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Supply and Demand: Are you maximizing room revenue?

The theory of supply and demand is one of the fundamental principles of economics. However, it’s not something constrained to leading economists. And when it comes to maximizing your hotel’s […]

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Changes to the TripAdvisor Popularity Ranking Algorithm

Why We Changed the Popularity Ranking Algorithm Over the past decade, the volume of reviews and opinions on TripAdvisor has increased exponentially – from six million in 2006 to over […]

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Hotel Industry Fundamentals Are Good and Will Continue

Hotel industry fundamentals are good, and will continue to improve. But the hotel industry is being punished by the disconnect between the investment community of Wall Street and actual performance […]

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Market Your Hotel On a Limited Budget

NB: This is an article from NetAffinity A limited marketing budget is sometimes a given when you work for a small independent hotel. Low costs that yield high returns are the […]

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Revenue Manager! You Are Now In Charge of Conversions.

NB: This is an article by Robert Hernandez, Hotel Revenue Discovery Expert with Origin World Labs One of the themes I often explore in this blog is that Revenue Management is simply […]

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Big Data Look Into MENA Travel Uncovers New Insight

NB: This is an article from Adara Travelers to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are predominantly male, affluent, organized and loyal, according to new research from global travel […]

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Dinosaur Metrics Bites Chunk Out of Hotel Marketing

Marketing is evolving as I am typing this sentence. I’m here to make sure you are not wasting your time, energy and marketing budgets by focusing on outdated metrics. Many of […]

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Setting Online Reputation Objectives for Hotels

NB: This is an article from ReviewPro Many hotels collect and analyze data but not everyone knows how to use this insight to set goals and objectives for their team. […]

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Hotels have the data to be better with email

OTAs and airlines are well known for sending emails with helpful information and lucrative offers. They constantly remind us that they are there if we need them. But for some […]

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Airbnb rentals in New Orleans growing at explosive rate

The number of properties in New Orleans being offered to tourists as short-term rentals has grown at an explosive rate as the practice has spread out from the downriver neighborhoods […]

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