The Hotels Network (BenchDirect)

4.8 (166 REVIEWS)

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The Hotels Network (BenchDirect)

4.8 (166 REVIEWS)

Ranked 4 (out of 64) in Business Intelligence

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Hoteliers say

Hoteliers like The Hotels Network for its intuitive platform that enhances direct booking strategies, reducing reliance on OTAs and increasing revenue via real-time personalization and price comparison tools. Users appreciate the robust analytics and A/B testing for crafting better campaigns. However, certain areas like customization and integration with third-party systems need refinement. Overall, the tool optimizes guest interactions and boosts conversions, aligning with revenue growth goals.

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Support

World-class

22 reviews mentions in "Support"

18 positive

4 negative

Hoteliers often highlight exceptional customer support provided by The Hotels Network's Business Intelligence product, BenchDirect. The support team is praised for being readily available through multiple channels, ensuring rapid resolution of issues. Users frequently mention the professionalism and expertise of the support staff, who are effective in troubleshooting and offering insightful guidance. Moreover, assistance is particularly valuable during the onboarding process, simplifying setup and training for new users. The availability of comprehensive resources such as FAQs, tutorials, and relevant documentation further reinforces the support experience, making it efficient and user-friendly. Overall, hoteliers acknowledge the responsiveness and quality of customer support as a key strength of BenchDirect, boosting their confidence in effectively utilizing the platform’s capabilities.

Director Ventas y Marketing

3 months ago

Verified

... Excellent conversion tool through effective personalized communication on our website and at the same time business intelligence for decision making. ...

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E-Commerce Director

3 months ago

Verified

... More frequent follow-up calls to review/analyze results, perhaps monthly. In this way, more timely strategies can be established. ...

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Director of Marketing

4 months ago

Verified

... the personalisation tool. I particularly found the live event in Barcelona, useful and inspiring. I came away ...

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GM

4 months ago

Verified

... THN covers a broad part of your direct bookings, with conversion, a lot of charts and data to go. The rate parity check helps to get rid of discrepancy and resolve problems around pricing. ...

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E-Commerce Manager

4 months ago

Verified

... Additionally, we would love to see events organized in Turkey, with examples and case studies to showcase these capabilities. "It would be great to see more AI-powered products in the future to further enhance functionality and efficiency. Additionally, we would love to see events organized in Turkey, particularly in Antalya, where awareness of direct sales has significantly increased ...

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Digital Marketing Manager

4 months ago

Verified

... I love that you an see the rates of ota's etc and also the analytics and inights of their systems! ...

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Senior Marketing and Communications Executive

4 months ago

Verified

... platform is excellent, one area for improvement could be expanding the customization options even further than it already ...

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Global VP, Revenue Optimization

4 months ago

Verified

... We have a clear ROI for a product that was easy to implement, and the best part is they are so responsive and focused. This is a great partnership we have with THN. ...

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Account Manager

4 months ago

Verified

... I am a big fan of the product, I think it's well-developed and always improving, easy to use, AI is now perfectly integrated, but what I love the most is the team and the support that we get. ...

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Marketing Strategist

4 months ago

Verified

... and campaign features are amazing. Best part – our contact persons who is so nice and helpful. ...

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Digital Marketing Manager

4 months ago

Verified

... impact it's had on our direct booking strategy. Also appreciate the support team who's been responsive and eager to help ...

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Corporate Digital Marketing Service (Consultant)

4 months ago

Verified

... The tool is good, if THN can add demand data from flights and city demand data and help us map against our booking, it will be helpful. This will allow us to understand if we are actually doing good or missing out the demand. ...

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Directora de Marketing

5 months ago

Verified

... That everything was in Spanish, this is a problem sometimesIt would be very important for this tool to be in the main language of each company, since in this way the entire team could use it, just as the tutorials should be in Spanish. ...

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Direct Channel Website

5 months ago

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... Continuous development and enhancements and support when needed. Their continuous development of improvements to encourage direct sales and bookings as well as their support when needed. ...

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Distribution executive

5 months ago

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... THN helps us to prevent OTAs from offering lower rates that could impact our ...

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Creative content producer

5 months ago

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... I have no wishes or thoughts about improvements, very happy as is. My point of contact is frequently helping me when needed. ...

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Director of Revenue and eCommerce

5 months ago

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... Parity check should be provided the link those websites are undercutting in order to measure and fix rates disparity to avoid it happen again and again. ...

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Cluster General Manager

5 months ago

Verified

... provides. The support team is excellent and always responds promptly to any requests. Importantly, the service ...

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Revenue Manager

5 months ago

Verified

... I think THN BenchDirect needs a little more TLC to continue being a useful tool for hoteliers. ...

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Sales and marketing coordinator in internship

5 months ago

Verified

... good advice, and is always ready to make suggestions, whether concerning conversion, dashboard, price comparison ...

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Commercial Coordinator

5 months ago

Verified

... need to take actions. You have great support from the THN employees, which helps you to utilize the tools. ...

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Reservierungsmitarbeiterin

5 months ago

Verified

... The great and fast support and the easy handling of the system (it's almost self-explanatory) If questions arise, help is given immediately ...

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content strategist

5 months ago

Verified

... especially Mrs Klouda which explains thoroughly and gives explicit instructions and advices in order to take advantage ...

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owner

6 months ago

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... it will track disparities from OTAs is not tracking loyalities discounts (genius booking.com eetc) which the majority ...

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Marketing Manager

14 months ago

Verified

... May be share some tutorials with success stories, to implement it on the website, as it requires some time to understand the whole process. ...

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Automation

Optimized

11 reviews mentions in "Automation"

10 positive

1 negative

Hoteliers often highlight the automation capabilities of The Hotels Network's Business Intelligence product, BenchDirect, as a key strength. Users appreciate how the platform reduces the manual effort needed for tasks like tracking parity issues and implementing simultaneous campaigns across websites. The automation features are noted for increasing efficiency by delivering insightful market analysis and facilitating increased direct bookings through better reporting. Additionally, these automated processes enable hoteliers to effortlessly create powerful, targeted campaigns, which has led to substantial improvements in their direct sales strategies.

Director of Digital Marketing & Distribution, EMEA

3 months ago

Verified

... comes to targeting. From personalized messaging to advanced segmentation, the possibilities are endless, and the ...

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Marketing

3 months ago

Verified

... The one thing I'd like to point out is the list when them catch the discrepancy, list they show in the Dashboard. Time to time, we check and we detect some errors. ...

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Administration & Projektleitung

4 months ago

Verified

... currently no input I don't currently have a point here that I would mention. In any case, it is always helpful if as much AI as possible is integrated. ...

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Sales manager

4 months ago

Verified

... tracking parity issues. Finally, it allowed us to make campaigns easily on our websites. ...

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E-Commerce Manager

4 months ago

Verified

... results in increasing direct sales and improving our reporting processes. The tools are incredibly easy to use and ...

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Digital Transformation Advisor & System Developer

4 months ago

Verified

... I work as a digital transformation and system developer in a large holiday village. I met The Hotel ...

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Global VP, Revenue Optimization

4 months ago

Verified

... could simply select one, add the content and then do a virtual proofing and launch would be great. Right now we have ...

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Head of Marketing

4 months ago

Verified

... team on hand to help, night or day• Ever evolving tech solution to keep up with the modern hospitality world ...

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E-commerce Manager

4 months ago

Verified

... I think about the expanded social media integration. By deepening the integration with social media platforms could allow hotels to better leverage social media marketing and engage with guests directly. This could include features like social media listening, automated social media posting, and seamless integration ...

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Distribution executive

5 months ago

Verified

... THN helps us to prevent OTAs from offering lower rates that could impact our revenues. Automated monitoring saves time by instantly flagging disparities allowing us to react quickly. ...

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Director of Revenue and eCommerce

5 months ago

Verified

... offers a comparison of the price with OTA's and offers automatic criteria discount once they find OTA's starts undercutting ...

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Senior Manager - Digital Platforms

5 months ago

Verified

... compelling and contextually appropriate messages. Finally, enhancing the campaign management features such as adjusting the ...

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Reservierungsmitarbeiterin

5 months ago

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Integrations

Seamless

8 reviews mentions in "Integrations"

5 positive

3 negative

Hoteliers often praise The Hotels Network for its range of integrations, highlighting its ability to connect with common systems such as property management systems (PMS), customer relationship management (CRM) tools, and payment processors. Users find the integrations reliable and appreciate that they generally work without syncing issues, though some mention that setting them up can be challenging. Hoteliers also note a desire for more seamless integration with external demand data sources, such as flight and city demand data, to better map booking performance. Overall, the network's capability to integrate with essential systems is valued, though there is room for improvement in ease of setup and expansion to include more data types.

Group Revenue Manager

3 months ago

Verified

... I'm happy with the current status of the product but new AI integrations might help to improve their services in a better way which they are already started. ...

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CCO

4 months ago

Verified

... The possibility to have new tools from this partner and the chance to get more updates on the news of the tools ...

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GM

4 months ago

Verified

... There is not much to be said to be improved, we are overall very happy with the hotels networks services. ...

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Sales manager

4 months ago

Verified

... It would be nice if we could price match with every OTA, not only the basic ones (Agoda, Expedia, Booking). ...

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General Manager

4 months ago

Verified

... The parity tool is not always correct concerning the comparison of promotions with the OTAS. So we can not always be sure about the prices. ...

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Digital Marketing Manager

4 months ago

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... I love that you an see the rates of ota's etc and also the analytics and inights of their systems! ...

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Head of Marketing

4 months ago

Verified

... If there was a way to link into metasearch it would show up in the pricing display ...

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Corporate Digital Marketing Service (Consultant)

4 months ago

Verified

... The tool is good, if THN can add demand data from flights and city demand data and help us map against our booking, ...

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Directora de Marketing

5 months ago

Verified

... The level of customization and adaptation to the pageIt serves as a complement to the tools of our websiteIt also builds loyalty to our brand image ...

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Distribution executive

5 months ago

Verified

... When detecting a disparity it would be great to have real-time screenshots both of our company and of the OTAs. ...

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Revenue Manager

5 months ago

Verified

... The Hotels Network, with its Business Intelligence tools, allows you to have the most important data on the performance of the direct channel in a complete dashboard and compare it with the rest of its properties ...

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Cluster General Manager

5 months ago

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... and effort, particularly for smaller teams without dedicated tech expertise. ...

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Director of Revenue and eCommerce

5 months ago

Verified

... Price Match offers a comparison of the price with OTA's and offers automatic criteria discount once they find OTA's starts undercutting us. ...

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content strategist

5 months ago

Verified

... The professional sales department and especially Mrs Klouda which explains ...

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Revenue Manager

5 months ago

Verified

... see your direct website rates in comparison to the OTA sites which means less guests will leave your site ...

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Value

Outstanding

30 reviews mentions in "Value"

23 positive

7 negative

Hoteliers often recognize The Hotels Network’s Business Intelligence product, BenchDirect, as providing excellent value for money. Many users appreciate the return on investment, highlighting its effective role in driving direct bookings and enhancing overall website performance without excessive costs. While some have noted the pricing could be more competitive, particularly from local or regional perspectives, the combination of features like personalization tools, customer support, and analytics are widely considered to deliver benefits that justify the expense. The intuitive design and data-driven insights further contribute to user satisfaction, leading many to praise the product for its cost-effectiveness compared to competitors.

Corporate Director Revenue and Marketing

2 months ago

Verified

... Easy to use, max impressions, great partnership ...

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Director of Digital Marketing & Distribution, EMEA

3 months ago

Verified

... targeting. From personalized messaging to advanced segmentation, the possibilities are endless, and the impact on our direct bookings has been undeniable. What truly sets THN apart is its commitment to constant innovation. New features roll out regularly, keeping us ahead of the curve in a highly competitive industry. The free benchmarking tool from The Hotels Network is outstanding! It’s an invaluable resource for tracking performance against last year, segments, geo while staying informed about how your property ...

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Group Revenue Manager

3 months ago

Verified

... I'm happy with the current status of the product but new AI integrations might help to improve their services in a better way which they are already started. ...

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E-commerce

3 months ago

Verified

... From my experience and point of view, there are few things that could be improved. Perhaps the issue of billing and payments. ...

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E-Commerce Director

3 months ago

Verified

... More frequent follow-up calls to review/analyze results, perhaps monthly. In this way, more timely strategies can be established. ...

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Director Ventas y Marketing

3 months ago

Verified

... Excellent conversion tool ...

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Director of Marketing

4 months ago

Verified

... with its capabilities. I have to say that one of the best things about THN Something which stands out from the ...

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GM

4 months ago

Verified

... THN covers a broad part of your direct bookings, with conversion, a lot of charts and data to go. The rate parity check helps to get rid of discrepancy and resolve problems around pricing. ...

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Marketing Coordinator

4 months ago

Verified

... I don't have as much time to work with THN as I would like, so I think a lot can be improved. ...

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Senior Marketing and Communications Executive

4 months ago

Verified

... While the platform is excellent, one area for improvement could be expanding the customization options ...

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Digital Transformation Advisor & System Developer

4 months ago

Verified

... company last year. Bookings tools are endless. The wider your imagination, the more alternatives there are. The Hotels ...

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E-Commerce Manager

4 months ago

Verified

... segmentation feature is so powerful that it guides our advertising efforts without even needing Google Analytics, making ...

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Global VP, Revenue Optimization

4 months ago

Verified

... We have a clear ROI for a product that was easy to implement, and the best part is they are so responsive and focused. This is a great partnership we have with THN. ...

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Revenue Manager

4 months ago

Verified

... Cost aspect from a local South African standpoint is quite pricy so better pricing. Thats all many thanks keep up the great work ...

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Digital Marketing Manager

4 months ago

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... meaningful interactions and boost conversions. We're impressed with the impact it's had on our direct booking strategy. Also ...

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Marketing Strategist

4 months ago

Verified

... Best product for hotels web ...

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Head of Marketing

4 months ago

Verified

... to identify and resolve and discrepancy between OTA pricing and our website ...

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Account Manager

4 months ago