pricing
Why Airlines Keep Creating Even More Types of Fares
Airlines have long wanted to move to so-called personalized pricing. They would like to sell online in ways that make it more difficult for a traveler to comparison-shop by the lowest price alone.
6 Questions to Ask When Optimizing Your Hotel Pricing Strategy
A lot of thought and research goes into developing a hotel pricing strategy that makes sense to the customers and the business. A well-optimized pricing strategy needs to answer these 6 questions:
RevPAR Up, GOPPAR Down at Hotels in Mainland Europe
Despite European hotels seeing a 0.9% YOY increase in RevPAR, coupled with 0.4% growth in TRevPAR, GOPPAR for the month turned negative, down 0.8% YOY.
Enhance Your Guest Experience: Part 3 Hotel Specials and Packages
If a hotel guest did not book a package originally, it’s okay. Most travelers don’t get down to the experiential details of their trip until 7-10 days in advance.
Year of Profit Growth Continues at U.S. Hotels
Any concern over a weakening U.S. economy has not infiltrated U.S. hotels profit. GOPPAR increased 1.4% y-o-y in August, matching RevPAR growth, which also provided a 1.4% gain.
GOPPAR Grows Slightly at UK Hotels in August
Profit per room at UK hotels increased year-over-year for only the second time this year, but hoteliers will take it.
MENA Hotels Profit Losing Streak Continues
August marked the 12th consecutive month of profit decline at hotels in the Middle East & North Africa, as profit per room fell by 7.0% year-over-year to $58.06.
Podcast: Revenue Management Forecasting – The Why, How and What.
In this podcast we talk with Pontus Berner and Veit Meier, from berner+becker, about the topic of Forecasting and why it is an important aspect of your Revenue Management strategy. […]
How to Configure your Hotel Rooms and Room Types
Inventory, the number of rooms available to distribute or sell across channels, is the most important aspect of your hotel business. NB: This is an article from Hotelminder With an […]
Managing RevPAR For Profits
Among the four categories where hotels achieved increases in both occupancy and ADR, the GOP increase was greatest when occupancy contributed to more than 60 percent of the RevPAR growth