revenue

Ancillary revenue, or should that be merchandising?

The latest airline ancillary revenue tome is out and yes, you guessed it, airlines continue to see significant gains with some reaping more than a third of total revenue from […]

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OTAs achieve double profits of Hotel websites

In the first four months of 2015, in the persistent rivalries between online travel agents (OTAs) and hotels, OTAs has achieved a lot. As of now, the channel for distribution […]

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Reducing friction is key to any modern pricing strategy

Nobody wants to stand in the way of the booking, but what revenue managers should really be striving for is engagement. Reducing ‘friction’ in the travel planning process seems to […]

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Hotel prices soar ahead of Rugby World Cup

Hotel room prices in host cities for the Rugby World Cup have increased on every match night in every city, at an average of £261 for a hotel stay, according […]

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US performance records past and present

With the favorable supply and demand dynamics in the hotel industry, US performance records are being broken month after month, according to data from STR. It’s almost like the steroid […]

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Rooms revenue greatest source for Caribbean properties

Caribbean hotels are enjoying their continued run of double-digit net operating income (NOI) growth according to the newly released 2015 edition of Trends® in the Caribbean Hotel Industry by PKF […]

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Addis Ababa has highest hotel rates

A survey of prices of international grade hotels in selected major African cities, produced by hospitality research firm STR Global ahead of the Africa Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF), has revealed that […]

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Big Data, Big Analytics and Big Revenue

There has never been a more complex time to practise revenue management in Asia: Changing guest behaviours, the evolving and increasingly intricate nature of distribution channels and an abundance of […]

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UAE hotels see strengthening RevPAR in July

Abu Dhabi Hotels reported a 27.2% growth in revenue per available room (RevPAR) to US$73.01 in July, driven by a 10.5 percentage point rise in occupancy levels to 60.8%. The […]

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Barcelona and Paris hotels achieved increases in GOPPAR

According to Hotstats July 2015 European Hotels Market Review both Barcelona and Paris hotels achieved noteworthy yearon-year increases in gross operating profit per available room (GOPPAR) in July by 24.9% […]

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