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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Beware the Hotel Data Divide

It’s a phenomenon that’s gaining momentum in the hospitality industry. The Data Divide refers to the gap between hotels that have access to predictive data, and those that don’t. In […]

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The online travel triangle: mobile, data & customer

“What customers want is communication, information and control.” The statement came from Dara Brady, Ryanair’s head of digital experience at recent keynote address to an EyeforTravel audience in London. He […]

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Expedia casts fresh light on traveler behavior

“Half of my advertising is wasted, I just don’t know which half,” is the famous quote from decades ago by Philadelphia department store owner John Wannamaker. That sentiment is still […]

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8 Best Practices for Hotel Revenue Managers

The 10,000 or so hotel revenue managers around the world are self-dividing into two distinct categories: those that are well prepared (or preparing) for 2024 and those that are well prepared […]

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