pricing

Four Considerations for Developing Your Pricing Strategy

Hotels devote large portions of their revenue management strategies around developing and implementing the right pricing structure for their property and market. But establishing the right structure isn’t a one-off […]

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Train Your Team To Upsell By Room Type and Rate Option

After several years of solid RevPAR growth, most hotels are now seeing the increases slow and of course each market is different, but this leveling off seems to mostly be […]

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5 ways your hotel should be managing room rate

How can you use revenue management strategies to get ahead in today’s increasingly competitive landscape? By keeping a close eye on the local competition. Among other things, your hotel should […]

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Towards A Smarter Distribution Strategy

Has profit growth in the accommodation sector kept track with ADR or revenue growth? Doesn’t look like it. Undoubtedly costs are rising and eating into profit, but some of these […]

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U.S. Hotels on Alert After Q1 Occupancy Decline

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 […]

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Serving up revenue management strategy in four courses

The food and beverage and hospitality industries go together like “bed and breakfast,” “cheese and wine,” and well, “revenue” and “management.” From rooftop views to custom craft cocktails to Michelin-star […]

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How to forecast hotel revenue like a pro

Forecasting hotel demand can be a challenging thing to do — whether you’re a revenue manager, an operations manager or a hotel business manager. It can feel like a constantly […]

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U.S. Hotel Revenue Growing, but Slowing

U.S. hotel revenue growth is slowing down, while expenses are on the rise.  According to CBRE Hotels’ Americas Research’s 2016 edition of Trends® in the Hotel Industry, operating performance continued […]

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Now time for Airline pricing spring clean

Does your pricing strategy have cobwebs? Was it developed at a different time in a different market context? Could it use some ‘spring cleaning’, disposing of practices that don’t make […]

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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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