6 lessons from Silicon Valley to help hoteliers conquer budget season

As every hotelier knows, budget season is the most stressful time of year. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a GM, marketer, revenue manager or even an owner – we’re all […]

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GOPPAR Levels Hit 2017 Low in US Hotels Due to Summer Slump

Despite recording a 0.6-percent increase in RevPAR, GOPPAR at hotels in the USA fell to a year-to-date low of $71.01 in August as demand levels slowed during the summer, according […]

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4 Budget Items to Boost Direct Bookings

It’s budget season for hotel teams. Many will spend the waning weeks of 2017 crafting budgets and tweaking business plans for 2018. A major goal of many owners and management […]

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Hotels should learn from OTAs to drive bookings

In a perfect world, hotels would openly compete against each other on an open market, and companies such as TripAdvisor and online travel agencies would supplement bookings when times are […]

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Improved strategic understanding needed for hotel pricing

The issue of UAE hotels dropping rates could be due to a combination of a reactive response to market forces, lack of understanding of the hotel’s overall strategy in relation […]

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Most of Airbnb revenues come from commercial operators

Most of Airbnb revenues come from people renting entire homes that they don’t live in, according to a study, which suggested “hosts” are getting a tax break compared with the […]

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Can Airbnb help hotels increase revenue?

It is commonly believed that the growth of Airbnb has made a significant negative impact on the hotel business. There are also empirical studies that have documented Airbnb’s negative impacts […]

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Different ways hotels can achieve optimal pricing positioning

Neil Corr, IDeaS senior advisor in EMEA, discusses the different ways today’s hotels can achieve optimal price positioning and business mix. In the volatile world of hospitality, what are some of the […]

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Four Ways to Use Big Data in Hospitality

A hospitality business has countless ways to collect snapshots of consumer data—past travel bookings, seasonal sale trends, and more. But without looking at all of the data together, the business […]

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6 Ways To Use Events To Increase Your Bottom line

Wherever your hotel is based, local events are taking place all the time and could be a vehicle for potential revenue if used in the right way. They could come […]

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