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Should Hotels Consider Charging an Energy Flat Rate Surcharge
What are the advantages of hotels levying an energy flat rate surcharge and what are the dangers that should be considered?

MEGA Events: High Impact Events Fuelling High RevPAR
Strong leisure travel with many high impact events are fuelling a high RevPAR in those destinations, where typical business destinations are yet to recover

Winter Might Be Coming, But Spring Can Still Bloom for Hotels
We look at how global economic factors might influence different traveller attitudes and why hotels must revisit some basic revenue management principles

State of German Hotel Market Through Summer and Into Winter
We review how the different German hotel sectors have faired this Summer and what might happen as we head into the Autumn and Winter

Market Segmentation: Back To Basics As We Recover
Continuing our theme of back to basics, we follow up our last discussion around forecasting, this time we focus on segmentation

Your Starting Price Is Key To Success
How do you then find the correct price point from the start? The answer lies in setting the right RevPAR target, and doing so based on data

Successfully Overbooking Your Hotel And Why It’s Important
A hotel that doesn’t apply overbooking is losing a big chunk of profitable revenue, especially with the highest BAR rates usually being sold last

Hotel Forecasting in The New Normal – Has Anything Changed?
We look at what impact the pandemic, technology adoption and staffing issues has had on forecasting, what we forecast and how often we review it

The Future of Business Travel And Its Impact
Hotels must act now and adapt to the new situation. Eventually, business travel will also surpass that of pre-Covid, but that will take a good while longer

State of Business Travel in German Market and What Future Might Hold
We discuss the current situation regarding business travel in the German market. We look at which destinations are holding up and which are still challenging