News in hotels:

“The price wars in some markets have really hurt profitability”

Published: 16 Mar 2010 (0 comments)

IN-DEPTH: Interview with Marriott International’s Greg Albertini. The nature of the lodging business is that there are always peaks and troughs of demand related to the supply available in any given market.

Hoteliers are considering exciting new Internet marketing formats in 2010: study

Published: 16 Mar 2010 (0 comments)

By Max Starkov, Mariana Mechoso Safer and Evan Rosenblum. With 2009 over and hoteliers feeling more optimistic, HeBS sees two very different approaches to hotel Internet marketing in 2010: on one side, some hoteliers are still extremely cautious when spending marketing dollars; on the other, hoteliers are hitting the ground running with more expansive online marketing budgets and an enthusiasm to participate in new initiatives.

Should revenue management be outsourced, or kept internal?

Published: 16 Mar 2010 (0 comments)

By Jean Francois Mourier, CEO of RevPAR Guru. There has been some very interesting discussion lately about the value of outsourcing revenue management operations.

Who will you meet at EyeforTravel’s Travel Distribution Summit Asia in Singapore?

Published: 12 Mar 2010 (0 comments)

As the green shoots of recovery begin to appear across the Asian travel industry, the need for fresh thinking and innovative strategies for growth and recovery has never been greater.

Competing in a price war without suffering long-term damage

Published: 12 Mar 2010 (0 comments)

IN DEPTH: Preferred Hotel Group’s Brij Bhushan Chachra on critical issues in revenue management

Accorhotels.com to offer up to 50pc off in 2,000 hotels in Europe

Published: 12 Mar 2010 (0 comments)

Accorhotels.com has launched its `Crazy Prices’ promotion, offering up to 50 percent off in 2,000 hotels throughout Europe.

Transforming the reach of independent hotels and small-medium chains

Published: 11 Mar 2010 (0 comments)

Amadeus says it has come up with a new distribution and marketing service that will transform the reach of independent hotels and small-medium chains.

“RM should be tasked with profit optimisation, not profit management”

Published: 10 Mar 2010 (0 comments)

IN-DEPTH: Steve Pinchuk on the usage of metrics for yielding and accounting. Revenue management professionals quite often get into the RevPAR vs GOPPAR debate.

Online channel is the only growth channel in hospitality

Published: 08 Mar 2010 (0 comments)

By Max Starkov. The latest eTRAK Full Year 2009 report on hotel bookings by channel yet again confirms that today, the online channel is the only growth channel in hospitality. In the difficult economic environment, when travel supply outweighed travel demand by far, Internet bookings for the top 30 hotel brands increased by a remarkable 6.6% in 2009 vs. 2008 (eTRAK).

IDeaS appoints Fabian Specht as MD for EAME

Published: 05 Mar 2010 (0 comments)

IDeaS Revenue Optimization has appointed Fabian Specht as regional managing director, EAME.

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