Talent

Hotel service is built around team work.  From front desk rock stars to detail-oriented room attendants to friendly and personable bartenders, every department and every job role plays a fundamental […]

Industry practitioners and revenue management (RM) educators, meeting recently in Orlando in the U.S., are in agreement: there is a great shortage of well-qualified revenue managers. Competent revenue managers should be […]

It was a year of growth for extended stay accommodations (extended stay hotels, aparthotels and serviced apartments), particularly in North America – the world’s largest region for extended stay – […]

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 […]

Search engines, OTAs, review sites, metas and other tools have changed the way travellers look and book rooms. But revenue management has remained the same during my fifteen years working […]

I don’t know anyone who has not, at some point, questioned their career choices or doubted the value of their profession.  Actually, I believe that if you don’t question why you […]

Attracting and retaining top revenue management talent can be a challenge these days. Owners and general managers often ask me what appears on the surface to be a very straightforward […]

I’ve worked in Corporate Finance and in Revenue Management for the Hospitality and other industries and I can confirm that, when done correctly, there is no more analytically intense profession than […]

The evolution of the revenue management industry has been one of 2016’s top trending topics. From the onslaught of big data opportunities to the drastic improvements in the life of […]

  In this column, Coursera President and Co-founder Daphne Koller asks Riley Newman, Airbnb’s head of data science, to share his thoughts on the interdisciplinary values of understanding and utilizing […]