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How to Increase Direct Bookings in Hotels with CXPs

  • TrustYou Editorial Team
  • 25 April 2025
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1. Capture Guest Feedback Across the Journey

Customer experience platforms allow hotels to systematically collect guest feedback at key moments: before arrival, during the stay, and after departure.

Gathering structured feedback throughout the journey provides a clear understanding of guest preferences, expectations, and concerns.

By identifying pain points early — such as slow check-in or unclear amenities — hotels can make improvements that positively influence future booking decisions and drive better word-of-mouth and online reviews.

2. Promote Strengths and Unique Selling Points

By analyzing review data and survey responses, customer experience platforms help hotels uncover what guests consistently praise.

Whether it’s exceptional service, prime location, or unique experiences like rooftop pools, these strengths can then be featured more prominently in marketing efforts, website content, and booking platforms.

Highlighting real guest-driven strengths builds authenticity and gives potential bookers compelling reasons to choose your property directly over an OTA.

3. Build Trust With Proactive Review Management

Hotels that engage actively with guest reviews demonstrate care and transparency. Customer experience platforms simplify this by aggregating reviews across sites, allowing fast, thoughtful responses.

A proactive review strategy builds trust with prospective guests, enhances reputation scores, and signals professionalism. Properties with high engagement rates not only earn better reviews but also convert browsing guests into direct bookers more easily.

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4. Optimize Website Messaging Using Insights

Guest feedback reveals what information travelers value most when considering a booking. Common guest questions or concerns — such as parking availability, Wi-Fi quality, or dining options — should be addressed clearly on your direct website.

Integrating real guest testimonials, updated satisfaction scores, and positive reviews into landing pages reduces friction, reassures visitors, and improves the likelihood of securing a direct booking.

5. Personalize Offers for Past Guests

Customer experience platforms help hotels move beyond generic marketing by enabling personalized communication based on stay history and feedback.

Hoteliers can craft tailored offers — such as exclusive discounts for returning guests, upgrades based on past preferences, or loyalty rewards tied to feedback surveys — to drive repeat stays booked directly. Personalization fosters deeper loyalty and maximizes lifetime guest value.

Real-World Impact: Direct Booking Growth Through Guest Experience

Guest satisfaction, reputation management, and personalization are not just nice-to-haves — they drive tangible revenue outcomes.

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