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Benchmarking Should be More Than Just Data Comparison

Many benchmarking, especially from third-party companies, show only comparison with comp set aggregate data. This, in addition to ensuring greater confidentiality, also allows a certain reliability

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RFP Season is Over; What Now? A Business Travel Sales Manager’s Day

The end of RFP season does not mean it’s time to slow down for Business Travel Sales Managers, but instead it’s time to manage and maintain the accounts we’ve worked so hard to obtain

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What Keeps a Revenue Manager Up at Night?

Dynamic revenue management strategies are the key to success, especially in competitive, fast-paced markets. That’s why it’s becoming more important for a revenue manager to…

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Matter of Transparency: Resort Fees Are a Growing Source of Revenue

Hotels that charged a resort fee in 2018, the associated revenue averaged 3.3 percent of total revenue. This ratio was higher at resort hotels (3.6 percent) compared to non-resort (2.8 percent).

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An Eggcellent Strategy to Increase Family Bookings this Easter

You can learn a great deal from previous years’ bookings. When did people previously book for Easter? Longer lead-in from the US market vs. domestic? What was your rough occupancy?

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Negotiation-Based Pricing: The Future of Direct Bookings for Hotels

Although an ideal strategy lies in the search to earn premium revenues, combining negotiation-based pricing and attribute-based selling could counter the trend of discounted sales from indirect channels

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Overbooking: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly

Overbooking in hotels can be both good and bad, and it most certainly does get ugly, particularly with those on the receiving end of a nudge into another property or location

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Operating Revenue, Expenses and Human Capital in Uncertain Times

Chances are that most properties impacted by Coronavirus will have already put measures in place to curb costs. Here are some other Revenue Strategies to consider

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Golf Course Operation: Approach Revenue in a Smarter Way

When looking at golf revenue, remember to stack it up against what the hotel is spending. Go beyond popular golf metrics like average rate per round (ARPR) or revenue per available round

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Parity Rates: How can Hotels Strengthen their Position?

Obviously OTAs also offer a big marketing opportunity for hotels, but they still want to push for direct bookings and escape restrictions on parity rates

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