. Booking.com conducted a worldwide study that revealed that...
28-05-2019
How to be on your guests’ radar during a crisis
In times of such uncertainty that we’re currently living in, hotel managers and AirBnB owners need to adapt...
28-05-2019
Contactless Stay Quality label
At RoomRaccoon, we keep a close eye on all developments surrounding the coronavirus and closely monitor what we can do...
28-05-2019
Boost your Direct Bookings
I recently co-hosted a Webinar with Mark Simpson from Boostly. For anybody that hasn’t heard of Mark, he is...
28-05-2019
'I will not lie. Of course we are scared'
At RoomRaccoon we not only have a big heart for the Hospitality Industry, some of our Raccoons have accommodations...
28-05-2019
How to find the USP of your accommodation
The hospitality industry is filled with a wide range of options, for consumers to choose. We know that it can be hard...
24-12-2021
Impactful Technology Trends in the Hospitality Industry in 2022
Some hospitality technology trends come and go and others cause a digital disruption and become widely adopted. In the...
28-05-2019
Facebook Group with Corona Updates for the Hotel Industry
The whole world has to deal with the consequences of the coronavirus. We, too, follow the advice of the Health...
28-05-2019
Coronavirus and Hotels: 5 tips as an anti-crisis strategy
These are the days that we will all remember as the time of the Corona Virus. It is certainly not an easy time. We are...
28-05-2019
How deposit payments can make or break the experience
Welcome to my second blog, I hope you could use some of the tips from my first blog which focused on what impact...
28-05-2019
How to Manage your Hotel's Online Reputation
As more and more travelers turn to reviews as part of researching and planning for their trip, a positive online...
28-05-2019
How to market your accommodation for V-Day
February 14, a.k.a Valentine’s Day: love is in the air. Somehow, people are getting a bit bored of giving each...
28-05-2019
Best Hotel Management System in the 2020 HotelTechAwards
What a way to start the year: Hotel Tech Report just announced that RoomRaccoon has been awarded the prestigious...
28-05-2019
Why is automisation & personalisation so important?
Thanks for taking the time to read my first blog. I am Niels Verspui, and brought RoomRaccoon to South Africa...
28-05-2019
New Year's Resolutions
9 out of 10 people start their year with some "new year, new me" motivation. This not only happens on a personal level,...
28-05-2019
Choosing the Right Hotel Management System
For Independent Hotels there are a lot of different options when it comes to choosing a Hotel Management System. Maybe...
28-05-2019
15 ideas to make Christmas extra special for your guests
Christmas is nearly upon us, so now is the perfect time to arrange some (last-minute) Christmas extravaganza. guests...
28-05-2019
RoomRaccoon makes life easier
Never before has it been so easy to receive bookings and assign them to rooms with a single click, add extras, send...
28-05-2019
5 Hospitality Trends for 2020
With the new year just around the corner, it’s a good idea to start preparing for 2020. The hospitality industry...
28-05-2019
How many empty rooms did you have last week?
If you answer this question with (nearly) zero: wow, you are doing great! However, did your business also profit from...
28-05-2019
What do you pay for your payments?
Some hoteliers prefer to get paid at check-in, others at check-out. Or perhaps have the OTA charge the booker and you...
28-05-2019
What strategy is right for your hotel?
Written by Adam Clarke Distribution can seem complex. Online Travel Agents, Bed Banks, Wholesalers, Global...
28-05-2019
6 daily tasks you didn't know you could automate
There are many things you can automate, but sometimes it is difficult to decide which automation tips are worth...
28-05-2019
RoomRaccoon and GuestRevu integration
Life in the hospitality industry can be chaotic at the best of times, which is why it’s so important to work with...
28-05-2019
Is Your Accommodation Ready for The Peak Season?
Written by Nathana Summer is around the corner and everyone is looking for a new destination or making plans for their...
09-05-2019
RoomRaccoon in Two Minutes
Written by Nathana RoomRaccoon is an all-in-one solution for hotels, B&B's and apartments. Property Management...
29-04-2019
Hotel Booking Engine: What it can do for you?
Written by Nathana How do you get your reservations on your Hotel or B&B? Pen and paper? Or do you still use...
01-03-2019
Enhance occupancy rate by improving your online presence
Written by Nathana It is known by hoteliers around the world that cultivating your brand online can bring good results,...
25-04-2019
Personalize The Guest Experience At Your B&B
Written by Nathana The experience of your guests at your hotel or B&B is strongly connected to the...
17-04-2019
Payment Process in Your Hotel or B&B
Written by Nathana In a business of any kind, it’s always important to measure your strengths and...
21-02-2019
How to Save Costs and Increase Direct Bookings
Written by Nathana As a small accommodation provider, we understand the struggle and pressure to find better strategies...
12-02-2019
Email marketing tips for hotels and B&B's
Booking confirmation Once a booking is confirmed, the customer can start preparing his journey. It’s recommended...
15-11-2018
Charge it to your Room, with TallOrder and RoomRaccoon!
Want to know more about TallOrder? Visit the TallOrder website and request a demonstration. Innovation is one of the...
27-06-2018
The playground of special hotel packages
Written by Genya It’s a way to allure potential guests to book a room in your hotel or B&B. Everyone...
27-06-2018
How to increase my room revenue?
Written by Genya The hotel industry seemed to have significantly increased as of 2010, but will this success...
27-06-2018
Hotel Channel Manager: Do I need one?
Written by Genya Ever heard of a hotel Channel Manager or wonder why you need one? Let's have a look at what a...
27-06-2018
You're in charge!
Written by Fern As a property owner, you probably are known to different kind of OTA’s (online travel...
27-06-2018
Top 10 hotel trends for 2018
Written by Genya Every year, we kind of start the same. We set up goals both personally (eating healthy) and...
27-06-2018
Attracting guests to your B&B
Written by Fern B&B, hotel, holiday home. All of them are very different kind of accommodations with...
27-06-2018
Does a successful B&B depend on your managing skills?
Written by Fern Starting a B&B is something that people often do at their own homes. If you have a few...
27-06-2018
7 important aspects for a B&B
Ready to take part with the RoomRaccoon B&B software Running a successful Bed & Breakfast is not always easy....
27-06-2018
Tips for entries on AirBnB
With a Channel Manager, renting your Bed & Breakfast is even easier When you leave your apartment, it is lucrative...
27-06-2018
6 Tips to get more bookings
A 'to be' or 'not to be' hotel or B&B For both large and small hotels and B & Bs, it is important to be clearly...