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Your Summer Revenue Check-list

Revenue Management: Take back control of your inventory

PART 2 OF 3 – CORPORATE ACCOUNTS CONTRACTING NB: This is an article by Pontus Berner, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at berner+becker revenue management. Time flies and with 2017 around […]

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UK hotel room rates crash in Q3

Average hotel room rates in major UK cities including Cardiff, Edinburgh and Bristol have fallen by up to 20% in Q3 2016 when compared with Q3 2015 prices, according to […]

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2017 Outlook Mixed: U.S. Occupancy High, But ADR Growth Disappointing

The 2017 outlook for U.S. hotels offers mixed blessings, with near record occupancy levels projected while average daily room rates (ADR) are expected to continue leveling off. According to the […]

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Are GDSs fit for purpose? A checklist

In recent months we have seen several airlines ratchet up their rhetoric against the global distribution systems (GDSs), namely, Amadeus, Sabre, Travelport, and Travelsky. In particular some airline CEOs have […]

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Group Bookings in New Year Brighten Hotel Outlook

NB: This is an article from TravelClick Committed occupancy* and average daily rates (ADR) for the first quarter of 2017 are showing major signs of growth with group travel leading […]

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Why Hotel Loyalty Won’t Shed the Spotlight in 2017

It certainly feels like 2016 has been the year of the loyalty program — which could also make it the year of direct bookings, of online travel agency innovation or […]

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2017 Forecast Indicates Only Moderate Price Increases Across Air & Hotel

After an uneven 2016 that saw only limited increases in overall pricing, the business travel outlook for next year looks to be similarly subdued, with flat to moderate rate increases […]

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Stop the blame game Hotels and embrace OTAs

The perception that online travel agents are “horrendously expensive” is false and they should be embraced by hoteliers, a business expert says. Speaking at Duetto’s Revenue Strategy Forum, Professor Peter […]

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Hotels should stress value proposition during corporate rate negotiations

As hotel sales and revenue management teams engage in corporate rate negotiations this fall, they might find themselves at a disadvantage for the first time in a few years. To […]

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Your hotel’s pricing strategy: 8 awesome benefits of using SiteMinder’s Prophet

Most hoteliers would agree one of the most pressing issues they face is trying to keep up with their peers in a hyper-competitive pricing market. The travel industry is so […]

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