{"id":23091,"date":"2009-10-06T10:24:03","date_gmt":"2009-10-06T10:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/uncategorized\/physical-versus-non-physical-rate-fences"},"modified":"2025-11-27T15:07:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T15:07:36","slug":"physical-rate-fences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/revenue-management\/revenue-management-book\/physical-rate-fences","title":{"rendered":"Physical versus non Physical Rate Fences"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">So how can we differentiate and optimize the product we offer? One more challenge in <a href=\"\/\">revenue management<\/a>. By using physical and non-physical rate fences for your hotel rooms&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Do your superior room types really match the needs of the consumers? Can the consumers really value the reasons that they would pay 35 euro extra to stay in your superior room? Do your clients really bother about the nice carpet? <\/span><\/p>\n<p>If guests can clearly see the difference between room features, you have to differentiate them in your inventory.<\/p>\n<p>If you have products with different benefits and characteristics, you have to identify them and sell them in a different way. It will help you create \u201cphysical rate fences\u201d: justify higher or lower rates at different moments with competitive differentiation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-auto\" style=\"margin: 5px; border: 1px solid #757575; vertical-align: middle;\" title=\"physical rate fences - Xotels\" src=\"\/wp-content\/images\/stories\/blog\/hotel_pricing_strategy_7-a.png\" alt=\"hotel pricing strategy 7-a\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><strong>Optimize your Products!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Products are a combination of price and value. Developing different products enable to target different type of clients with different needs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Sell more than one room type<\/li>\n<li>Create value differences between them<\/li>\n<li>Feed the pricing matrix for all the room types<\/li>\n<li>Ensure clear differentiation through your room type descriptions in your distribution systems and brochures<\/li>\n<li>Contract all room type with corporate and tour operators accounts to yield on all type of clients during constrained periods.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-auto\" style=\"vertical-align: middle; margin: 5px; border: 1px solid #757575;\" title=\"Physical Rate Fences - Xotels\" src=\"\/wp-content\/images\/stories\/blog\/non-physical_rate_fences.png\" alt=\"non-physical_rate_fences\" width=\"600\" height=\"285\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-auto\" style=\"vertical-align: middle; 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