revenue

How To Find The Right Benchmarking KPIs For Your Hotel

Let me ask you a question: Does achieving a budget mean you are a fantastic hotelier? Or does it just mean that you/ the general manager is skilled at creating achievable budgets? […]

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Look Beyond Your Rooms to Drive Ancillary Revenue in 2017

With 2017 on the horizon, the thought crossing every hotelier’s mind right now is, “How are we going to improve? What are we going to do differently next year to […]

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10 Traits of an Ideal Revenue Manager

With recent improvements in technology and a focus on acquisition cost, the defining characteristics of today’s ideal revenue manager have changed—and through our work at Charlestowne Hotels, we’ve identified a […]

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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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Morgan Stanley: Airbnb Threat to Hotels Only Getting Sharper

Not even President-elect Donald Trump can make the hotel industry great again. The industry is already experiencing trouble with lower occupancy rates and smaller profits per room, and a new survey from Morgan […]

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Taking Flight: The Science of Revenue Management

Hotel revenue management has evolved into a very different science from what it was when airlines began using it many years ago, and one of the fascinating aspects of observing […]

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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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Holistic revenue management opportunities driving change for hoteliers

The hospitality industry experiences change every single day. Each day sees changes in guests, rates, menus, events and staff. At a higher level, hotels across the globe experience changes in […]

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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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How hotels can keep Airbnb from stealing corporate business

To some hotel operators, marketers and revenue leaders, it seems as though Airbnb has been a thorn in their sides for a long time. In reality, the sharing economy site […]

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