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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 […]
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 […]
Plymouth revealed as ‘best value’ city in UK
Plymouth is the best value city in the UK for a hotel stay, according to Trivago’s annual Best Value UK City Index. The list, which includes 26 cities with at […]
Airbnb data reveals impact of the sharing economy
More than 3 million people in the UK used Airbnb accommodation for their travels this year in a boost to the sharing economy, the site has revealed. There were […]
Managing the invisible in a complex world of Revenue Management
Tom Bacon outlines some of the risks that arise from working with the ‘invisible’ systems of RM, big data and analytics systems Airline revenue management (RM) systems, like many […]
F&B revenues, profits on the rise
Hotel food-and-beverage operations have been increasingly profitable in recent years. However, successful hotel F&B operations can be difficult to replicate due to market-to-market differences, site differences and differences in guest […]
Hotels must dig deeper into CRM data
CRM data combined with audience data from website visits could give marketing campaigns a personal and relevant boost. David Benady reports Hotels and travel brands are sitting on a goldmine […]
Digital and Mobile Driving Hotel Bookings & Revenue Growth
Last month, TravelClick’s October 2015 North American Hospitality Review revealed that North American hotels were overcoming declining reservation pace to improve their average daily rate (ADR) performance. Now, data from the […]
Hotels gain ADR steam with spas
While the question might be straightforward, the answer is hardly clear-cut: “Does having a spa allow a hotel or resort to charge a higher ADR (average daily rate)?” In preparing […]
Revenue Managers have taken the Five Ps from Marketers
For years, we’ve all been reading about the need to coordinate the activities of Revenue Management and Marketing into one synergistic Revenue Generation process. In practice what is really happening […]