pricing
The Battle Over Mandatory Resort Fees
More hotels are imposing mandatory “resort fees” on their guests for amenities, and the amount of those fees is increasing at many of those hotels. Many consumers dislike these fees, […]
Kicking off a digital revolution for airlines with ‘Total Offer Optimization’
The fourth industrial revolution is well underway. It’s fuelled by the digitalisation of everything. Now, the airline industry is catching this revolutionary wave. NB: This is an article by Amadeus […]
How to eradicate price disparities
Price disparities are one of the main problems for hotels in terms of Internet distribution and they have a much deeper impact than one would initially think. They are artificial […]
Hotels and airlines can apply Revenue Management to surprise and delight
Hilton is considering ways that revenue management techniques could be used to improve customer satisfaction, and there are opportunities for airlines too. Many service-focused organisations identify opportunities to ‘surprise and […]
Why You Need Localized Special Offers on Your Hotel Website
Accommodation is often one of the biggest expenses involved with planning a trip. Therefore, travel shoppers want to ensure they’re getting the best deal, and a special offer can be […]
High occupancy sets tone in corporate rates negotiation
As hoteliers negotiate with their corporate clients for bookings in 2018, they’re finding they still have some room to push for rate increases. Although these increases aren’t as high as […]
Price disparity types. Identifying and correcting them
Intermediation is usually more sophisticated than hotels and, with the objective of selling more, some channels follow tactics that are not quite ethical, in most cases unknown to the hotel. […]
HotStats Hotels Performance: MENA, Europe, UK and US
MENA Following a summer of mixed fortunes, which included a welcome year-on-year increase in profit per room in August, hotels in the Middle East & Africa were back to business […]
Expedia Axes Its Price-Matching Guarantee in a Sharp Break From the Past
For years, Expedia.com, the flagship brand of online booking conglomerate Expedia Inc., joined the industry wide practice of claiming that consumers would always get the best prices for travel on […]
Hotel Pricing Strategies: 4 Ways To Boost Your Hotel’s Revenue
Increasing profitability is ultimately what we’re all trying to do and the advent of new technology and innovations such as cloud and mobile technology now play a central role when […]