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The Impact of RevPAR Growth on Profit
ProPAR Graph Earlier this year, Hotel Appraisers & Advisors published an article summarizing how several hundred hotels performed, ranked by House Profit per available room (ProPAR). The article then compared […]
ADR Growth Expected to Drive US Lodging
An updated lodging forecast released today by PwC US expects average daily rate (“ADR”) to drive revenue per available room (“RevPAR”) increases in a more meaningful way through the second-half […]
MEA hotels increase revPAR, ADR and occupancy
STR Global reports that hotels in the Middle East and Africa region reported positive results in three key performance metrics in their compiled July 2015 data. The biggest rise by […]
Airbnb’s pricing algorithm
A little machine learning can have a big impact. Dan Hill, product lead at Airbnb, wrote the company’s pricing algorithm after the British-based rival startup he cofounded, Crashpadder, was acquired […]
Marriott increases revenue 86% via email
SUMMARY: “It felt like we had the opportunity to really do something that was much more really member-centric and really use all the data that we’ve got on our members […]
TravelClick Data Shows Transient ADR Growth
Consumers used both “new school” and “old school” approaches to booking hotel rooms for business and leisure travel in Q2 2015. According to data from the TravelClick North American Distribution […]
Big Data and the Hotel Stay: The Critical Connection
The industry buzz around “Big Data” is deafening. ‘Big Data Analytics ‘ – its uses, abuses, and place in the playbook of travel technology tools – has filled hundreds of […]
Hotel Industry: Art or Data Science
The hospitality industry has been evolving into a much more data science industry for several years. The combined impact of shifting demographics and new technologies are the primary catalysts for […]
Elevate Your Hotel Data to Business Intelligence
Business Intelligence (BI) has become a necessity in the hospitality industry. Those of us who have figured out how to leverage Hotel Data as Business Intelligence have increased both revenues […]
Technologies bringing market-of-one closer in business travel
Carlson Wagonlit Travel has identified five key trends which will have the greatest impact on business travel going forward. The ‘Faster, Smarter, better?’ study highlights mobile technologies, customisation, the sharing […]