Room Assignment: Unlocking the Mystery…..!!
NB: This is a featured article by Pierre Boettner, founder and CEO, hospitalityPulse The relationship between room assignment and hotel operations is multi-pronged, complex, and in many respects a “black […]
Airbnb policy to release anonymized data
Airbnb’s release of anonymized data about people who use its site to rent their property ‘will give New York City the necessary information to craft needed regulations and to enforce them’ while […]
Lufthansa dismisses turn against distribution surcharge
Lufthansa claims it has not seen any bookings going the way of rival carriers despite a survey of agencies in Germany pointing to a major switch in recent months. The German […]
The Future of Hotel Revenue Management?
NB: This is an article by Rich Maradik, Founder of nSight for Travel The head of Revenue and Distribution for a large global chain framed the hotel big data […]
To Fill Rooms, Hotels Are Turning To Airbnb
Airbnb doesn’t just compete with hotels; it also competes with online booking sites like Expedia. About 60 million people have used Airbnb to find an alternative to a hotel. Now, […]
3 things Expedia learnt from analyzing airfare data
Expedia, the travel technology giant, has analyzed its trove of data to identify key trends in air travel. The data was consolidated primarily from the Airlines Reporting Corporation, with […]
10 Questions Every Hotel Should Ask Their Marketing Vendors
It often feels like hotel marketing is hurtling forward at rapid speed. Just when you thought you were caught up on the latest marketing techniques, another social media platform, […]
5 Results Hotel Revenue Management Can’t Deliver
Believe or not, after more than a decade of the great Revenue Management proliferation throughout the hotel industry (2004-now), the vast majority of properties are just waking up to the […]
Airbnb boosts the Japanese economy by 222 Bn Yen
This is the first study looking at the impact of the Airbnb community on Japan, and comes after similar studies in France, New York, London, and many other cities across […]
Big Data and the Hotel Stay
NB: This is a featured article by Pierre Boettner, founder and CEO, hospitalityPulse The industry buzz around “Big Data” is deafening. ‘Big Data Analytics ‘ – its uses, abuses, and place […]