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Hotel Industry: Art or Data Science

The hospitality industry has been evolving into a much more data science industry for several years. The combined impact of shifting demographics and new technologies are the primary catalysts for […]

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Yielding room types and the power of open pricing

NB: This is an article by Marco Benvenuti Co-Founder of Duetto I still get plenty of questions about exactly what open pricing is and how it works. And more pointedly, […]

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Dubai’s Average Room Rate falls 10.8% in May

HotStats MENA Chain Hotels Market Review – May 2015 Hotel profits in Dubai and Jeddah continue to fall The combined effect of the falling Euro and stronger US Dollar continues […]

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GOPPAR, ARR and RevPAR up in Europe

HotStats European Chain Hotels Market Review – May 2015 Madrid and Prague hotels recorded increases in gross operating profit per available room (GOPPAR) of 12.8% and 28.8% respectively in May, […]

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Elevate Your Hotel Data to Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence (BI) has become a necessity in the hospitality industry. Those of us who have figured out how to leverage Hotel Data as Business Intelligence have increased both revenues […]

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Technologies bringing market-of-one closer in business travel

Carlson Wagonlit Travel has identified five key trends which will have the greatest impact on business travel going forward. The ‘Faster, Smarter, better?’ study highlights mobile technologies, customisation, the sharing […]

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Leisure and Group Segments Driving Hotel Performance

Hotel performance in major North American markets experienced positive growth in rate and occupancy, according to data from the June 2015 TravelClick North American Hospitality Review (NAHR). “As we move […]

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Atlanta RevPAR growth is robust

Metro Atlanta is one of the Southeast United States’ premier metropolitan areas and strongest hotel markets. The market is broken up into seven primary submarkets, containing central and suburban areas: […]

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Look Ahead, Not Back, to Forecast Demand

For years, revenue managers and hoteliers have typically forecast demand by looking at historical booking information and then the pickup or pace of ongoing reservations leading up to an actual […]

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Hotel ADR Rise vs Distribution Channels Cost

According to the latest TravelClick data launched early May 2015, Hotel bookings from individual business and leisure travellers spiked across a variety of digital channels in the first quarter of […]

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