inventory

Expedia, Inc., is the first online travel intermediary to begin displaying a hotel chain’s discounted loyalty rates next to standard rates. It’s also the first to cheerlead for a hotel’s own […]

Europe Europe led the global regions in terms of hotel occupancy and average daily rate growth during the second quarter of 2016, according to STR. But industry results and commentary […]

One hotel chain, Marriott International, which participates in TripAdvisor Instant Booking, and one that doesn’t, Hilton Worldwide, are now both using TripAdvisor’s comparison shopping and booking features to persuade travelers […]

NB: This is an article from Little Hotelier Having a strategy behind your room rates is critical to your success as a small hotel. Not only is it the key […]

None of the main metasearch sites or metasearch engines, among which we include Trivago, TripAdvisor, Google and Kayak have fully convinced hotels, especially independent ones, to “connect” their direct sales. […]

Hotel revenue growth has slowed significantly in 2016, and sources said they expect that to continue through 2017 as occupancy flatlines. But even if performance might not be as positive […]

According to STR data, when compared with May 2015 Europe reported nearly flat occupancy (-0.3% to 73.4%). However, a 2.1% rise in ADR to EUR114.28 drove a 1.7% increase in […]

Recent Revenue Management related activity on Twitter reinforces the various ways we discuss demand as an industry. From how to forecast hotel demand to tweets such as #revenuestrategyfordummies, the common […]

The U.S. hotel market suffered a 0.5 percent decline in occupancy during the first quarter of 2016.  This is the first year-over-year decline in occupancy since the fourth quarter of […]

A hotel’s inventory is its lifeblood. As the digital world becomes a more important part of the circulation of that inventory, dozens, even hundreds of technology solutions have been built […]