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Capturing hotel guest data and information including email addresses and other contact details has become a fundamental part of any successful hotel management strategy. Central to a winning strategy is an intelligent, modern email marketing approach. Even with the rise of social media and other digital communication channels, email remains the channel of reference for hotels to build a well-rounded distribution strategy, drive direct sales, issue special offers, and promote online reputation management.
For many people, starting their own boutique hotel or luxury bed and breakfast is like a dream. Most are drawn by the charm of hospitality and see it as a chance to start a new beginning. But opening a hotel business , just like any new company, is more difficult than it might seem at first sight.
Particularly if you have never worked in the international hotel industry, you will be faced with many things you might have not considered or imagined before. The hotel business is highly competitive and achieving good financial results is not as easy as it seems.
In my experience at XOTELS – Hotel Revenue Management Consulting in dealing with entrepreneurs and investors, I have found that there is no shortage of creative ideas for innovative hotel concepts. The challenge, however, lies more in the strategic and organizational areas of the business.
The unofficial definition of Revenue Management used by insiders is ‘the art of turning away business’. This certainly does not apply during the current Covid-19 (coronavirus) global healthcare crisis, and the economic downturn the hotel industry is facing in its aftermath. All the standard strategies and playbooks are out of the window right now. So what to do?
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According to your yield opportunities, you may decide of a more or a less developed forecasting tool. You may also consider Computerized - Revenue Management System. Here some examples of hotel forecasting tools in exel.
- What elements and influences should you consider when making your hotel forecast? What could affect the pick-up and booking trends of your hotel? Important question to be answered in order to have a solid revenue management strategy.
- You should aim at 5% maximum (+/-) variance for the next month, variance between your forecast and the actual results. Take the time to analyze the variances to understand, learn and improve your hotel forecast and revenue management decisions.
- How far in advance can you identify future fully booked days? Booking patterns are key in revenue management. Stay controls can help you build the shoulder days. Â This is where your revenue potential is.
- How can you control the impact of high demand days on should dates? What kind of stay restrictions should be implemented? How san I use my systems to gather data to help me make better revenue management decisions? What revenue management action steps to take so you answer these questions easily...
- The pickup report will help you to follow the booking pace of your hotel. We will give example of a monthly pick-up and daily pick-up report to demonstrate on what basis you can monitor and quantify your pick-up trends key for revenue management decisions.


