Using Hotel Demand for a Blue Ribbon Revenue Strategy
I recently caught a pie-baking competition at a local county fair. While admiring the pies vying for the blue ribbon, I naturally started thinking about how pies and hotel demand actually […]
Future Hotel Guests: Tomorrow’s traveller tribes revealed
Global travellers have always been, by nature, a complex and diverse market. Future travellers will only evolve this fact, as technology maintains its accelerated state of development and society becomes […]
Total Revenue Management is growing but what does it really mean
Total Revenue Management is growing in popularity for discussion, but there remains some ambiguity as to what this really means. NB: This is an article by Lily Mockerman, Founder of […]
PolyU Study Finds Room Attribute Preferences Key to Hotel Profit Maximisation
Hotel managers need to understand the value that customers place on particular room features and charge for them accordingly, argue Dr Lorenzo Masiero of the School of Hotel and Tourism […]
Hotels, Don’t Overlook Email Marketing! Tips For Getting It Right
When hotels get started with digital marketing, often the first thing they tend look at is advertising on social media and large search platforms such Google AdWords and Bing. […]
Rebundled ancillary revenue makes a come back
‘Ancillary’ revenue is, of course, a growing portion of airline revenue. Some airlines are even reporting more than 40% of their revenue from ‘ancillary’ services, which generally refer to the […]
Hospitality Yield Management: Important for Efficient RM Strategy
What do airlines, tour operator and hotels have in common? All of them sell fixed time-limited resources. Moreover, when it comes to maximizing revenue from a fixed resource, say, hotel […]
How Hotel Website Design Affects ADR
Your hotel website is the first place virtually all of your future guests will engage with your property and set expectations. But more importantly, as hotels struggle to increase rates […]
Improve Guest Experience with Automated Emails
With new online platforms popping up all the time, it’s easy to get caught up in the excitement of new marketing and communications opportunities. While it’s important to keep up […]
How to Uncover Your Hotel Target Market with Google Analytics
As a hotelier, you want to get the best return for your marketing dollars by marketing to your target consumer. Google Analytics is a powerful (free!) tool for precise data […]