News in revenue-management:
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.
“We are Asia’s ancillary revenue leader”: Tiger Airways
Published: 01 Mar 2010 (0 comments)
Tiger Airways Holdings Limited has posted strong growth in profitability for the quarter ended 31 December 2009.
AirAsia posts Q4 net profit of $22.5m
Published: 01 Mar 2010 (0 comments)
AirAsia has posted a net profit of $22.5 million in the fourth quarter. Profit for the quarter through December marked a turnaround from $59.3 million net loss in the same three months of last year.
Going with GOPPAR? Not so fast, RevPAR is still the best metric for RM
Published: 24 Feb 2010 (0 comments)
By Jean Francois Mourier, CEO & Founder of RevPAR Guru. There has been a ripple of interest lately in a new metric for the hotel industry, GOPPAR.
How concerned are hotels about margin and distribution cost?
Published: 19 Feb 2010 (0 comments)
priceline.com’s president and CEO Jeffery H. Boyd spoke about several pricing and distribution-related issues during the company’s fourth quarter earnings call.
Wyndham posts $73m profit in Q4
Published: 15 Feb 2010 (0 comments)
Wyndham Worldwide is launching a series of strategic initiatives with the goal of strengthening its brands and delivering its reservation experience that maximises value for both franchisees and consumers.
JetBlue expects its ancillary revenues to increase 10% YoY
Published: 02 Feb 2010 (0 comments)
JetBlue Airways’ total ancillary revenue for the fourth quarter was about $20 per passenger. During 2009, airline’s ancillary revenues grew $60 million or 17 percent as compared to 2008.
Intra-Asia market eclipses North America as world’s largest: IATA
Published: 02 Feb 2010 (0 comments)
Intra-Asia-Pacific travel eclipsed the number of travellers in North America as the world’s largest aviation market in 2009, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
“Non-transparent pricing benefits no one”
Published: 29 Jan 2010 (1 comments)
Revpar Guru responds to a recent Cornell University study on rate transparency and guest perception
Airlines expected to generate US$58 billion in ancillaries this year
Published: 25 Jan 2010 (0 comments)
Airlines worldwide are expected to generate US$58 billion in ancillaries this year. This figure represents just 12 percent of total airline revenues, suggesting “we are just at the start of the movement to monetise services and products passengers used to receive as part of the ticket price”, says the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA).
