Hotels: Live music bookings with GigPig

Live music can bring a vibrant and engaging atmosphere to your hotel, providing entertainment for your guests and boosting your occupancy rates.

Are you a hotel manager wondering how to find the best artists and seamlessly organise your live music roster? That’s where GigPig can help. Our expansive music and entertainment marketplace enables hotels across the UK to find talented bands and musicians with ease. Whether you’re planning seasonal events or your hotel hosts regular music sessions over the weekends, you can access top artists covering an array of genres.  

By signing up to the GigPig community, you can easily schedule and manage music bookings to increase your hotel’s footfall and guest satisfaction.

Why should your hotel use the GigPig platform for your live music bookings?

Hotels of all sizes can benefit from live music performances to provide entertainment in the lounge, bar, or communal areas. Not only can it offer a great environment for guests already staying, but it can also draw in visitors for the evening. However, we recognise that organising live music bookings on top of day-to-day hotel management can be tough. If you’re a hotel manager or events coordinator looking for an easy way to integrate music bookings into your daily tasks, try GigPig. With our platform, arranging hotel music events is affordable, streamlined, and rewarding. Here’s what you can expect when you sign up to GigPig:

Seamless live music Booking

There’s no need for time-consuming gig trips to find suitable musicians for your hotel. Our catalogue of artists showcases talented bands and musicians available to hire. We’re always updating our music marketplace, putting the finest emerging artists in the spotlight. You can easily preview the artist’s work, create a favourites list to come back to, and submit a booking request — you can even create repeat bookings for a regular entertainment slot. We’ll handle the rest and are always on hand if you have any questions.

Centralised Calendar Management

By streamlining your event calendar, our platform makes it quick and easy to manage your bookings. Whether you run one hotel or multiple venues, you can keep on top of all your live music bookings from a centralised hub. Real-time updates keep the whole team up to speed, and you can filter the calendar views for clear visibility.

Integrated Marketing for Your Hotel

With our API integration, you can sync up your bookings calendar and website. This means your “What’s On” section will always be up to date, allowing guests and customers to book directly and ensuring higher venue footfall. What’s more, data-driven insights are available to help you identify trends, see which events lead to higher sales, and spot new opportunities.

Flexible Accounting Options

Managing your artist invoices is easy with GigPig. With two payment systems available, you can find the method that works best for your venue. Both options are ideal for busy hotel managers looking for a straightforward and compliant way to handle live music accounts.

1. Automated Accounting: With this payment system, you receive instant artist invoices once your event has been signed off. You can download artist invoices in batches for easy accounting and download a payment CSV for quick uploads to your payment system. All invoices will be HMRC-compliant, and you can adjust any fees before finalising to ensure your accounts are up-to-date and error-free.
2. One-Stop Payment House: For super-streamlined financial management, you can pay a single GigPig invoice. We’ll then distribute the correct amounts to all of your artists. As well as removing the need to set up individual artists as suppliers, our One-Stop Payment House ensures your invoices are always paid on time, which is essential for building strong relationships with your musicians.

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