Chains and independent hotels have at least one thing in common: to sell hotel rooms you must be visible within online booking channels. To achieve this visibility, hotels have to meticulously curate their own direct booking channel, as well as participate in the same third party channels as their competitors. As new booking channels emerge,...Continue Reading

Vacation rentals have the hospitality industry in an uproar lately and for good reason. Recent reports indicate that vacation rentals, like Airbnb, are taking their toll on the average daily rates of hotels in larger metropolitan areas. According to STR data, NYC hotel rates dropped by 1.7{97f5de9008dbce478b9914384118bb17bc275beb18053f10d4c63e347dc71139} in 2015, the first drop recorded since 2009....Continue Reading

The current state of revenue management systems is stationary. Maybe even a bit stale. Offering up the same data sets and relying on the very manual process of traditional revenue management to fill in the data gaps. The problem with this process is that every property is unique and buying behaviors are driven by factors...Continue Reading