Should We be Concerned About ADR?
-Projections for 2017 and beyond by STR, CBRE and PKF all call for anemic occupancy growth at best, notwithstanding record occupancy levels for the U.S. hospitality industry. With Revenue Per Available Room (RevPAR) growth projections at inflationary levels (2.5 – 3.5 percent, or so), it is clear that expectations call for Average Daily…
Evolving expectations for revenue managers
-There is no one right way to be a revenue management practitioner, and the trick is to find what approach fits best. Attracting and retaining top revenue management talent can be a challenge these days. Owners and general managers often ask me what appears on the surface to be a very straightforward question:…
Emerging Pricing Trends in Hospitality
-Pricing for any type of product or service, let alone lodging, is nothing new. Any “Marketing 101” textbook will tell you that Price along with Product, Place and Promotion make up the “4-P’s of the marketing mix.” Pricing too has been in place far longer than the practice of Revenue Management, which, among…
ADR, not occupancy, drives RevPAR, study finds
-A 10-year study of 4,000 hotels in Europe found price positioning is a better indicator of RevPAR than is occupancy. By Keith Loria HNN contributor GLOBAL REPORT—Price positioning plays a larger role in driving revenue per available room than does occupancy for European hotels, according to a recent study titled “Competitive hotel pricing…
Revenue Management: An Overview on Past, Present and Future
-A Historical Perspective The airlines are credited for developing the foundational science behind revenue management. Almost since the beginning of commercial flight, airlines had attempted to maximize their revenues by focusing on filling as many seats as possible on every flight. This meant predicting how many booked passengers would show up for a…
