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IHG reports 4.4% growth in RevPAR
InterContinental Hotels Group delivered its strong first half for signings since 2008, the group’s Q2 earnings report revealed. The hotel operator also reported a 10% increase in underlying profit. IHG’s […]
Magnuson Hotel brands see revenue growth of 65%
Magnuson Hotels Worldwide reports today year on year revenue growth of 65% across the Magnuson branded portfolio. The company also reports a very significant 61% increase in occupancy, and an 8% increase […]
Hotels Should Copy Airline Revenue Management Techniques
Although hotels have practiced some of the most fundamental basics of revenue management throughout the ages, such as adjusting rates according to seasonal demand patterns and planned special events, it […]
Demand Generation for hotels
Demand generation has always been important to hotels, why else have sales departments? NB: This is an anaylsis by Max Rayner, a partner at Hudson Crossing. But lately it has […]
US Hotels Celebrate Summer with Sizzling RevPAR
Hotels in major North American markets are continuing to experience strong growth driven by increases in average daily rate (ADR) according to data from the July 2015 TravelClick North American […]
The Role of the Guest in Total Hotel Revenue Management
For the past decade or more, when speaking about the future or a vision, revenue management has been focused on two terms: total hotel revenue management and customer, or guest, […]
Hotels caught out by inflated Rugby World Cup expectations
UK hoteliers’ expectations of a Rugby World Cup booking bonanza appear to have evaporated in a situation reminiscent of the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The rugby tournament organisers and […]
End of French hotels’ price parity
Hotels in France are to be granted “unprecedented control” to dictate prices across all online channels from next month’s holiday peak period, it is being claimed. Price parity, which allows […]
Regional hotel chains report mixed results in May
Regional hotel chains continued to experience mixed year-on-year results across the UK in May, according to the latest HotStats UK Chain Hotels Market Review. According to the report, hotel chains […]
Yielding room types and the power of open pricing
NB: This is an article by Marco Benvenuti Co-Founder of Duetto I still get plenty of questions about exactly what open pricing is and how it works. And more pointedly, […]