Europe

Europe: ADR drives RevPAR

Strong revenue per available room performance across Europe, largely driven by average daily rate, is underpinning robust regional hotel performance, according to data from STR Global. In a data presentation at […]

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France’s end to rate parity creates grey areas

A new law creates carte blanche on room prices but a big legal “grey area” and mounting conflicts between hotels and OTAs. Some have declared it the equivalent of the […]

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Expedia to scale back on hotel rate parity

Expedia is to axe clauses relating to rate parity in contracts with all its European hotel customers. In what could be seen as another landmark moment in the ongoing rate parity […]

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Hotel Attributes that Trigger Travelers to Book

TrustYou, the inventor of the Meta-Review™ and global online reputation management leader, and Donna Quadri-Felitti, Director of the School of Hospitality Management at Pennsylvania State University, have released the results […]

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End of French hotels’ price parity

Hotels in France are to be granted “unprecedented control” to dictate prices across all online channels from next month’s holiday peak period, it is being claimed. Price parity, which allows […]

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Louvre Hotels and Magnuson Sign Distribution Agreement

Louvre Hotels Group, Europe’s second largest hotel group, has signed a distribution agreement with Magnuson Hotels Worldwide, a network of more than 1,000 independent hotels in North America. With the […]

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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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Growth expected for Western Europe business travel

The GBTA Foundation, the education and research arm of the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), has announced the results of its latest GBTA BTI™ Outlook – Western Europe report, a […]

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London hotels report marginal occupancy growth in May

Occupancy growth is up marginally as revenue per available room (RevPAR) and room rates slump for London hotels during May, according to new preliminary figures released by STR Global.  Following […]

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Fear of new strategy stymies revenue managers

Revenue managers in Scandinavia are working to overcome their fear of being first. Speaking during a Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International Europe event Thursday, revenue managers said they understand […]

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