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We list 5 reasons why you should not miss conversations on hotel analytics, revenue management & distribution strategy, to boost your marketing RoI. The right room at the right price.’ We’ve all heard this popular mantra, repeated in multiple contexts and purchase scenarios, as a guiding principle for the hotel's industry. At Distribution Strategy Studio (DSS), we break down this core concept and explore what’s at its crux: What makes luxury, business or economy acc...

A Management Review Tool is an essential component of a Hotelier’s toolkit. With the evolution of online reviews, on-site plugins and social media, hoteliers have to constantly look at the big picture – who is talking about the brand? Where and what are they saying? From dedicated review sites to Meta Search platforms, the answer is multi-faceted and constantly changing. Capture visitor sentiment accurately, with feature-rich review tools Textual reviews have traditiona...

Solving the hospitality distribution content puzzle has been one of the most vexing challenges facing our industry for years. Among the key issues is the fact that room information is contained in the Central Reservation System (CRS) and the Content Management System (CMS) with different text in system-speak and varying abbreviations, frequently lacking room and hotel details. Looking for a hotel room with “polacc?” Or maybe you want to make sure it includes “lxbthtl” a...

The landscape of hotel distribution is constantly evolving. With technology advancing at a bombarding speed and the traveller behaviour undergoing a massive shift, hotel distribution has started to play an increasingly important role in supporting the growth of hotel industry worldwide. There are a plethora of online booking platforms out there which aid the traveller in their booking decisions, but it is important for the hotels to identify and partner with the right ones wh...

The enhanced connectivity and speed will also allow HRS’ hotel partners to manage category rates through the channel manager New Delhi, India, April 12, 2018: RateGain Technologies, the market leader in channel & revenue management for hospitality, today announced that it has successfully upgraded its channel manager connectivity with HRS group, one of the biggest global hotel solutions provider headquartered in Germany. RateGain is the first partner to have successfully...

Back in 401BC, the classic Greek philosopher Plato famously said that "everything changes and nothing stands still." Travel company executives will be forgiven for thinking that he was talking about their businesses today. It is no exaggeration to say that the digital innovations of the recent past have caused more disruption for the Travel industry than anything else has. While the likes of Expedia and AirBnB certainly have leveraged digital technologies to disrupt this indu...