Hotels

Smart independent operators know their guests are online – and are reaching them there to increase loyalty and revenue. Here is how. “We know our guests and keep them coming […]

Occupancy and average daily hotel rates increased year over year in all four global regions during July, according to STR Global. In the Americas, ADR increased 5.8 percent to $124.78 […]

ProPAR Graph Earlier this year, Hotel Appraisers & Advisors published an article summarizing how several hundred hotels performed, ranked by House Profit per available room (ProPAR). The article then compared […]

An updated lodging forecast released today by PwC US expects average daily rate (“ADR”) to drive revenue per available room (“RevPAR”) increases in a more meaningful way through the second-half […]

Revenue Managers are still not being paid as well as many of their colleagues. Yet, it is hard to argue with the notion that Revenue Management is now the most “mission […]

STR Global reports that hotels in the Middle East and Africa region reported positive results in three key performance metrics in their compiled July 2015 data. The biggest rise by […]

Whether to bundle resort fees into room rates or separate them is a source of debate in the hotel industry, but experts agree that transparency and full disclosure are musts. […]

Many of us with children have faced the question: “Why do I have to wear a seat belt?” Most people use them, of course, because there’s no great alternative for […]

In today’s seemingly ever-changing hospitality market, hotel general managers (GMs) have become the key collaborators linking marketing, sales, reservations and e-commerce divisions within a property. NB This is a guest […]

As the end of summer nears, hotels in major North American markets are focusing on capturing bookings for early 2016 as opposed to last-minute travel deals, according to data from […]