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Ancillary merchandising revenue: time to get calculated!

Technology that statistically calculates tailored ancillary products for hotels can improve the experience while driving revenues, but could this apply to airlines too? Using big data analytics to sell more […]

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How hotels can avoid a loyalty death spiral

Not too long ago, one could have wondered whether loyalty programs would eventually face an industry death spiral. The rapid evolution of the internet, advancements in technology and a growing […]

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6 Ways Hotels Can Conquer Mobile Cart Abandonment

Almost two out of five mobile shoppers have abandoned a travel booking on a mobile device due to poor user experience. This figure comes as part of a study by US-based Jumio, which estimates that […]

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Benefits of Understanding and Being Price Competitive

It may sound like common sense that when searching for the perfect hotel, price matters, but the rate displayed by a hotel advertiser can have a larger impact than simply […]

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DiBPAR – Direct Booking Revenue per Available Room

We’ve seen plenty of hotels tracking their efforts to bring bookings back to direct. But just tracking, for example, the percentage split between direct and OTA guests fails to tell […]

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Why Cancelling & Re-Booking is Killing Your Revenue

Why do guests cancel and re-book hotel reservations? Well, that’s easy: Because they can, and because it makes economic sense—people don’t want to spend more money than they have to.  […]

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Hotel 101: Understanding RevPAR

Part three of our series exploring the basics of hotel operations brings us to the topic of RevPar. To fully maximize hotel performance, we use several specific terms including RevPAR, […]

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Adding non-traditional revenue streams for your hotel

New fees for guest bookings can help generate revenue for the hotel while offering assurances and options to guests who have special requests. Surely hotel revenue managers are doing everything […]

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Hotel 101: Understanding ADR

Part two of our three part series about the critical metrics we use in the hospitality industry explores ADR. We are going back to the basics to define terms used […]

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Devil in Data Detail: Are your Distribution Agreements working?

There’s arguably no other four-lettered word that has made quicker-and more impactful-moves in the hospitality industry than “data” has. With the ascension of the Internet igniting a brisk evolution of […]

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