analytics

Solving Hotels Data Management Problem in 3 Steps

For most businesses, the single most valuable category of data is customer data, often collectively managed through a customer relationship management (CRM) system. However, managing a customer database can be […]

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Surfing Intent Data: Read Audiences’ Minds!!

What if you knew the concerns that were uppermost in your customer’s mind, right now? Or, which of the folks in your Eloqua database are most intensively researching the topic […]

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Three Steps to Revenue Management Performance Measurement

In the hospitality industry we have heard that “A revenue management program/system has the potential to increase revenue by 3 – 5%”. By revenue management system, we are talking about […]

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4 metrics for measuring airline revenue performance

Complicated revenue management drives unsatisfactory results, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Let me start this story with a quote from Scott Kirby, President, United Airlines at the […]

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Change Is Everywhere: Are Hotels Managing It?

Hotels encounter change every single day, experiencing changes in guests, rates, menus, events and staff.  At an even higher level, hotels experience changes in management, brands, job responsibilities, revenue strategy […]

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Inside the London usability lab of Expedia

Walking through what could have been mistaken for a door into a boiler room in Expedia’s modern London offices in Angel, you wouldn’t think you were entering a hub where […]

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Predictive analytics is the future of hotel Revenue Strategy

In case you haven’t noticed, the hotel industry has changed significantly in the past decade, and in many ways revenue management is leading these changes. Specifically, at most hotel companies […]

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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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Google says US hotels related searches are up 25% in the US

Conventional wisdom says that using search to plan and book travel is old-fashioned. Consumers now start their trip research elsewhere, such as on Facebook or Apple TV, or they may […]

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3 ways to use your competitive intelligence (make the most of your budget)

Online travel agents, social media and review sites are fantastic places for prospective travellers to scout for information that will help them choose the right hotels, activities, and restaurants for […]

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