Dmitry Sotnikov is a hospitality business expert. He works with hotel owners, managers, and hotel teams at the intersection of hospitality technologies, process control, SEO promotion, and direct sales from the hotel website.

His professional focus is hotel revenue growth through check-in control, reduction of hidden losses, development of direct bookings, strengthening of the hotel website, and reducing dependence on aggregators.

Dmitry has more than 10 years of experience in the hospitality business. He entered the hotel sector through access control systems, electronic locks, and hospitality technologies. This practical background allowed him to see the hotel from the inside: how check-ins are organized, how administrators work, how owners control processes, how the guest journey is built, how bookings are made, how the website works, how additional services are sold, and how internal processes operate.

The key idea of Dmitry's talks is that hotels already have money, but part of the revenue is often lost inside their processes. An owner may see occupancy, guests, and staff work, but may not always understand where exactly the income is being lost. Dmitry shows how to identify these loss points and which tools help make hotel processes more transparent.

Main speaking topics:

Hotel revenue growth:

where a hotel loses money: check-ins, the website, and direct sales;
why guests are present, but part of the revenue does not reach the owner;
how a hotel can increase revenue without reducing guest service quality;
what prevents a hotel from earning more steadily with the same occupancy;
how an owner can see weak points in hotel operations.

Check-in control:

where real losses arise in a hotel;
how to identify unrecorded check-ins and bring order to the processes;
how to check hotel operations without conflict with staff;
which signs show that a hotel has hidden revenue losses;
how access, check-in, and revenue control are connected.

SEO promotion and the hotel website:

how to get more direct inquiries through the hotel website;
why a hotel website should be a sales tool, not just an online business card;
why a hotel website does not sell and what to do about it;
how a hotel can attract guests through its own channels;
how to strengthen the hotel website without unnecessary complexity for the owner.

Direct sales:

how to reduce dependence on aggregators;
how to return part of sales to the hotel's own channels;
how to sell additional hotel services through the website and direct communications;
how to connect the website, SEO, and administrator work into one sales system;
how to make the guest journey from search to booking clear and convenient.

Hospitality technologies and process control:

how access, check-in, the website, and hotel revenue are connected;
how access control systems help control check-ins;
which technologies help the owner see real processes inside the hotel.

Dmitry has spoken in business programs, industry events, exhibitions, business breakfasts, and professional meetings for the hospitality industry.

He participated in the business program of PIR Expo / PIR HOTEL on the topics of electronic access control systems, electronic locks, and smart hotel solutions.

He also spoke at events of the Secrets of the Hotelier project in Kazan, Khabarovsk, Mineralnye Vody, Krasnoyarsk, Vladivostok, Novosibirsk, and other cities. He participated in business programs and panel discussions for representatives of the hospitality industry.

His speaking format is practical. No complex theory and no general advice. Only specific points that directly affect hotel revenue: check-ins, the website, SEO, direct sales, additional services, guest work, and control of internal processes.

Dmitry's speaking audience includes hotel owners, managers, heads of sales departments, hospitality marketers, administrators, and specialists responsible for direct sales, occupancy, and process control.

Education - higher education. SF MAI / MATI - Russian State Technological University named after K. E. Tsiolkovsky. Specialty: Materials Science and Materials Technology, 2004.

Dmitry Sotnikov is a hospitality business expert. He works with hotel owners, managers, and hotel teams at the intersection of hospitality technologies, process control, SEO promotion, and direct sales from the hotel website. His professional focu... Show more

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No passado atuei como desenvolvedor, Scrum Master, Product Owner, e Agile Coach nas seguintes áreas recrutamento e seleção, comércio exterior, saúde, provedor de benefícios, turismo, meios de pagamento, hardware, robótica, automação, marketing.

Hoje em dia, um Nomad Certified Scrum Trainer que se divide entre a esposa, filho, dois cães, um xbox, e investimentos.

Scrum Alliance: https://www.scrumalliance.org/community/profile/ahummel2

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Manufacturing specialist, also Distribution
Engineer to order, MTO, CTO, MTS. Process, Discrete, Lean.
21+ yrs ERP Leader at Manufacturers (MAPICS in 1975)
29+ yrs ERP Consultant/Educator (20+ yrs AX & D365FSCM)
TechFluent Coach and Mentor volunteer
Regular speaker DynamicsCon and local DUGs
DUG Leader for USA PacPNW
Active on Engage
DUG "AllStar", Community Summit "Legend"
Delivered 30+ 3-day FSCM workshops at Manufacturer sites

Formerly:
Delivered 40+ APICS Certification Workshops (CFPIM, PMP)
APICS & ASQC chapter President, APICS Regional Director
Visiting professor at Community colleges

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A polyglot and global citizen, Stephen has lived in five countries and speaks five languages, bringing an international perspective to every new challenge.

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🗺️ International experience. Polyglot. Opinionated, but always curious.
🎤 Speaker on topics like digital platforms, team dynamics, and sustainable software.
🌻 Occasionally philosophical

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Krishna's commitment to excellence and his multifaceted interests make him a valuable asset both in and out of the testing arena.

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