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The previous two articles on Spa Revenue Management should have convinced you, that in order to generate more profit with this business unit, a more strategic approach will need to be implemented, comparable to the way revenue management is applied to hotel rooms. Key performance indicators have to be defined to help understand the patterns of demand and customer behavior. Now we will take a closer look at different pricing techniques.

I kid you not, there are still people convinced that revenue management is not applicable to resort hotels and belongs in city markets only. Last week I was blown away when a ‘senior contract manager’ of an important UK based OTA claimed rate yielding is not for resort hotels.

Last month we discussed the apparent need for hotels to implement a Revenue Management strategy for their spa in order to maximize the profitability of their business. So let’s now take a closer look, and define the Key Performance Indicators that need to be measured.