Hotels

Revenue management is never an easy job, but the job is considerably tougher for independent hotels, according to sources. Without the marketing power of brands or the ever-more sophisticated revenue-management […]

As a revenue manager, getting your room prices right is arguably your biggest priority. And while you may be aware that there’s a science to it, you’re time-poor as it […]

Whether you run a high-end hotel, a budget apartment or something in between, sooner or later you’ll need to decide on a pricing strategy. How much should you charge for […]

Offering local tours and activities is a multibillion dollar business, with the OTAs having shown a growing interest in this sector. Expedia alone is looking to grow its local tours […]

With hotel occupancies continuing to hover near record highs, many operators have had to creatively work to drive rates and accompanying profits, increasingly relying on revenue managers to lead the […]

For most of us, gone are the days of just having ‘bodies in beds’. There is of course a market for just that, and the hotels that provide that type […]

During my time attending the Digital Travel Conference in Las Vegas back in April, I overheard the same takeaway from multiple hoteliers: “If I can just convince a traveler to […]

For special occasions and hotel events, the expectations and stakes are high – for the people who organize them and for the hotels that host them. Reviews and online reputation […]

Group bookings drive large, predictable increments of revenue for hotels, but not all hotel websites successfully target this lucrative business. Just because your hotel website does a stellar job driving […]

Home-sharing giant Airbnb’s general manager for Middle East and Africa, Hadi Moussa, says that the company is not encroaching on the hotel market stake in the cities it operates in […]