French Hotel Industry Performance September 2015

September was encouraging for hotels on the Côte d’Azur and in regional France as they continued to post growth in occupancy and average rates. On the other hand, having stagnated, […]

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US RevPAR was on fire in September

Hotel results for the United States hotel industry are in, and revenue per available room is back on track after last month’s slow growth thanks to the calendar shift. Here […]

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Airbnb tests new ‘Journeys’ service

Airbnb is testing a major new offering: taking care of booking your entire trip, so you can experience a new city with locals showing you around. Over the weekend, Airbnb started […]

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10 ways to maximize revenues from content marketing & SEO

To succeed in the ever-evolving SEO landscape, hoteliers should adopt a proactive approach to content creation, marketing and optimization. SEO continues to play a critical role in hotel digital marketing […]

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Symphony Boosts Clients’ Revenue by $63M

Symphony, a new digital marketing, booking and distribution program from Tambourine, has been proven to maximize direct revenue for independent properties of all sizes. Symphony has been in testing for […]

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3rd quarter roundup: Carlson, Hilton, Starwood, etc.

Carlson Rezidor: Like-for-like RevPAR for leased and managed hotels was up by 8.7 percent. The growth, which is the highest since Q3 2010, is due to an increase in average […]

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TrustYou …… do you trust reviews? possibly.

Travel reviews—and the way they are monitored, measured, and presented—have changed. With the launch of a new website, TrustYou tells the story of the modern travel review and the ways […]

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Focus On Revenue Managers, Not Just Analytics

It is hard to argue with the claim that Analytics is the hottest buzzword in the hotel business today. More specifically, the impact of Big Data is now a global […]

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Hotel rates skyrocket for SuperBowl 2016

Hotel owners in San Francisco are cashing in big for Super Bowl 2016. A recent survey conducted by CheapHotels.org found that they are raising their hotel rates substantially for the […]

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STR: EMEA, Americas, and US hotel performance for September 2015

According to hotel performance data compiled for September 2015 by STR Global, when compared to September 2014, Europe reported a 2.3% increase in occupancy to 80.7%, a 5.4% increase in […]

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