Despite abundant capital availability, hotel deal volume remains low due to compressed cash flows and major capital requirements, though the bid-ask gap has narrowed to 5%.
Hospitality consultant uses Shakespearean metaphors to explore the psychological challenges revenue managers face when making pricing decisions under pressure.
Hotel prices jumped 14.75% after the World Cup draw, with Guadalajara seeing 385% growth and Vancouver hitting $1,455 peak rates.
For a long time, stability was the goal.
The article reflects on how revenue management evolved from a functional role to a survival skill, while highlighting the persistent challenge of human alignment over technology.
HVS analysis shows GOP margins declining across all property types as wage inflation and brand standards outpace ADR growth, requiring active asset management to protect profitability in 2026.
Two Lighthouse experts share how shorter booking windows and increased rate sensitivity require more agile pricing strategies and data-driven decisions.
Bartnick argues that moments of uncertainty and doubt are essential to effective revenue management, distinguishing reactive panic from strategic pause.
Analysis explores whether increasing ESG compliance requirements are driving hotel companies to exit public markets, citing recent hospitality sector delistings.
Banks like Capital One are leveraging payment control and AI to challenge traditional travel distribution channels and OTAs.
Bartnick argues revenue managers have always used pattern recognition, data synthesis, and predictive modeling like AI systems do today.
The guide explains how to calculate and manage flow through metrics to measure how much additional revenue converts to profit across hotel departments.
Bartnick argues effective revenue managers must balance firm commercial decisions with diplomatic communication to maximize profits while maintaining team relationships.
Industry panel explores practical strategies for hotels to generate additional revenue through retail, video marketing, wellness products, and experiential amenities.
The whitepaper provides financial modeling templates and case studies showing hotel owners can achieve significant savings, with Constance Hotels saving $2.3M through food waste reduction programs.
The acquisition gives Marriott a proven urban lifestyle concept with 8,700 rooms and plugs citizenM's design-focused guests into Bonvoy's 260M-member loyalty program.
Hospitality America outlines a four-pillar revenue strategy targeting 20-45% ADR increases across 16 host cities, with emphasis on rate integrity and spillover market capture.
Bartnick outlines ten revenue management scenarios and contrasts amateur mistakes with expert strategies for maximizing hotel profitability.
In last year’s study of CEO pay, we explored the ongoing shifts in compensation following the pandemic’s disruptive impact on the hospitality industry. This year, we turn our focus to a period defined by mounting global uncertainty, driven by political transitions, tariffs and worldwide trade deals. Amid this backdrop, reassessing CEO compensation and corresponding performance metrics has been critical.
Questions are commonplace in any hotel business. Who hasn't been in a budget meeting or financial review when someone has asked if the food and beverage margins are competitive, or if the spa department should be generating more revenue, or how labor efficiencies compare to other properties of the same size? Transforming these questions into actionable insights is what hotel benchmarking can do—creating concrete, data-backed comparisons.