eZee Absolute

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Myth #5: Budgeting and demand forecasting aren’t important in revenue management When it comes to hotel revenue management, budgeting and demand forecasting play a crucial role. Demand forecasting, Budgeting, and revenue management are all interlinked. Do not shy away from revenue management.

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Xotels

MARCH 3, 2025

These tools use data-driven insights, automation, and forecasting to ensure youre charging the right price at the right time. Heres why it works: Expert strategies: Revenue specialists continuously optimize pricing, distribution, and demand forecasting. That’s a recipe for overbookings and lost revenue.

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Inn Quest

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

By implementing an inventory tracking system, hotels can minimize underbooking, reduce overbooking risks, set competitive prices and provide a seamless guest experience, ultimately leading to increased revenue and improved operational efficiency. This prevents overbooking and rate disparities, enhancing the guest experience.

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Hotel Speak

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Adam Harris, Co-Founder and CEO of Cloudbeds , said: “The outlook for the travel industry in 2024 looks rather encouraging, with economic forecasts shifting from fears of a global recession to expectations of a soft landing and moderate growth.

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SiteMinder

JUNE 12, 2024

Learn more Yield management vs revenue management The goal of yield management is not merely to increase room rates or occupancy; rather, it’s to maximise your hotel’s revenue by forecasting your room supply and demand across a variety of key factors. Informed Decision-Making : Yield management relies heavily on data analytics.

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Xotels

APRIL 3, 2024

Following best practices and a well-thought-out strategy is the only way to unlock the full potential of revenue for your hotel , with benefits including: Claim your fair market share: with more hotels forecasted to open every year , gaining a fair market share will become more difficul t each year.

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STAAH

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The second of our two-part blog series on revenue management looks beyond challenges towards trends emerging from dwindled demand, patchy recovery and flipping of established revenue management processes to forecast and inform pricing. If you’re lost amidst volatile demand and ineffective conventional forecasting methods, don’t worry.

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Inn Quest

AUGUST 8, 2023

By accurately forecasting demand patterns, hoteliers can allocate the right number of rooms to each price tier. During peak seasons, when rooms are in high demand, higher rates can help control the rate of bookings, preventing overbooking scenarios.

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Hotel Business

APRIL 4, 2023

Not only does Tripleseat push the name of room block details, but it enables operators to better forecast inventory and revenue. Tripleseat and Maestro PMS are streamlining communication to prevent operational disasters like overbooking from ever happening.” There are a lot of moving pieces when it comes to event management.

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SiteMinder

JUNE 26, 2024

Included in this will be key metrics, forecasting models, and trending insights. Improved forecasting: Revenue optimization involves analyzing data on past booking trends, competitor pricing, and market conditions. This allows hotels to forecast future demand and adjust their pricing strategies accordingly.

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Inn Quest

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Integrated platforms help increase the hotel’s visibility, maximize occupancy, and decrease overbookings. An RMS can automate rate optimization, forecast pricing, and engage with potential guests. Hoteliers can also use a channel manager to seamlessly connect with popular OTAs such as booking.com, Expedia, AirB&B, etc.

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Hotelogix

JANUARY 19, 2025

This synchronization minimizes the risk of overbookings and ensures optimal room distribution. A robust PMS provides insights into occupancy trends, revenue metrics, and guest behavior patterns, allowing hoteliers to forecast demand and adjust strategies accordingly.

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Hotel Business

MARCH 29, 2023

Automated Configuration for G3 RMS completes the following modules to ensure confidence in a property’s system settings and outputs: Rooms configuration: Automatically groups room types that have similar pricing and demand into room classes to maximize room performance with optimal pricing decisions, last room value and overbooking controls.

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Horizon Hospitality

JULY 10, 2024

Of course, technology will play a critical role in streamlining every step in the process above, starting with your Revenue Management System (RMS), which employs advanced algorithms to forecast demand and recommend optimal pricing. By ensuring rate parity and availability across channels, you can prevent overbooking and maximize exposure.

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Hotelogix

OCTOBER 24, 2024

It analyses several factors including demand, season, occupancy forecast, and competitor pricing, etc. This would lead to overbooking and double booking. Considering this, you can either have a plan to overbook your property with caution or you can completely avoid overbookings. For example, you sell your rooms on 5 OTAs.

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Hotel Business

MARCH 14, 2024

Furthermore, AI can facilitate predictive analytics to forecast demand patterns accurately, allowing hotels to allocate resources efficiently and optimize inventory management. This proactive approach minimizes the risk of overbooking or underutilization of rooms, ultimately improving revenue management and operational efficiency.

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Catala Consulting

JULY 30, 2023

Improved Forecasting: Resort revenue management allows establishments to make accurate demand predictions. These forecasts are instrumental in strategic planning, enabling resorts to manage their resources effectively and maintain a consistent revenue stream all year round.

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Catala Consulting

MAY 17, 2024

Revenue management is a crucial aspect of the hospitality industry, focusing on maximizing income through strategic pricing, inventory control, and demand forecasting. Reception staff must be trained to manage reservations dynamically, accommodating walk-ins and overbookings in a manner that optimizes room availability and revenue.

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eZee Absolute

OCTOBER 24, 2024

For hotels, this means the ability to forecast demand, optimize pricing, and personalize marketing strategies in ways that were unimaginable just a few years ago. This real-time synchronization reduces the risk of overbookings and discrepancies, ensuring a seamless experience for both hotel and guest.

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Cloudbeds

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Adam Harris, Co-Founder and CEO of Cloudbeds, said : “The outlook for the travel industry in 2024 looks rather encouraging, with economic forecasts shifting from fears of a global recession to expectations of a soft landing and moderate growth.

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Xotels

APRIL 3, 2024

Following best practices and a well-thought-out strategy is the only way to unlock the full potential of revenue for your hotel , with benefits including: Claim your fair market share: with more hotels forecasted to open every year , gaining a fair market share will become more difficul t each year.

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SiteMinder

AUGUST 1, 2024

Here’s a comprehensive guide on how to optimise your listing effectively after logging into the Trip.com extranet: Update room availability: Use a channel manager to sync room availability across all platforms in real-time, preventing overbooking and optimising inventory.

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STAAH

JANUARY 8, 2024

Primary among them is that bookings made from any platform will reflect in real-time and accurately in your Hotel PMS (Property Management Systems), so you avoid overbookings/double-bookings or do not have to worry about any missed bookings plus ensuring rate parity.

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Little Hotelier

MARCH 10, 2024

The software supports various functions, including reservation management, rate setting, and sales forecasting, facilitating a more organised and strategic approach to selling rooms and services. Real time PMS updates on forecasts and recommendations only happen 5 times a day, however, which makes it less suitable for larger hotels.

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Hotelogix

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

A Hotel PMS provides several operational reports, including a history and forecast report, revenue report, reservation report, housekeeping report, night audit report, financial report, guest history report, occupancy reports, etc., For this, they need to leverage the power of an all-in-one Hotel PMS that helps them with KPIs and insights.

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Hotelogix

AUGUST 13, 2024

This approach allows for more precise hotel forecasting and inventory control, reducing the risk of overbooking or underutilization of certain room features. By offering attributes as separate options, hotels can better manage their inventory and allocate resources more efficiently. How to Implement Attribute-Based Selling in Hotels?

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Inn Quest

APRIL 5, 2023

Yield management also allows hotels to forecast demand and plan their inventory accordingly, ensuring enough rooms are available during high-demand periods and minimizing the risk of overbooking. Improved Customer Satisfaction Yield management can also improve customer satisfaction.

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Little Hotelier

JULY 16, 2024

The main priority was to eliminate overbooking. When you actively manage where, how, and at what price you sell your inventory you’ll get valuable insights on your performance and how you can make improvements. The more you can encourage a positive world of mouth, the more your brand reputation will grow. Things are much better.

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Hotelogix

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

It refers to forecasting demand based on industry trends, current bookings, and past data. This will ensure real-time rate and inventory updates across all OTAs to avoid overbookings and loss of business opportunities. You must know what to charge during each season. One crucial pricing strategy is to charge as per demand.

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Hotelogix

MAY 16, 2024

Sell more rooms: With increased online visibility, you can drive more bookings while eliminating overbookings and guest dissatisfaction.  Maximizing revenue with a revenue management system  A revenue management system uses historical data and market analytics to forecast demand and adjust pricing in real time.

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Hotelogix

OCTOBER 19, 2023

They include history and forecast reports, hotel revenue reports, hotel reservation reports, night audit reports, MIS and manager flash reports, and many more. It improves a hotel's online visibility and sales while eliminating overbooking.    Reports: This is very critical.

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Hotelogix

AUGUST 27, 2024

Cons: Unpredictable Revenue: Walk-ins are hard to forecast, leading to fluctuating occupancy rates. This enhances accuracy, and efficiency and reduces the risk of overbooking or discrepancies. By optimizing availability and pricing, hotels can maximize revenue and avoid overbooking or underselling rooms.

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Cloudbeds

APRIL 30, 2024

Adjusting your room prices based on real-time forecasts and competitor data means you can seize every revenue opportunity, irrespective of whether you’re in a period of low or high demand. During peak seasons, higher prices can prevent overbooking, while lower prices during off-peak times can attract more guests.

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SiteMinder

DECEMBER 7, 2023

It pays to obsess over long-range weather forecasts too. This consistent rate presence helps in avoiding disparities, ensuring a unified booking experience for guests and reducing the risk of overbookings or rate conflicts. If it’s a quiet time you can lower your rates to coax more guests in.

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Hotel Operations

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

It gives me a live forecast of my financial performance. We can have an algorithm doing a forecast on toilet paper and then just ordering it automatically to the respective property. A GM or somebody who’s operationally focused will never be aggressive on a revenue strategy in terms of overbooking. It’s linked to our PMS.

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Skift Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Skift Take: Local governments will pick up on the Trump administration’s pledge to stamp out government waste. DMOs face unique risks and need to get ready now. Will Seccombe Read the Complete Story On Skift

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Catala Consulting

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The answer lies in understanding the science behind hotel distribution leveraging data analytics, demand forecasting, and pricing strategies to optimize bookings across channels. Key factors in demand forecasting include: Seasonality: Understanding peak vs. off-peak demand. Heres how the science works: A.

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