For years, revenue management was the commercial heartbeat of hotels: optimizing room rates, forecasting demand, and filling beds efficiently. But the landscape has shifted. Relying solely on RevPAR is like saying you watched a movie after watching the trailer; you may know what it is about, but you miss the full plot. To thrive in a world of rising costs
Question for Our Revenue Management Expert Panel: Are hotels ready to effectively implement dynamic pricing for ancillary services? Are guests ready to accept fluctuating prices for ancillary services? (Question proposed by Pablo Torres) Our Revenue Management Expert Panel Pablo Torres - Hotel Consultant Tamie Matthews - Revenue, Sales & Marketing Consultant, RevenYou
Question for Our Hotel Marketing Expert Panel Given the range of marketing channels available, from paid search to trade shows, how do you advise strategically allocating budget to maximise impact and ROI? What guides the decision-making process? Our Marketing Expert Panel Max Starkov - Adjunct Professor Hospitality Technology, New York University Moriya Rockman
Hotels often rely on blanket discount codes to spark bookings, but these offers rarely resonate with high-value guests. Instead, they attract low-spending visitors who deliver minimal long-term revenue. Today’s travelers expect more: personalization, recognition, and incentives that reflect their loyalty. Guests who feel noticed are far more likely to return, spend more, and recommend your brand. In this article, you’ll
The future of hotel competitiveness is being redefined by connectivity. No longer just background infrastructure, seamless integrations are now a critical driver of growth and profitability. Hotels that embrace connectivity gain visibility, control, and efficiency. Those who ignore it risk falling behind with costly errors and missed opportunities. In this article, you’ll learn how internal and external connectivity increase visibility,
Pre-arrival communication shapes the guest experience long before check-in, but are you measuring its real impact? Too often, hoteliers stop at vanity metrics like open rates and clicks. Those numbers may look good on paper, but they reveal little about guest satisfaction, loyalty, or revenue. The real opportunity lies in tracking the KPIs that show whether your messages are building
Is boosting ancillary revenue just one more thing on your already packed to-do list? It doesn’t have to be. If you’re already offering extras or promoting additional services, you're on the right track. And if you’ve started using automation tools to streamline upselling and improve guest spend, even better. Still, one key opportunity often goes overlooked: factoring ancillary revenue into
Hotels love a good win. Marketing celebrates record clicks, sales land big contracts, and revenue holds rates during slow seasons. Yet these surface victories don't always equal profit. They can hide weak margins and rising costs. True growth demands a shift in mindset. Instead of chasing numbers that look impressive but fail to strengthen the bottom line, hotels need a
’Tis the season: pumpkin spice lattes, cozy sofa-tea time, and the world turning shades of orange and red. Fall is upon us, and soon the pumpkins and Halloween decorations will be everywhere. And in hospitality? It means the budgeting and forecasting season. Only now you have less time than usual because September and October are no longer quiet months. They’re
In hospitality, revenue is only half the story: profitability is what truly matters. And to maximize profitability, finance analytics is the game-changer. Understanding the flow of revenue, cost structures, and operational efficiencies allows hoteliers to make smarter, data-driven decisions. With fixed costs dominating the industry, tracking the right financial metrics (like flow-through and GOPPAR) can mean the difference between thriving
With marketing messages bombarding consumers across every channel, relevance is everything. People are increasingly immune to generic outreach. Research shows 81% of customers prefer to engage with companies that offer a personalized experience, both in-person and across digital channels. For hotels, segmentation is the key to delivering this level of personalization. By dividing a big audience into smaller, meaningful groups
Maximizing revenue is a top priority for hotel operators, and achieving this goal often requires the right pricing strategy at the right time. Making room rate adjustments based on demand, customer segmentation, and other factors can be the key to overall business success. In this article, we offer insight into 14 pricing strategies that hotels can adopt in their revenue
A hotel folio is a detailed financial document, breaking down the charges a guest has incurred during a stay. These itemized documents are now typically created and stored digitally, allowing for real-time changes. Hotel folios play an important role in providing transparency to guests and delivering accurate billing. Accuracy and transparency are key to a positive guest experience and the
Revenue management underpins six different main types of hotel room pricing. Called dynamic pricing or “price tags,” this article illustrates these various pricing approaches. As you adopt revenue management for your hotel, you’ll want to understand these concepts to interpret the phases of your property’s pricing path to maximize revenues or minimize damages. Quick menu: Hotel Dynamic Pricing Guide; Overview
Most hotels still aren't using WhatsApp for guest communication, let alone marketing. But is that a missed opportunity? Our latest report, The State of Data-driven Marketing in Hospitality, shows that only 12% of hotels include WhatsApp in their marketing strategy. Meanwhile, 63% either don't use it at all or rely on it for operational updates. This represents a massive opportunity
Boutique hotels are built on vision, creativity, and a deep connection to their guests. From the artwork to the playlists, every detail tells a story. These properties thrive on individuality, like unique rooms, curated experiences, and independent operations, even in how they approach pricing. Even the most thoughtfully run property needs smart tools to stay competitive. In this article, you’ll
For hoteliers looking to Find customers, convert them to Book, and Grow revenue amid stiff competition, smarter data insights are necessary. But if more isn't done to bring system data together in a cohesive, intelligent and integrated way, commercial teams will flounder, unable to deliver hard fast ROI cannot. The Balancing Act of Modern Hospitality Hotels operate in one of
Airbnb listing options are one of the most significant drivers of the travel industry. The average traveler has become agnostic to the particulars of a platform. When people travel, they want options ranging from boutiques to hotels, home rentals, or even serviced apartments. Airbnb is part of what makes that possible, and hoteliers leveraging those options are gaining a significant