What Travelers Look for in Online Hotel Profiles

NB: This is an article by Rebecca Pokora of TrustYou In today’s world, travelers suffer from information overload and too many choices.  Online travel agencies are popular not only for […]

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Driving Revenue: The Bid Price Approach

Hotels around the world are in hot pursuit of efficient revenue management methods that not only price their properties successfully, but also help manage their room availability, accept their most […]

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Hotels Increasingly dependent on OTAs

HOTREC, the European trade association of hotels, restaurants and cafes, unveils the results of its second hotel distribution study, based on responses from over 2000 hoteliers. The results show an […]

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Hotel Loyalty Programmes: What May and May Not Work

Hotels should consider developing customer loyalty programmes that balance economic and social rewards to establish “sustainable relationships” with their customers, according to Dr Jin-Soo Lee, Dr Nelson Tsang and Dr […]

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An HVS Guide to Hotel Revenue Management

Revenue management for hotels has transformed over the past four decades, though some of its tried and true principles remain in place. What does the practice of modern revenue management […]

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Airbnb Strikes Lodging Tax Deal with L.A.

Under a newly announced deal with Los Angeles city officials, Airbnb will soon start collecting lodging taxes from rental hosts, providing millions of dollars in revenue to the city annually. […]

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Hoteliers need to change perceptions of Chinese travelers

The fifth annual Chinese International Travel Monitor released by Hotels.com™, has revealed ninety two percent of Chinese travelers plan to increase or maintain spending and one-third of them plan to […]

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Hotel Room Rates: 10 signs you need a pricing tool

Revenue management is key to running a profitable hotel – and unfortunately, with things like online sales, ancillaries, and reporting to stay on top of each day, it’s far from […]

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Sharing Economy Trends and Business Traveler Behaviors

Concur, the world’s leading provider of integrated travel and expense management solutions, today released its innovative State of Business Travel 2016 report at the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) convention. […]

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Facebook Canvas for Hotels: Innovation in Mobile Marketing

With hotels mobile traffic accounting for 47% of hotel website visits in the first quarter of 2016, we’re constantly on the lookout for the latest and greatest ways to help […]

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