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Nov
Revenue Management Outsourcing is the New Trend
Just over a year ago we wrote an article announcing the increase in outsourcing specialist areas in hotels like revenue management. In the aftermath and recovery from the global economic crisis the eyes of real estate investors and hotel owners should have been opened acknowledging the need for structural change. We would like to benchmark our insight from last year against a recently published survey of Cornell University by Sheryl Kimes titled the Future of Revenue Management.22
Nov
Many Revenue Managers Lack Basic Skills
Last week Thursday I moderated an expert panel at the BTO conference in Florence, #bto2010, discussing the state of revenue management within the hotel industry. Confirming Xotels’ 4 years of revenue management training and consulting we have come to a rather sad conclusion though; many revenue managers still lack basic skills..17
Nov
10 Reasons to lower your hotel internet marketing budget
I actually would like to rephrase this. I recommend to stop all online marketing spend. Just kick it out of your budget. Save some cost for a change. I simply would like to take back what I wrote in previous blog posts, and what I said during any of our seminars and workshops about hotel internet marketing and social media marketing. I now run a 100 room hotel and I have got it all figured out .05
Nov
Best Hotel Website Design
Following our latest blog release on our hotel seo success story, we would like to share with you some of our best hotel website design.
02
Nov
Rate Parity as a Revenue Management Tool
The objective of rate parity in hotels is to encourage consumers to book direct. They should not find any advantage of booking via a third party website over making a reservation on your own hotel website. Learn in this weeks article how to get organized and use rate parity as a hotel revenue management tool.
