pricing

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 […]

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Hotel Performance Following Natural Disasters

The human tragedy wrought by natural disasters, such as the recent damage done along the Atlantic coast by Hurricane Joaquin, can be tremendous. The death toll within the United States […]

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Travelers want hotels to disclose resort fees

Many travelers believe that hotels and resorts should be required to include mandatory resort fees in advertised nightly rates, according to a new national poll. The poll, commissioned by Travelers […]

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OTAs in Asia, Think Borderless

NB: This is a guest blog by Ming Foong, director of Online Travel Agencies – APAC, Travelport The OTA segment is developing into an exciting and dynamic growth driver in […]

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Hotel rates skyrocket for SuperBowl 2016

Hotel owners in San Francisco are cashing in big for Super Bowl 2016. A recent survey conducted by CheapHotels.org found that they are raising their hotel rates substantially for the […]

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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 […]

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Is American Airlines basement pricing a smart strategy?

American Airlines (Nasdaq: AAL) plans to offer exclusive, low-priced air tickets to address a concern that ultra-low cost airlines such as Spirit and Frontier are luring cost-sensitive, nonstop travelers from […]

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Metrics align to support Japan’s hotel growth

Overall fundamentals look good for Japan, and most people in the industry expect strong performance ahead. Most main stakeholders in the Japanese hospitality industry remain positive about market conditions across […]

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Optimizing Differently to Improve Revenue Performance

Optimizing Online Distribution The ever changing distribution landscape can be challenging to maneuver. Costly connectivity solutions often result in some degree of manual management of varied channels, which is time […]

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Lodging Forecast 2016

For the past several years we have put out our lodging forecast for 2016 at the beginning of Q4 as we’ve had time to analyze the data and hear from […]

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