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Overview
This guide provides an overview of how to use a hotel booking engine to maximise direct bookings effectively. We will cover the different features of a hotel booking engine, how to compare different hotel booking engines and helpful tips and tricks for maximising your booking experience.
What You'll learn
- Benefits and must-have features
- How to capitalise on the billboard effect with a booking engine
- Other tools to use with your booking engine
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A Guide to Direct Bookings
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As the official sponsor of this guide, the RoomRaccoon team offers Hotel Tech Report users a free 30-minute consultation to help you learn about Hotel Management Software and which is right for your hotel.