Monthly Archives: February 2012

2011 Top 10 Blog Posts about Revenue Management in Hotels

In 2011 Xotels took their hotel revenue management blog to the next level. They launched a new design and layout, with integrated FaceBook comments and social bookmarking buttons (FB Like, Google +, Tweet & LinkedIn Share). It created a whole … Continue reading

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Increase your hotel reservation rate by improving your sales effectiveness

Xotels – Do you know what the conversion rate is of your hotel’s reservations department? Everybody seems to put a lot of focus on their website conversion statistics, but the question is how many calls are actually converted into bookings? … Continue reading

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Xotels reports 20 % growth in REVPAR, hotels are satisfied

Xotels, specialized in revenue management in hotels, reports a 20% REVPAR growth after a very strong 4th Quarter. It manages a portfolio of independent hotels with its team of revenue management and distribution experts. With its proven yield and distribution … Continue reading

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Hotel Website Success Stories

Success stories from fellow hoteliers that have strategically invested in their hotel websites and hotel internet marketing. Within months they have been able to generate a return on investment. And even during these tough economic times their direct sales has … Continue reading

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Spa revenue management techniques: dynamic pricing, dynamic availability & menu engineering

In order to generate more spa profit, a more strategic approach will need to be implemented, comparable to the way revenue management is applied to hotel rooms. Key performance indicators have to be defined to help understand the patterns of … Continue reading

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New sales and marketing strategies for hotels

Control has traditionally been the focus of asset management. Hotels have been reducing the operational or flexible costs on the balance sheet in order to determine the profitability of a hotel. Over the last few years the focus has shifted!

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Increasing the hotel industry revenue with new distribution strategies

This year the hotel industry will be all about distribution. There are some major developments that demand the attention of hoteliers in order to stay in control of the market mix and distribution costs. Here are some of the hot … Continue reading

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