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Our Point of View on the Modern Age Distribution Ecosystem

Today the realm of an effective distribution strategy exceeds beyond distributing rates and inventory between hotels and demand partners.

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Profit Surges at Mainland Europe Hotels

Hotels in Mainland Europe are generating revenue and keeping more. After what’s been a bruising year on the profit side, November marked the third consecutive month of y-o-y GOPPAR gains

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Google – Your Hotel’s New Worst Best Friend?

Google is likely to expand its foothold on the travel industry, either by acquisitions or by bringing competitors to the edge of irrelevance. The trend is unlikely to revert, so it’s time hoteliers wake up

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3 Key Questions About Rate Disparity Answered

Rate parity must be a focus for today’s revenue managers if they want to be profitable. Here are three questions you must know the answers to if you want to achieve parity.

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Top 10 Revenue Management Tips for Winning in 2020

Revenue management is considered an imperative integration and the major reason is good pricing algorithms. Having the most competitive rates in real-time, you would witness a boost in revenue

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U.S. Hotel Profit Bounces Back After Downward Blip

Hotel labor costs on a per-available-room basis were up 2.0%; however, the strong revenue led to a 0.4-percentage-point decrease in labor costs as a percentage of total revenue

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Cut the Copy/Paste Response: Writing Unique Responses to Online Reviews

Making review responses personalized can really pay off. Let’s take those copy/paste, templated review replies and transform them into creative, unique, and professional review responses.

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The Tech List that Hotel Brands Need for 2020

Across our list, we’re advocating for a Mid-sized hotel to look toward not just a singular technology but to look at the broad operational areas where tech can have greatest impact on the bottom line

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Profit Spurt Ends for MENA Hotels

Two consecutive months of profit growth gave way to a contraction in November for hotels in the Middle East & North Africa as GOPPAR declined 1.7% year-over-year

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Price Comparison Widgets: How OTAs Make Them Useless (and Dangerous)

I am not telling you to give up on a price comparison widget. What I’m doing here is simple: I’m proving facts. The facts say price check tools might be useful but only if placed in the right context.

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