Revenue Management Adapting to Predictive Pricing Tools
-As more guests start to use predictive pricing tools when booking their travel plans, hoteliers are figuring out ways to benefit from this. By Bryan Wroten bwroten@hotelnewsnow.com @HNN_Bryan REPORT FROM THE U.S.—It’s a constant back-and-forth: Hoteliers will always try to get the highest rate possible, and in return, guests will always try to…
9 Critical Traits for a Great Revenue Manager
-Once a “nice-to-have,” the role of revenue management for any property is now mandatory. It is at the epicenter of hospitality operations: Practitioners directly impact top-line performance – and the great ones strongly influence profit. Sure, foundational skills related to the profession of revenue management are important – but those skills can be…
Why is rate parity so hard for independent properties?
-Trevor Stuart-Hill, ISHC President, Revenue Matters July 31, 2018 I have often been frustrated seeing parity notices coming in from OTA’s and other online distributors. In our practice, we support all sorts of properties and I began to notice a common theme; it is the independent properties that seem to be struggling to…
What’s the ideal mix of OTA business for your property?
-Experts explain an EBITDA impact model that looks at changes in OTA and non-OTA production. The groundswell of support for “book direct” initiatives is squarely aimed at reducing reliance on online-travel-agency production. Blindly following a course of action to simply reduce OTA transaction mix by an arbitrary percentage may not yield the best…
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…
