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Average Daily Rate Growth Continues to Lag Expectations
Average Daily Rate Growth Continues to Lag Expectations, Despite Peak Occupancy Levels, says PwC US An updated lodging forecast released today by PwC US expects revenue per available room (“RevPAR”) […]
Digital window closing fast for hotels
GOING on a holiday is now a smoother process, with consumers able to explore and book travel and accommodations without having to go through middle-men. The online market for travel […]
Owners demand yield maximizing Revenue Management
Europe is at the hard end of the revenue management discipline, but the lead on data and education comes from North America. Those who think revenue management is just one […]
Revenue Premiums Offset Greater Costs in Historic Hotels
When old hotels age gracefully and purposefully, they are able to achieve “grande dame” status. These properties typically compete in the luxury or upper-upscale market segments and frequently outperform the […]
What is key to meeting your ADR goals?
The answer is simple – your Front Desk team For the majority of hotels, the only way to achieve a higher RevPAR next year is going to be to achieve […]
How Expedia will help HomeAway battle Airbnb
Expedia Inc‘s acquisition of HomeAway, the vacation rental platform, for $3.9 billion (mostly in stock) could be understood as an alliance of mutual interest against Airbnb, the peer-to-peer short-term rental […]
French Hotel Industry Performance September 2015
September was encouraging for hotels on the Côte d’Azur and in regional France as they continued to post growth in occupancy and average rates. On the other hand, having stagnated, […]
US RevPAR was on fire in September
Hotel results for the United States hotel industry are in, and revenue per available room is back on track after last month’s slow growth thanks to the calendar shift. Here […]
STR: EMEA, Americas, and US hotel performance for September 2015
According to hotel performance data compiled for September 2015 by STR Global, when compared to September 2014, Europe reported a 2.3% increase in occupancy to 80.7%, a 5.4% increase in […]
Airbnb Is the next big Distribution Channel
For years, analysts have been talking about the disruptive impact of Airbnb’s alternative lodging solution to the hotel industry, but we think they are missing the point. History Lesson Amazon.com […]