To Fill Rooms, Hotels Are Turning To Airbnb
Airbnb doesn’t just compete with hotels; it also competes with online booking sites like Expedia. About 60 million people have used Airbnb to find an alternative to a hotel. Now, […]
3 things Expedia learnt from analyzing airfare data
Expedia, the travel technology giant, has analyzed its trove of data to identify key trends in air travel. The data was consolidated primarily from the Airlines Reporting Corporation, with […]
10 Questions Every Hotel Should Ask Their Marketing Vendors
It often feels like hotel marketing is hurtling forward at rapid speed. Just when you thought you were caught up on the latest marketing techniques, another social media platform, […]
5 Results Hotel Revenue Management Can’t Deliver
Believe or not, after more than a decade of the great Revenue Management proliferation throughout the hotel industry (2004-now), the vast majority of properties are just waking up to the […]
Airbnb boosts the Japanese economy by 222 Bn Yen
This is the first study looking at the impact of the Airbnb community on Japan, and comes after similar studies in France, New York, London, and many other cities across […]
Big Data and the Hotel Stay
NB: This is a featured article by Pierre Boettner, founder and CEO, hospitalityPulse The industry buzz around “Big Data” is deafening. ‘Big Data Analytics ‘ – its uses, abuses, and place […]
Online media, display ad revenue checklist
HeBS Digital shares this checklist to maximize revenue through your online media budget With the digital landscape constantly growing and the hospitality industry transforming to make room for new […]
Airbnb to begin collecting Illinois hotel tax
Airbnb rentals in Illinois will be getting more expensive next month. Beginning Jan. 15, the San Francisco-based home-rental platform will collect and remit on behalf of its hosts the […]
Strong Rate Growth Ahead in 2016
2016 promises to be the most profitable year our industry has ever seen due to strong rate growth, minimal supply impact, low interest rates and oil prices, and a somewhat […]
Airline system look-to-book ratios soar
Back in the good old days, say around 20 years ago, airline systems had a 10:1 ratio of searches to actual bookings. Fast forward to 2015 and a metric […]
