Hotels

Why Revenue Management Is Not Enough For Complex Portfolios

Revenue strategy changes as portfolios grow. What works at the individual property level doesn’t reliably extend across multiple hotels, markets, and teams

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Why Smart Hotels Let AI Drive Their Marketing Ads Strategy

When hotels base their strategy on real-time demand signals, marketing becomes more responsive and more efficient

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Is AI Killing Dashboards?

Dashboards provide a stable, repeatable truth for metrics but are often over-engineered, static, and force users into pre-conceived analytical paths

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hotel open sign reflecting how hotels can lose money on quiet days

Why Hotels Lose Money on Quiet Days and How to Fix It

With fewer big events, more hotels, and demand spread thinner, success is no longer about winning three great nights

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5 levers reflecting the challenges of low season and deciding those to pull which could turn a critical period into an opportunity

Strategic Levers to Turn a Low Season Period into an Opportunity

Low season has always been a challenge, but it also represents a concrete opportunity to work strategically on profitability, positioning and demand quality

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lego character looking in panic reflecting the concern when your hotel is not pacing like last year

What to Do When Your Hotel Isn’t Pacing Like Last Year

Pace is information, not a verdict. The hotels that win long term are the ones that treat pacing gaps like clues, not emergencies

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woman and robots in front of computers reflecting the question of whether revenue managers are doomed in the age of rms and ai

Are Revenue Managers Doomed in the Age of RMS and AI?

AI can make revenue management work leaner and more precise, but without the right prompt, results are mediocre at best or, at worse, harmful

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man walking up stairs maybe having left a hotel reflecting the importance of timing when trying to build loyalty with former guests

5 Post-Stay Strategies to Build Loyalty After Guests Leave

We are moving from seeing guests in a transactional way to see them as long-term partners. Here are five post-stay strategies you can implement

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GDN Campaign Triples Luxury Hotel Breakfast Package Production

The GDN campaign not only elevated the hotel’s visibility within its target market but also delivered immediate and significant measurable returns

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person on mobile using chatgpt to find out where they are maybe looking to book a stay illustrating the importance for hotel to embrace geo to increase visibility

GEO: The Next Frontier in Optimization Hotels Can’t Ignore

Creating a strategy that balances GEO and SEO doesn’t require a technical overhaul. It needs clarity, consistency and intent. Here are a few starting points

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