Hotels

Top 10 Revenue Management Tips for Winning in 2020

Revenue management is considered an imperative integration and the major reason is good pricing algorithms. Having the most competitive rates in real-time, you would witness a boost in revenue

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U.S. Hotel Profit Bounces Back After Downward Blip

Hotel labor costs on a per-available-room basis were up 2.0%; however, the strong revenue led to a 0.4-percentage-point decrease in labor costs as a percentage of total revenue

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Cut the Copy/Paste Response: Writing Unique Responses to Online Reviews

Making review responses personalized can really pay off. Let’s take those copy/paste, templated review replies and transform them into creative, unique, and professional review responses.

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The Tech List that Hotel Brands Need for 2020

Across our list, we’re advocating for a Mid-sized hotel to look toward not just a singular technology but to look at the broad operational areas where tech can have greatest impact on the bottom line

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Profit Spurt Ends for MENA Hotels

Two consecutive months of profit growth gave way to a contraction in November for hotels in the Middle East & North Africa as GOPPAR declined 1.7% year-over-year

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Price Comparison Widgets: How OTAs Make Them Useless (and Dangerous)

I am not telling you to give up on a price comparison widget. What I’m doing here is simple: I’m proving facts. The facts say price check tools might be useful but only if placed in the right context.

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Instagram and Influencers: Impact of Social Media on Travel?

Whether it is viewing a friend’s recent travel post that triggers wanderlust, or a photo directly from a travel account, social media ignites the desire to explore new places for so many of its users.

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Bing Hotel Ads Are Here: How to Incorporate Them in Your Strategy

Hotel Ads is a new hotel search experience designed to showcase real-time room rates to potential customers on the Bing search results pages and within Bing Maps

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5 Ways Your Hotel Can Drive More Wedding Leads This Proposal Season

Is your hotel positioned to capture new wedding leads during this peak season? Now is the time to start launching your hotel’s wedding lead campaigns to capitalize on this year’s proposal season.

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PAR or POR? A Guide to Interpreting Hotel Operational Ratios

There is no right or wrong ratio when it comes to analyzing the data, but understanding the strengths and limitations of each type is key to interpreting the numbers and drawing conclusions from them

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