Author Bio

Mike Ford

Founder and Managing Director, SiteMinder

As organisations continue to speak of innovation and efficiency as tired catch phrases, few can boast leadership in speed-to-market like Mike Ford. Since founding SiteMinder from his home, Mike has pushed the business to the forefront of the global hotel technology landscape. For its 30,000+ hotel customers, SiteMinder powered over US$21 billion in revenue and more than 72 million hotel reservations in 2017. For more information, visit www.siteminder.com.

The Changing Face of Hotel Tech

We work in an exciting industry. Each day brings something new in the world of online hospitality and, last week, it was AccorHotels' acquisition of Availpro.It's a well-deserved outcome for the Availpro team, which has created a substantial business serving a meaningful segment ...

Opinion11 Apr 2017Property TechnologyGuestroom TechnologyTravel Technology

Can hoteliers ever really give distribution and online marketing the urgent attention they need?

Managed guest relationships, integrated technology systems, and improved data collection and security are the three most critical needs of hoteliers when it comes to distribution and online marketing. That is the finding of a whitepaper SiteMinder recently produced in partnership ...

Opinion12 Apr 2016Sales & MarketingDigital Marketing

Hoteliers, Your New Website Is Waiting - But Do You Build Or Buy?

This is an excerpt taken from SiteMinder's Blog. View the full article here.We live in exciting times. I believe we will look back on this period as the age of technological entrepreneurship. Technology is allowing entrepreneurs to both invent new experiences and to challenge ...

Opinion12 Nov 2015