revenue

Arm Your Sales Team with Dynamic Pricing Strategies

An argument could be made that the hotel industry was late to the revenue management game. While airlines were early to develop dynamic pricing strategies, it wasn’t until much later […]

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Take control: drive revenue strategy beyond pricing

Developing a pricing strategy is critical to most businesses, but how does that strategy need to differ with perishable inventory vs non-perishable? When an office supply store prices a product  […]

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What Every Hotel Should Be Doing Before 2016 Ends

This is an article from Tambourine With Labor Day behind us, the dust has settled from your summer season and you’re just now beginning to think of the rest of […]

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Revenue Managements Cinderella Story

The evolution of the revenue management industry has been one of 2016’s top trending topics. As the industry propels forward with better insights and more informed strategic opportunities, there’s also […]

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Lufthansa multichannel project taps into mobile demands

Mobile applications are becoming a valuable source of ancillary revenue for both airports and airlines. Lufthansa announced earlier this year that it is working with Fraport to offer retail services through a mobile app. […]

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Hotel Revenue Analytics Transformation in 5 Hard Steps

Advanced Revenue Management is all about following the people (guests) instead of the product (rooms). It therefore involves the application of mathematical techniques to PMS and POS data in order […]

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Group Rate Pricing is Going for Gold

Remember the days when you would gather around a table and sales managers would bring their group inquiries to hash out which business to accept and at what rate? Sales […]

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Demand growth lags for luxury hotels in Q2

The largest U.S. hotel companies’ luxury brands are lagging behind their lower-end siblings this year when it comes to room-demand growth, lending credence to the theory that the U.S. lodging […]

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50 Questions for the Hotel Revenue Manager of 2027

Since 2004, the Hotel Revenue Management function has exploded into a mainstream profession. In just over a decade, however, the “honeymoon” phase with Hotel Revenue Management has ended. As channel management […]

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Hotel-Specific Use of Predictive Analytics is Most Targeted Effort

First, let’s clarify what predictive analytics is. When people think of predictive analytics they often think of historical forecasting – ERP systems. Demand forecasting has been around for many years […]

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