How Has Artificial Intelligence Impacted Revenue Management Roles and Systems So Far?
Question for Our Revenue Management Expert Panel: Some roles are shrinking due to Artificial Intelligence. How have revenue management roles and systems been affected to date? (Question by Oleksii Kapichin) Our Revenue Management Expert Panel Niko Krauseneck - Founder, RevenueRebel Tamie Matthews - Sales & Marketing Consultant, RevenYou Nikolas Hall - Owner, N. Hall Consulting Tanya Hadwick - Group Revenue & Yield Leader, SunSwept Resorts Heiko Rieder -
How Guest Experience Drives Hotel Revenue (and How to Maximize It)
From discovering your hotel to booking a room, from checking in to ordering room service — the guest experience isn’t a set of isolated touchpoints. It’s a journey. One that shapes how your brand is perceived and directly impacts your bottom line. Turning Happy Guests into Higher Profits The connection between guest satisfaction and revenue isn’t just intuitive — it’s proven. Hotels that prioritize guest experience consistently see higher ADR, occupancy, and RevPAR. In fact,
Using Financial Data to Take Your Hotel’s Profit Game to the Next Level
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 and just surviving. How Financial Data Can Take Your Hotel's Profits to the Next Level
How do Hotel Review Scores impact Pricing Strategies?
Question for Our Revenue Management Expert Panel: Great hotel reviews have a powerful influence on guests when deciding to book. How does a hotel’s review score impact its pricing strategy? (Question proposed by Massimiliano Terzulli) Our Revenue Management Expert Panel Theresa Prins - Founder, Revenue Resolutions Sandra Gannon - Commercial Consultant, Revenue Puzzle Nikhil Roy - Revenue & Pricing Manager, Key Hospitality B.V. Krunal Shah - Cluster Director
Lodging Industry Guide: All You Need to Know!
The lodging industry is focused on the provision of temporary overnight accommodation for guests. It includes a wide range of businesses, such as hotels, motels, hostels, inns, campsites and guest houses. The lodging industry is important because it provides guests with a place to stay while traveling. It facilitates both business and leisure travel and is one of the largest sectors in hospitality. In this article, you can learn everything you need to know about
Five Ways Lodging Businesses can Prepare for 2023
2022 brought unique challenges for lodging businesses as demand strengthened post-pandemic and ‘revenge travel’ soared. As labor shortages reached all-time highs and hotels struggled to fill roles, management was required to face a significant increase in demand with limited resources. The industry responded to these challenges and ended the year exceeding pre-pandemic RevPar. Hoteliers adopted technology to help fill the labor gaps and learned they could do more with less. Guests became accustomed to using
How do Reputation Scores and Revenue Management Influence each other?
Question for Our Revenue Management Expert Panel: What are the links between hotel reputation scores and revenue management? How do they influence each other? (Question proposed by Pablo Torres)Â Our Revenue Management Expert Panel Pablo Torres - Director Of Sales Marketing, Alannia Resorts Chaya Kowal - Director of Revenue Management, Potato Head Family Dermot Herlihy - Owner, Dynamic Hospitality Consulting Ricardo Sereno - Revenue Manager, Altis Hotels
Guest segmentation: What It Is and How it Helps with Upselling
Understanding what your guests value when travelling is essential to successful upselling. But how can you ensure the right offer reaches the right person at the right time? Getting to know your guests and segmenting them is the key. In this article, you’ll learn how to segment your hotel guests
4 Guest Messaging Trends Every Hotelier Should be Aware of
Traveler expectations are changing rapidly as digital and contactless forms of communication become more popular across the hospitality industry. Today's travelers expect to be able to check into their flights through mobile apps, buy train tickets online, and communicate with their accommodation providers through text. Read on to learn more
How to Use Guest Messaging to Improve the Digital Experience?
Nowadays, guests are demanding smoother, easier, faster experiences. How a user (customer, partner or employee) interacts with an organization via digital technologies, is what we refer to as digital experience. To manage the digital experience of users, companies need to make sure the interaction with customers at every touchpoint is
Guest Experience Trends Shaping 2025 and Beyond
The hospitality industry made a remarkable recovery in 2024, contributing a record-high $11.1 trillion to global GDP. But beyond financial success, what is truly driving this transformation? Guest expectations are evolving, and AI-driven insights, along with online reputation management, are reshaping the industry. Understanding these trends is crucial for hoteliers
Guest Expectations in 2024: 8 Trends You Should Be Aware of
As time passes and technology keeps evolving, we enter into a new era of guest expectations. It's no longer enough to simply meet their needs, and the challenge now lies in exceeding them. In this dynamic landscape, where every guest is an insightful traveler armed with high expectations, how can
Guest Expectations for Pre-Stay Digital Experiences by Hotel Category
Question for Our Hotel Marketing Expert Panel How do guest expectations of the pre-stay digital experience differ between low budget and high-end properties? How do their tech expectations differ during their stay? (Question by Nicole Sideris.)Â Our Marketing Expert Panel Tamie Matthews