8 Tips To Help Hotels Increase Direct Booking In 2019
Online Travel Agents (OTAs) continue to gain market share. NB: This is an article from ScreenPilot By the end of 2020, OTAs are expected to have captured 41% of the…
Hotstats Hotels Performance: MENA, Europe, UK and US (September 2018)
MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA Hotels in the Middle East & North Africa recorded a 34.8-percent year-on-year decrease in profit per room in September, as revenue levels slid and costs escalated,…
Three Ways Hotels Can Beat Black Friday Weekend Lull
If there is one challenge that is common to all hoteliers across the globe, it would be the seasonality of the hotel business. NB: This is an article from Hotelogix…
London Supply Boom: How to Maintain Your Market Position
With more than 11,000 new hotel rooms set to open by 2020, London’s hotel growth is predicted to outpace many destinations in Europe. NB: This is an article from Duetto…
Analysis Outlines Differing Perspectives for 2019 Rates Negotiation
With the hotel sourcing season for 2019 corporate negotiated rates well underway, it’s expected that U.S. corporate rates will increase between 2.5 percent and 3.5 percent next year, according to…
What Hoteliers Need to Know About Rate Parity
While technology has come a long way to help hoteliers manage today’s dynamic distribution landscape, rate parity remains a constant battle for revenue and distribution managers. NB: This is an…
Late Cycle Supply Sources of the Occupancy Gap
The present hotel cycle is defying conventional expectations of late-cycle Revenue Per Available Room (RevPAR) behavior. Over the previous two cycles, recovery began primarily with occupancy. As the cycles continued,…
Key to Hotel Business Success: Tracking, Trends & Time
A study of 170 travel and hospitality executives revealed an area where their organizations were lacking was effective use of data. NB: This is an article from Rainmaker It can…
Monitoring The Increasingly Fraught Realm of Rate Parity Management?
Today’s dynamic pricing technology makes it possible to monitor rates in real-time; the days are long gone when hotel room rates were static numbers re-visited quarterly. NB: This is an…
Dynamic Pricing & Positioning on Airbnb: Multi-Unit Hosts Revenue Pros?
As a means to fulfill travelers’ accommodation needs, room-sharing websites compete directly with hotels and OTAs (online travel agents, such as Expedia or Priceline) in the lodging market. NB: This…