Advisory services

Enabling excellence through expertise

There is nothing quite as valuable as an expert’s advice to help navigate the many challenges of technological adoption within the travel and hospitality Industry.

 

With this in mind, ExploreTECH added a knowledgeable voice to our digital platform in the form of Voice of the Expert (VoE). By partnering with a select group of hospitality tech consultants, we provide our users with a trustworthy, objective, and unbiased source of key technology-related insights and hands-on experience.


Armed with the ideal skillsets and industry expertise, our tech-agnostic hospitality tech consultants advise industry executives regarding their technology objectives and assist tech providers in enhancing their go-to-market strategy.

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Meet our experts

Our experts

Sign in to ExploreTECH and reach out to one of our specialist travel or hospitality tech consultants. You can either book a quick exploratory call or schedule a detailed strategy session to discuss your long-term goals and how to reach them.
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Carlos Abou-Diwan

Technology systems design & implementation

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Li Hawkins

Project management & innovation

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Ralph Melis

Hotel and travel distribution technology

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Angie Lacia

Hotel distribution optimization expert

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Shadi Kaddoura

Market research & business consulting

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Angie Lacia
Hotel distribution optimization expert

Complete profile

Company: Insight Out Consultancy

Overview

A hotel distribution specialist supports our partners with viable solutions for optimizing distribution performance, ability to create cost-effective distribution strategies that achieve and improve visibility and long-term profitability combined with in-depth knowledge of reservations, central reservations systems, channel management, digital marketing, distribution, Sales, Meeting & Events. With over 20 years’ experience in the hospitality industry at a senior level and has managed comprehensive e-distribution strategies for multi-unit hotel groups in the Middle East region with Rotana Hotels, Hilton International, Damac Hotels, Roda Hotels, Carlton Hotels, Jannah Hotels & J5 Hotels.

Expertise

Create distribution structure and optimize distribution content across all relevant channels

Support implementations and set up system brand / hotel standards

Support in RFP process and define the system criteria require for sourcing the right solutions

Support Hotel reflagging and deflagging on Distribution set up and re-structure

Provide recommendations to technology vendors to develop and enhance their solutions from the users' perspective

Develop distribution strategies to increase profitability and conversion

Provide recommendations and operational best practices

Support Hotel opening on the areas of Distribution

Conduct a deep dive distribution audit

Schedule an appointment

30 Minutes

Free

60 Minutes

$250

90 Minutes

$375

120 Minutes

$450

Experience

Why voice of the expert?

A degree of uncertainty and hesitation is quite common when dealing with new technologies. Like you, we have also experienced the numerous obstacles associated with the discovery and sourcing of travel and hospitality technology to optimize business operations and enhance efficiency. Whether you are a new business choosing the ideal tech stack or an existing company hoping to enhance your current travel and hospitality solutions, having an impartial travel or hospitality tech consultant on hand to guide and offer recommendations will provide much-needed reassurance and save you on time, expense, and expertise.

Areas of expertise

Our experts are industry professionals, and provide advice in the following areas: Back-of-House & Guest-Facing Technologies Hotel Pre-Opening Hotel Deflagging/Reflagging System Implementation/Migrations Hospitality Security Technology Design Improving Tech Stacks & Strategic Planning Hospitality Distribution NDC & Order Management in Travel Better Retailing for Travel Agent/TMC Infrastructure Technology Design Market Research Go-To Market Strategy

Back-of-house and guest-facing technologies

Hotel pre-opening

Hotel deflagging / reflagging

System implementation / migrations

Hospitality security technology design

Improving travel tech stacks and strategic planning

Travel distribution contracts and growing direct channels

NDC and order management in travel

Better retailing for travel Agent/TMC

Infrastructure technology design

Market research

Go-to market strategy

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Why choose ExploreTECH?

As experts in the hospitality industry, ExploreTECH is ideally poised to empower transformative connections between Industry Professionals and Technology Providers. We employ our specialist understanding of innovation and connection to help foster a culture of continual engagement with innovative technologies within the Industry.