This weeks round up of industry news making the headlines includes exciting news from Expedia….and could we be looking at a possible new metric that recognises the value of the direct booker??
Expedia’s revenue management tool launches in UK
Following its launch in the US last autumn, Expedia bring its much anticipated Revenue Management system, Rev+, to the UK.
How Personalized Is Your Hotel’s Digital Marketing Strategy?
Having attended a marketing conference this week, the personalisation discussion is far from old news. And hotels have a long way to go, if they are to compete with our counterparts in the online retail space.
Segmentation is crucial to an effective revenue management strategy – make sure you are getting it right
Well informed, data driven decisions drive a successful revenue strategy – and effective segmentation is at the heart of this. Here are some winning insights into how your segmentation can be improved
Read more about the importance of segmentation
GOPPAR. TRevPAR. DiBPAR………DiBPAR?!
Kalibri Labs research has shown that bookings via a hotel’s website are more profitable by 9% than those on OTAs – should we therefore be looking at a new metric to measure the revenue per available room generated through direct bookings ? DiBPAR ?
The vital hotel performance metric that nobody’s talking about
What should hotels be doing to stop losing out to the sharing economy ?
With Phocuswright projecting private accommodation bookings will grow from 12% to 16% of total bookings by next year, there is still much hotels can do to mitigate losing market share.
How hotels can compete in the new sharing economy
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