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The Lodging Conference 2025: HVS Takeaways

Early adopters are already seeing operational efficiencies, particularly in budgeting and forecasting. Overall, the conference tone was sober but constructive. ... Corporate demand in many cities continues to lag 2019 levels. This imbalance is reshaping demand patterns and revenue expectations for hotels. However, there are reasons for measured optimism.

The Intersection of F&B and Revenue Management in Hotels

Weekly revenue calls were mandatory – not just to review performance, but to engage general managers directly in pricing and forecasting decisions. ... By pulling multi-year data into one platform, D’Agostino’s team could quickly identify demand patterns, call out outliers, and collaborate with sales and marketing to build more accurate, achievable budgets

The AI Paradigm Shift Hotels Must Embrace - Before It Redefines Hospitality

When you check your hotel’s dynamic pricing or revenue forecast, there’s a machine learning model crunching the probabilities behind the scenes. ... The New Meaning of Optimization For decades, “optimization” in hotels meant squeezing more yield out of static systems, forecasting demand, managing rates, and improving conversion percentages.

H2 2025 Global Hotel Outlook

CBRE now forecasts RevPAR growth of -0.6% for H2 2025, bringing our full-year 2025 RevPAR forecast to just 0.1% year-over-year, down from our earlier forecast of 1.8%. CBRE lowered its 2025 U.S. ... Strong demand was driven by both leisure and business travel, as well as improved technology that helped operators drive rate yield. 2.4% - Forecast growth in Canadian hotel RevPAR this year.

Immigration Policy and The Hospitality Workforce

Yet even with the expansion, the first‑half cap was reached in September 2024, and the second‑half cap in March 2025 , underscoring persistent demand. ... At Grand View Lodge in Minnesota, around 30 H-2B workers arrive each year to meet peak-season demand — essential for maintaining service in a location where domestic labor alone cannot meet needs.

The Revenue Blindspot: Seeing What You’re Missing without Data-Driven Revenue Management

Accurate forecasting enables proactive strategies, capturing demand surges and sustaining hotel profitability. ... The ability to combine operational insights with demand forecasting ensures that the right room, at the right price, reaches the right guest, ultimately enhancing both profitability and satisfaction.

The Hotel AI Compass: Sailing from Pain to Power with Blue Ocean Thinking

The second is Revenue Intelligence , which shifts you from dependence on OTAs to confidence in your own strategy, pricing smarter, forecasting better, and reclaiming control. ... By learning how to forecast demand and create targeted direct offers, it now can fill gaps and cut OTA dependence by 20%. Or the business hotel with frustrated guests at checkout.