pricing

Airlines seek more bookings by pulling fares from travel sites

Airlines are increasingly pushing and prodding travelers to book flights through their own websites, where they can sell more services like in-flight entertainment and add-ons like hotel reservations. They also […]

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Kiev hotel industry still in recovery mode

The hotel industry in the Ukranian capital of Kiev has rebounded slightly in the time since 2014’s Ukranian revolution, which brought to a head months of civil unrest and fighting […]

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Mobile Trends for Revenue Managers

To say that the world has changed in the past ten years is an understatement. A decade ago, mobile phones were still primarily used to make phone calls, a ‘tablet’ […]

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How to win in hotel revenue management

The hotel industry is close to peak pricing, if not already there. If we truly are at the top of the cycle, with hotel revenue performance at an all-time high, the […]

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HotStats European Chain Hotels Market Review – April 2015

Both Barcelona and Brussels hoteliers reported significant year-on-year increases in gross operating profit per available room (GOPPAR) of 30.5% and 34.7% respectively, according to the latest data from HotStats. April […]

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HotStats UK Chain Hotels Market Review – April 2015

In April, London hotels posted negative results with a decrease in gross operating profit per available room (GOPPAR) mainly driven by rooms revenues. On the other hand, the UK Provinces […]

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Hotels in China need to dig deeper

Hotel organizations today need to handle a gamut of distribution channels that can pave way for bookings. The route to optimising distribution involves several key aspects such as connectivity (configuring […]

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The end of dynamic packaging?

Industry consultant Andy Cooper considers whether recent developments mean the end of the dynamic packaging era I read with interest Steve Endacott’s recent viewthat HM Revenue and Customs may have Flight-Plus […]

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Bath shows strongest revpar growth

Bath has recorded the highest increase in revenue per available room (revpar) out of 12 UK cities reviewed in the Hotel Bulletin: Q1 2015. Produced by AlixPartners, AM:PM and HVS, […]

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PwC US expects another year of solid RevPAR growth in 2015

An updated lodging forecast released today by PwC US expects another year of solid revenue per available room (“RevPAR”) growth in 2015, with a stronger-than-previously-expected increase in occupancy levels, offset by softer […]

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