2017 was an amazing year for our hotel industry blog, our Revenue Management community is growing more than ever. And this is the best Xmas gift that we could have, to look back at the entire year and see that the daily effort of each team member was worthy.
Those working on revenue management, those in hotel marketing, and the ones in hotel management, we all are celebrating the success of having a happy audience.
The huge number of shares and likes, the awesome reviews from our customers, the nice feedback on the demos of our revenue management dashboard encourage us more than ever to keep working hard and smart!
Before the year ends, let’s enjoy together the list of our best and most read revenue management, hotel management and hotel marketing articles and blog publications of 2017.
Top 10 Most Popular Articles of 2017:
1. Revenue Management Trends for Hotels in 2018 | Yield tips by Xotels. Hotel revenue management trends move fast. Let’s take a look at the top 5 trends and changes that are driving it…
2. Best Hotel Marketing Video of 2017. Going through industry news articles this last week I came across a hotel marketing video that blew me away…
3. The 5 Top Characteristics of Independent & Boutique Hotels. Independent and boutique hotels have a number of advantages over their chain competitors, of which owners can take advantage to achieve greater…
4. Hotel Revenue Management Tips | Top 10 Strategies & Ideas. Independent and boutique hotels have the opportunity to capitalise on traveller appetite for unique experiences. Big hotel…
5. Revenue Management Strategies – Secrets Uncovered by Xotels. Revenue management is more than just pricing, some commercial skills are fundamental to your success. Rooms are amazing tools to build up a coherent product positioning strategy …
6. How to Respond to Negative Hotel Reviews | Online Reputation Management. As a hotel’s guest review score has a significant impact on the RevPAR performance of a hotel, we place great emphasis on online reputation management..
7. Changing Role and Future of Hotel Revenue Management. Revenue management in the hospitality industry is still relatively young. While it began in the 1990s, it has really bloomed and grown exponentially in the last…
8. Revenue Management Career Success Stories. Working at Xotels We are proud of the career opportunities that we offer to our hotel revenue managers working at Xotels…
9. Hotel Feasibility Study – Financial & Market Analysis. In over ten years of helping hotels to open and remodel successfully, we have seen time and again at Xotels how indispensable a feasibility study is…
10. Revenue Management for Camping Sites & Holiday Parks by Xotels. Over the last year, we have expanded into a new and very exciting segment of the tourism industry. We have taken on the revenue management for a camping site…
And now, some of the Most Read of our All Time Posts:
1. Hotel Business Plan. OK, so you have decided to realize your dream and open your own hotel. You have thought out an amazing concept…
2. Starting your Own Hotel. For many people starting their own boutique hotel or bed and breakfast is like a dream. Most are drawn by the charm of hospitality…
3. Hotel Revenue Management Glossary. Need to know what a hotel term means? Look it up in the Xotels Glossary. We explain definitions of terminology industry…
4. Innovative Hotel Concepts. Whether you want to open your own boutique hotel, a small bed and breakfast, or an innovative budget hotel concept…
5. Definition of Revenue Management. We will go over the definition of what is revenue management in the hotel and hospitality industry….
6. Hotel Market Segmentation. One of the components needed to apply hotel revenue management is market segmentation. It allows you to target and market…
7. Hotel KPI’s. How can you measure the results of your revenue management strategy? Which KPI’s or Key Performance Indicators should you use?…
8. How to Market a Hotel Where to start when implementing a hotel marketing strategy? How to promote a hotel with the internet…
9. Competitor Analysis. Is your product and service level better or inferior compared to your competitor hotels? To develop a well-balance revenue management strategy…
10. Hotel Forecasting. 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…
We have many more articles planned for 2018 and about much more than revenue management! Let us keep you updated with the most useful and sparkling content, trends and all you need to know about hotel management.
On behalf of the entire Xotels team we wish you HAPPY HOLIDAYS and all the best for 2018!
