Tony Loeb

🏨 Oliver Hospitality, founded in 2009, launched the "Invited by Oliver" loyalty program and achieved 9,200 signups in three months. The brand operates properties in the Southeast and California, focusing on personalized experiences for guests. The tech for the program was developed with Amadeus, complementing existing tools and managed in-house for customer engagement. Success metrics include new member signups and booking actualization rates, aiming for all guests to become members. The program integrates with Infor HMS PMS for front desk efficiency. Key advice: involve all departments early and allow plenty of time for implementation.

📍 Obvlo reduces content creation time from two weeks to just 60 minutes with AI tools. Personalized local guides enhance guest experience, driving higher revenues and loyalty. AI technology updates 5-10% of dynamic content daily, ensuring accuracy and relevance. Obvlo targets over 100 guest archetypes, factors in weather, and promotes local businesses for authentic experiences. Hotels gain actionable insights through Google Analytics integration, aiding in remarketing and personalized offers. Obvlo's CEO, Callum McPherson, emphasizes the commitment to up-to-date, high-quality content.

📱 Obvlo has revolutionized the creation of dynamic hotel destination guides, now producing them in 60 minutes—a reduction from two weeks. Their AI tools personalize content for any destination, continuously updated for relevance and accuracy. Obvlo's platform supports over 100 guest archetypes, considering factors like weather and preferences. Daily, 5-10% of the content is refreshed, ensuring up-to-date information. This innovation benefits both large hotel chains and smaller hotels by removing cost barriers and boosting revenue through data-driven personalization and targeted marketing.

📢 Travelers view an average of 141 pages over 45 days before booking. Google Performance Max for Travel Goals (PMTG) boosted website traffic by 30% and clicks by 6% in the first half of 2024 for hoteliers. The study between January and May 2024 indicated a 31 times Return On Ad Spend (ROAS), with 32 room bookings per hotel, a 6% Click-Through-Rate, a cost of $0.04 per click, and 62,000 average clicks generated. PMTG increases hotel visibility across Google's channels using AI.

📄 Obvlo has revolutionized dynamic hotel destination guide creation, achieving a record completion time of just 60 minutes. This advancement is due to Obvlo's self-developed AI tools, which reduced content production time from two weeks to an hour over the past year. Obvlo's platform offers personalized guides tailored to over 100 guest archetypes, continuously updated content, and promotes local independent businesses. It enables hotels to generate revenue through targeted remarketing and personalized in-house offers, and integrates with Google Analytics for valuable insights. CEO Callum McPherson emphasizes the consistent freshness and quality of their content, with daily updates to about 5-10% of their dynamic content, ensuring information is never outdated.