Hotels

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What Is a Good Channel Mix for a Hotel

If you are not regularly looking at your Channel Mix, incorporate it into your team’s analysis. Revenue Managers, as a whole, generally do not look at Channel Mix as a data point.

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Mainland Europe Hotels Enter Q4 With Positive GOPPAR Growth

Mainland Europe hotels had a positive start to the last quarter. Strong top line drove the 1.2% YOY GOPPAR increase. A combination of occupancy and average rate saw a 1.5% increase in RevPAR.

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10 Ways to Mend Fences Between Revenue Management & Sales

Far too often, there’s a disconnect between revenue management and sales that takes place. Consider implementing these 10 ways to mend fences between these two teams.

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5 Reasons Your Hotel’s Direct Booking Campaigns Fail (And How To Avoid Them)

Your campaigns are not producing the results or ROAS you need to achieve your revenue goals. How can you fix this? Here are 5 reasons your hotel’s direct booking campaigns are not producing.

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What’s Happening with Google

It’s crucial for you to invest in your 2020 marketing budget. Hotel ads are a necessity! Email and social media marketing, too. Finally, make sure your Google My Business profile is fully up to date.

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Looks Matter for Corporate Bookings: What Hotels May be Missing on GDS

While there is no way to send images directly to the GDS, travel agents say they use and look for property rating and photos more than information about hotel’s services, amenities or policies

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Mr. Hotelier, Four Signs It is Time to Change your Distribution Partner

While technology, customer profiles and buying habits have changed dramatically, hoteliers have been sluggish in reviewing and revamping their distribution eco-systems

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Can GOPPAR be an Alternative to RevPAR for Hotel Performance?

GOPPAR gives greater insight into the actual performance of a hotel than the most commonly used RevPAR as it considers revenues generated but also operational costs related to such revenues

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Growth of Non-Gaming Revenue in Casinos

Casinos were once a place that comped shows, rooms, food and drinks to entice people to gamble, which is how they made most of their revenue.

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A Rough Start to the Final Quarter of 2019 for UK Hotels

The 5.3% YOY drop in GOPPAR in October was only surpassed by the 9.4% plunge recorded by hotels in April, and marks the seventh month in the year to record a YOY contraction in profits.

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