The Hotels Network (BenchDirect)

4.8 (97 REVIEWS)

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The Hotels Network (BenchDirect)

4.8 (97 REVIEWS)

Ranked 4 (out of 65) in Business Intelligence

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Ratings Summary

4.8
Excellent
97 reviews
Ease of Use
4.7/5
Customer Support
4.9/5
ROI
4.5/5
Implementation
4.8/5

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93 HT Score

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About The Hotels Network (BenchDirect)
Founded in 2015 | Headquarters in San Francisco | 170 employees
BenchDirect is the first of its kind, a hotel benchmarking platform providing hoteliers with never-before-seen competitive data. Through real-time actionable insights, you will not only be able to compare the end results but also gain a clear understanding of how they came to be so that you can unravel the building blocks of an effective direct booking strategy.

Capabilities

Custom Compset

Direct Booking Index

User Journey Analysis

Features

Analytics

4/5 features

Forecasting, Budgeting & Planning

4/5 features

Data Management

4/5 features

Collaboration

4/5 features

Pricing

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Featured Customers

Popularity by Segment

Size

90 | X-Large (200+ room)

73 | Large (75-199 room)

37 | Medium (25-74 room)

4 | Small (10-24 room)

Type

70 | Luxury Hotels

54 | Boutiques

54 | Resorts

41 | Branded Hotels

38 | City Center Hotels

15 | Vacation Rentals & Villas

12 | Bed & Breakfast & Inns

7 | Limited Service & Budget Hotels

6 | Extended Stay & Serviced Apartments

6 | Hostels

4 | RV Parks & Campgrounds

3 | Airport/Conference Hotels

2 | Motels

1 | Casinos

Region

100 | Europe

38 | North America

27 | Asia Pacific

15 | Middle East

9 | Africa

8 | South America

6 | Central America

1 | Oceania

Category

180 | Direct Booking Tools

98 | Hotel Rate Parity

97 | Business Intelligence

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Expert Recommendations

Hotelier Rating

Excellent
175
Very Good
24
Average
5
Poor
0
Terrible
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By Product

  • Direct Booking Tools
    Direct Booking Tools
  • Hotel Rate Parity
    Hotel Rate Parity
  • Business Intelligence
    Business Intelligence

Property Size

  • Small
  • Medium
  • Large
  • X-Large

Region

  • North America
    North America
  • Europe
    Europe
  • Asia Pacific
    Asia Pacific
  • Oceania
    Oceania
  • Middle East
    Middle East
  • South America
    South America
  • Central America
    Central America
  • Africa
    Africa
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An important component to your website!

Digitalization and Rate Distribution Manager from 25-49 room Boutique in Weligama (Sri Lanka)

Verified
3 days ago
It has a range of tools that will add value to both your website and booking engine, to increase engagement and conversion. The quick and easy to use platform allows you to enable forms and banners without any coding. A number of Dashboards and analytics help us evaluate data seamlessly The rate parity tool allows us to identify any gaps qu...
10

Great CRO tool to drive direct business

Digital Marketing Manager from 500+ room Luxury Hotel in Dubai (United Arab Emirates)

Verified
9 months ago
The Hotels Network offer a variety of tools to personalize the online guest booking journey such as pop ups, price match & OTA price comparison widget. These tools have helped us display different messages to our guests based on their IP address.
10

Great partner for increasing direct bookings

Marketing Communications Manager from 100 to 199 room Extended Stay & Serviced Apartment in Pasig (Philippines)

Verified
9 months ago
THN is able to help our hotel gain more direct bookings with their smart, user-friendly tools. We are likewise able to optimize our rates with the rate parity feature they offer. Truly a worthwhile subscription!
10

Great experience!

content strategist from 10 to 24 room in Tholaria (Greece)

Verified
9 months ago
The professional sales department and especially Mrs Klouda which explains thoroughly and gives explicit instructions and advices in order to take advantage of every single function ofthe tool. The customer support is direct, fast and polite.
10

Incredible product solutions and a fantastic Team.

Brand Communications Manager from 500+ room Resort in Costa Mujeres (Mexico)

Verified
9 months ago
We have been looking for a solution to check our hotel's performance in the market and our competitors. Now through a dashboard, we can identify and solve problems in our hotel, implement continuous improvement, track analytics, generate reports, resolve parity and discrepancy, and better understand our direct channel, among other things, t...
10

User-friendly platform and equally friendly and supportive Client Success Team

Director of Brand Marketing & Creative from 500+ room Resort in Isla Mujeres (Mexico)

Verified
9 months ago
The tool is very user-friendly. We were quickly able to set up the pop-up for Customer Reviews on our website. Additionally, the ability to customize is helpful in maintaining a consistent brand identity. The team at Hotel Network is always supportive of any questions we have and also proactive in keeping us updated with advancements and pe...
8

User friendly interface. Quick to resolve issues team

Marketing Manager from 100 to 199 room Boutique in (Ireland)

Verified
9 months ago
Website booking options and tools. Different forms of Personalization tools. Fancy and attractive widgets. Interactive maps & Graphs. The Demand calendar. The conversations on the demand calendar give a very good insight into the hot dates and price management. The no vacancies in the Demand tab is very helpful for finding out which days ar...
7

Interface looks clean and easy to view

marketing executive from 500+ room Branded Hotel in Singapore (Singapore)

Verified
9 months ago
Dashboard view is clean and direct. Features and functions are well explained by the hotels network team and web page is easy to use.
10

Amazing Products and Great Team!

Management from 100 to 199 room Boutique in (United Kingdom)

Verified
9 months ago
It has been really easy and enjoyable to work with The Hotels Network Team, from implementation to the trial period and additional support once we went live. The training is brilliant and the whole process was so straightforward. Our biggest challenge was rate parity across other booking websites and the tools we have implemented have reall...
9

Delighted we decided to work with The Hotels Network

Revenue Manager from 75-99 room Boutique in New Ross (Ireland)

Verified
9 months ago
Since starting to work with The Hotels Network earlier this year, we have been very happy with all aspects of their service delivery. Their customer support is exceptional. We use the full suite of products. Business Intelligence, Direct Booking tools and Hotel Rate Parity. The dashboard in Bench Direct is easy to navigate and the insights...
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