No one ever said that running a hotel would be easy. With so many moving parts; attending to ever-evolving guest needs, creating a share-worthy property aesthetic, piecing together an all-star…
We’re seeing a dramatic shift in the hotel distribution landscape right now. For the last decade, there’s been a boom in the number of new hospitality technology providers entering the…
As the number of compression nights continues to decrease overall in the U.S., will pricing power be a concern in 2019? Compression nights have long served as opportunities for hoteliers…
The occupancy rate is a widely tracked metric for any hotel. One of the first steps in measuring the performance of your hotel is looking at its occupancy rate. First,…
From check-in to check-out and beyond, every action and interaction in a hotel generates data. But don’t let that daunt you. With the right systems in place, the right data…
For many people around the world, love will soon be in the air. Not only will they shower loved ones with affection on Valentine’s Day, they’ll spend big too –…
Given that tourism is a global industry consuming a diversity of goods and services, the prediction of future trends needs to take account of the wider economic context, according to…
Most major manufacturing industries are cyclical, taking top trends from past decades and updating them to sell to a brand-new generation of consumers; the retail, interior design and music industries…
Ever since online travel agencies took off, direct conversion rates in hospitality have been so poor that many hoteliers had simply given up on maintaining and upgrading their websites, instead…
Running an accommodation business of any size is no easy feat, but small property owners in particular have unique challenges as they juggle everything from pricing to housekeeping on a…