pricing

Hotel profit plummeted in the Middle East & North Africa in January, as oversupply and struggling oil prices took a toll, sending GOPPAR to a 13.9-percent year-on-year decrease, according to […]

Profit per room at hotels in mainland Europe fell by 9.1 percent year-over-year in January—the largest margin of decline in this measure since August 2016—as revenues dropped and costs escalated, […]

When it comes to managing a hotel’s revenue, there are many data points to consider: target occupancy, booking windows, group sales projections, market trends, local events, and more. NB: This […]

Not even a government shutdown could throw the U.S. hotel industry off-kilter. Hotels picked up essentially where they left off in 2018, demonstrating a sustained uptrend in profit growth. U.S. […]

Despite a 3.4-percent year-over-year increase in RevPAR in January, profit per room at UK hotels dropped by 2.6 percent due to rising costs, according to data tracking full-service hotels from […]

The danger is if hotels become complacent and settle for the small gains. If ADR continues to grow at the rate of inflation while demand growth is good, what happens once demand declines?

My work has taken me to a lot of resorts this past year. Part of it may have been my eagerness to escape the harsh winter we’ve had in Minnesota, […]

Hoteliers and property managers are often looking for new ways to maximize revenue, but achieving peak earnings requires the right hotel pricing strategy to be implemented at the right time. […]

The low season can make or break a property, particularly if budgets are already tight. If your hotel is already operating on threadbare profit margins, any significant dip in bookings […]

When you are preparing your budgets, an incredibly valuable tool is what I refer to as the “citywide supply and demand analysis.” I didn’t come up with this, however, I […]