Email Marketing Best Practices and Must-Have Tools for Hotels
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Email Marketing Best Practices and Must-Have Tools for Hotels

Email marketing is your hotel’s secret weapon in the quest for more direct bookings—a powerful tool to connect with guests, drive reservations, and build lasting relationships. But how do you cut through the online noise and captivate potential guests? Let’s explore the email marketing best practices and how Useguest’s visitor capture feature can boost your…

DerbySoft Launches Strategic Partnership with IDeaS
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DerbySoft Launches Strategic Partnership with IDeaS

July 3, 2024—DerbySoft, specialists in high-performance distribution services, announced a new partnership with IDeaS, a SAS company, provider of hospitality revenue management software and services, that strategically provides operational and revenue-enhancing benefits for hotels of all types. This partnership integrates IDeaS’ G3 Revenue Management System (RMS) with Property Connector, DerbySoft’s Digital Distribution System, providing connectivity…

GrowthCurve Capital Acquires Hotel RMS, Duetto
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GrowthCurve Capital Acquires Hotel RMS, Duetto

San Francisco, CA – June 27, 2024 – Duetto (“Duetto” or the “Company”), a leading provider of revenue management software for the hospitality industry, today announced that it has been acquired by GrowthCurve Capital (“GrowthCurve”). GrowthCurve is acquiring the business from affiliates of Warburg Pincus and other shareholders. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed….

Major Shift in Hospitality Industry: Emphasis on Direct Booking Channels Post-DMA Regulation
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Major Shift in Hospitality Industry: Emphasis on Direct Booking Channels Post-DMA Regulation

The European Economic Area’s hospitality landscape is experiencing a groundbreaking transformation thanks to the recent changes in regulations brought about by the Digital Markets Act (DMA). In response, Booking.com has announced a major update to its contracts with partners in this region, eliminating parity clauses. This pivotal change means that hotels and other establishments can…

Occupancy vs ADR, the never Ending Discussion in Revenue Management

Occupancy vs ADR, the never Ending Discussion in Revenue Management

Since the early days revenue management has been applied in hotels, there has been an intriguing ongoing discussion. What drives more value to the business, ADR, average daily rate, or occupancy? I have been in hotel revenue management consulting since 2006, and it is a question that keeps coming back. ‘How can I make more…

3 simple ways Travelodge used guest experience to deliver double-digit growth
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3 simple ways Travelodge used guest experience to deliver double-digit growth

In 1985 Travelodge set out to become the UK’s leading value hotel brand. More than 30 years later, it’s the UK’s largest independent hotel brand with 500 hotels and 37,000 guest bedrooms. In its most recent annual trading statement for 2015 the hotel business delivered some exceptional financial results, including: increased year-on-year total revenue by…

Driving Revenue Growth Through Operational Excellence Featured Operational Excellence, Revenue, Revenue Management
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Driving Revenue Growth Through Operational Excellence Featured Operational Excellence, Revenue, Revenue Management

All employees are revenue management ambassadors for their organisations. Everyone contributes to the revenue success of a business in both direct and non-direct ways. Surprisingly, the value of operational excellence on commercial performance is often not talked about enough. Hospitality is a competitive industry and maximising revenue isn’t solely the responsibility of a select few,…

5 Reasons To Use Revenue Management Solution And Why It Is Important For Your Hotel Featured Revenue Management, Revenue Management Solution
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5 Reasons To Use Revenue Management Solution And Why It Is Important For Your Hotel Featured Revenue Management, Revenue Management Solution

Effective revenue management provides hoteliers with a clear roadmap for pricing and optimisation, while acting as a gauge to measure success. Using smart technology and big data, the right revenue management solution helps revenue managers foresee market demand and react to it efficiently, always keeping yield and revenue growth as their goals. What is a…

5 Revenue Management Trends in 2024

5 Revenue Management Trends in 2024

2024 will be a year of challenges and opportunities, as the hospitality industry continues to find its way in a post-pandemic world. Economic challenges unfold, but new opportunities are opening up. China outbound travel is returning, technology is innovating at a rapid rate, and hoteliers have more opportunities to revenue manage beyond room rates. Here…

Revenue Management Trends & Predictions for 2024
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Revenue Management Trends & Predictions for 2024

The annual Duetto Revenue Management Trends & Predictions Survey results are in! After weeks of polling hoteliers from around the world, we can now deep-dive into the results and see what trends and predictions hotel teams are looking at for 2024. This is the third annual survey from Duetto. The 2023 results showed that hoteliers were hopeful of the…