With Little Hotelier, Bluemoon Riverside Resort was able to achieve B&B success. Here’s how they did it.

Bay Breeze Motel found the perfect technology solution in Little Hotelier, finding ways to increase bookings and improve efficiency.

By taking a consistent, methodical approach you can improve the amount of direct bookings your B&B captures, reducing your reliance on OTAs.

OTAs are a powerful and necessary channel for your property’s distribution. Make sure you make the most of them by optimizing your online profile.

Niche markets can be a vital point of difference for the revenue of your small hotel or B&B but it’s also risky to target them. Try to find the balance.

Your B&B website is potentially the most valuable booking channel at your disposal and you have to treat it as such to receive the rewards. Find out more.

A new top city destinations report has been released by research company Euromonitor International, providing some key insights into tourism growth and performance across the globe. Find out more in this blog.

Online travel sales are a constant source of growth as guests and accommodation providers alike adapt to new technology and the general trend of booking behaviour.

There are many ways you can drive more direct bookings at your B&B, but sometimes the best answers are the simplest ones. Here are the top tips for your small hotel.

Walk-in reservations should still hold a valuable place in your small hotel and B&B distribution strategy. Here’s why you should value it along with online distribution…

Make sure your B&B’s Facebook strategy is optimized by being aware of the way you can use updates and new features to engage with your guests.

Defining the target audience at your hotel is impossible to do without guest segmentation. Here’s how you can narrow your marketing strategy.

Social media is a powerful tool that allows you to engage broadly with your target market. Here’s how to use it to drive return business to your hotel.

All hotels and B&Bs need to find a balance between direct bookings and OTA bookings. While hotels might not be able to survive without OTA connection, you want to be securing as many direct bookings as possible to avoid commission fees. One way to do this is to first understand customer behaviour. So what defines […]

Here’s what all small accommodation providers should know about Book on Google.

As Airbnb increases in popularity, it’s important to take a step back and understand how it really impacts your small hotel, bed and breakfast, inn, or guesthouse. We discuss why you shouldn’t be worried.

Commissions paid to online travel agencies (OTAs) can be a big pain for small hotels, but they don’t have to be. Here’s how to lessen that pain.

Small hotels usually see online travel agencies (OTAs) as the competition, but it’s not all black and white. Here’s how you should be working with them.

With all of the recent changes, it’s easy to confuse metasearch engines with online travel agencies (OTAs). We explore how they differ and how it affects your small hotel’s distribution strategy.

What is Google Hotel Ads and how should you be using it to fill empty beds at your small property? Read this post to learn everything you need to know.

TripAdvisor recently changed how it ranks hotels for researching travelers. Here’s why it’s a good thing for your small hotel.

At the mention of Airbnb, you might shudder as you feel a sense of anxiety sweep over you. Here’s why you shouldn’t let it faze your B&B.

Is a global distribution system (GDS) or a channel manager best for small hotels? We discuss the two options here.

Google has significantly changed their mobile and desktop interfaces – and it’s for a good reason. Here’s how it impacts your B&B, small hotel or inn.

TripAdvisor is rolling out its Instant Booking offering to more countries around the globe. Should your small hotel sign up? Let’s discuss.

While online travel agencies (OTAs) can be expensive, there are definitely ways to keep more of your revenue while working with them. Here are three strategies to use.

Here’s what Airbnb’s increasing popularity means for small hotels, bed and breakfasts, inns and guesthouses.

Here’s what to look for in your OTAs, so that you can make sure you’re getting the most value (and bookings) out of the relationship.

Here’s a run-down of why some believe that ‘The Billboard Effect’ is dying, as well as our take on what this means for small accommodation providers.

If you’re a small accommodation provider and you’re wondering why you keep hearing about the controversial Price Check Widget by TripTease, look no further.

Trivago’s Direct Connect is a new offering to help hoteliers improve their direct booking channel. Here’s what it means for your bed and breakfast.

The biggest challenges to increasing your share of direct online bookings, and what your B&B can do today to start tipping the scales in your favor.

Read this post to learn what Expedia’s recent acquisition of HomeAway means for your small hotel, bed and breakfast, inn, or guest house.

Establish these strategic distribution partnerships to help you sell your bed and breakfast’s rooms to international guests.

Here’s everything that small hotels need to know about Google’s recent major updates with Hotel Finder, their Ads Commission Program, and Book on Google.

Make sure you avoid these most common mistakes that innkeepers make when they enter the big wide world of online distribution.

Here’s how meta search engines can benefit small hotels, bed and breakfasts, inns and guesthouses.

Here’s how you can encourage travelers to book direct when they’ve found your small hotel through a third party site (also known as ‘The Billboard Effect’.

Here’s how small hotels, B&Bs, inns and guesthouses can engage with guests who aren’t booking direct – so that next time, they book with you instead!

Here are some dos and dont’s small hoteliers will need to know to master the online playing field.

Booking.com talks to us about how they can help small hotels get more online reservations.

TripAdvisor talks to us about how they can help small hotels manage their online reputation and more importantly, get more online bookings.

Learn how an independent guest house association increased direct bookings for its members by partnering with an all-in-one booking solution.

Good news for small accommodation providers – you can now take advantage of TripAdvisor’s Instant Booking option on TripConnect.

Here’s what small accommodation providers must know about working with global distribution systems (GDS).

Discover and understand how metasearch works, so you can use it to your advantage and get more direct, commission-free bookings via your website.

Discover what affects your OTA listing rank and how can you get your small property to the top of the pile.

What small accommodation providers need to know TripAdvisor’s new ‘Neighborhoods’ feature, including how to use it to their advantage.

Here’s how to make TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site, work for a small accommodation provider.

Manage your small hotel’s reservations efficiently to get rid of over, double, & under booking – and increase revenue! Here’s how.

Is TripConnect worth experimenting with? And how exactly should small hotels go about it? Let’s take a closer look.

Here’s how an all-in-one booking solution fixes all your distribution headaches.

With so many options, how do small hotels prioritise which OTA to partner with? Here are some guidelines.

Here are some tips and tricks to help you play the web like a professional – and beat your competition.

Think your hotel is too small to target international and Chinese travellers? Think again. Use these strategies and watch the bookings pour in.

Here’s how a channel manager can impact your small hotel’s online distribution strategy – and your day to day life – in a good way.

A best practice guide on how to encourage travellers to review your small hotel and to how to manage your online reviews.

A step-by-step guide how to boost your website’s Google ranking through ‘local online visibility’ using Google’s location ranking services.

Here’s how small hotels can drive direct bookings and compete against larger hotel chains, simply by being online.

Though there is a great deal of controversy in the industry, as to the importance of the online booking channel. At Little Hotelier we believe it is an operational imperative to include online channels in your distribution plan, if you want to generate the highest possible revenues and increase occupancy rates. 4 reasons why you […]