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9 Easy Housekeeping and Maintenance Tasks Every Hotel Should Be Doing

Sometimes small changes to your hotel’s housekeeping and maintenance routines can have a big impact on your guest experience. They can also save you money and hassle in the long run. In honor of International Housekeepers Week, we’ve pulled together a short list of things you can add to your daily routines that are easy […]

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Top 3 Reasons to Add a Housekeeping Mobile App to Your Hotel

Busy hotel housekeepers need the right tools to deliver on your hotel’s brand promise because what they do day in and day out directly impacts your guest experience. That’s where tools like MOP 2.0, the industry-leading housekeeping and maintenance mobile app from Visual Matrix, prove to be invaluable for a hotel’s operation. Once housekeepers experience

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Why hotels should be using the total-square-footage-worked metric

6 Benefits of Using Total Square Footage Worked Managing the labor needs of a hotel can be a challenge, particularly when there’s a labor shortage. One metric, the total-square-footage-worked by housekeepers, can provide critical insights about the needs of your hotel that can help you increase your efficiency, enhance your guest experience, and improve your

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Mitigate Chargebacks with Visual Matrix: Strategies to Safeguard Your Hotel’s Revenue

In the dynamic landscape of the hospitality industry, hotels continually seek ways to enhance guest experiences while safeguarding their revenue streams. Chargebacks, however, can pose a significant challenge, impacting both profitability and guest satisfaction. Fortunately, Visual Matrix offers powerful strategies that hoteliers can employ to prevent chargebacks and maintain a seamless guest journey. What are

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Join us in celebrating hospitality’s unsung heroes during International Housekeeping Week in September

Founded 42 years ago, Environmental Services Week/International Housekeeping Week (its official name) is a time for us to recognize and honor the hardworking professionals who keep our hotels, office buildings, hospitals, schools, and other establishments clean and safe for us to use every day. Where would we be without them! The annual celebration always takes

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The Most Important Factor for Hotels to Get Positive Online Reviews

It’s not location, location, location. It’s cleanliness, cleanliness, cleanliness. Hotel cleanliness and housekeeping are essential factors that significantly impact guest satisfaction and positive reviews. Among the various factors that shape a guest’s hotel experience, cleanliness stands out as the one that carries the most weight in the eyes of guests. Numerous research studies and surveys

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Make Hotel Operations Sing with 2-Way Communication Between Your PMS and Housekeeping System

Like with people who work together, two-way communication between your hotel’s property management system (PMS) and a housekeeping and maintenance system is critical to your success. One needs to know what the other is doing and be able to adjust to changes quickly to ensure goals are met on time. When your systems can send

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Visual Matrix Receives AHLA Tech Acceleration Award for Innovation in Hospitality Technology

We’re thrilled to have received the first annual AHLA Tech Acceleration Award at The Hospitality Show. The award recognizes our contributions to the development of the innovative HTNG Express Standard that accelerates PMS integrations from months to under a week.  “Visual Matrix is an honorable winner of the first AHLA Tech Acceleration Award,” said AHLA

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Why Pricing Strategies are a Summer Must for Hotels

Setting up seasonal room rates is of paramount importance for hoteliers during the summer months. Room rates serve as a critical element in maximizing revenue and optimizing occupancy levels. The process involves carefully analyzing market demand, competitor rates, and historical data to successfully set your room rates that will capture the willingness of travelers to

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How to Not Get Burned by Fluctuating Room Demand in the Summer

While the summer offers great opportunities for hotels to increase their bookings, the real challenge is maximizing the revenue you make from each room no matter the market conditions. The best revenue management tools, like Revenue Management LIVE! included with the Visual Matrix Property Management System (PMS), make the job easy by doing most of

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