Video tips for effective hotel revenue management

Not getting enough hotel direct bookings? Losing sales to your competitors? Still pricing manually? Are you looking to increase your internet sales? This video will provide you with the information that you need to optimize your hotel’s revenue management strategy and the tools necessary to optimize online bookings, increase occupancy, ADR and RevPAR. ...more

The 'Warm and Fuzzy' Score - By Rick Reilly

Why we’re neglecting a vital element of effective brand stewardship to drive customer loyalty ...more

Electronic Marketing - The Great Hotel Equalizer ...And You Can Do It Without Going Broke - By Neil Salerno

For many independent hotels, electronically generated sales are the only viable tools to compete with franchised hotels. Yet, there are still many independent hoteliers who think that volume electronic sales are out of reach, too costly or too complicated to implement. ...more

Crestline Hotels & Resorts Announces the Appointment of Scott M. Weber As General Manager for the Renaissance Portsmouth Hotel & Conference Center

Crestline Hotels & Resorts, Inc. today announced the appointment of Scott M. Weber as General Manager for the Renaissance Portsmouth Hotel & Conference Center. The hotel, which is located in Portsmouth's Historic Olde Towne District, includes 249 guestrooms and more than 24,000 square feet of meeting space. ...more

Donohoe Hotel Brokerage Structures Sale of Historic Washington DC Hotel

Donohoe Real Estate Services announces the sale of the District Hotel located in Washington, D.C. representing Braxton Hotel & Condominium, LLC, the Seller. Charlotte Seale, Associate Director of Donohoe Hotel Brokerage Group structured the sale of the District Hotel to Cherry Blossom Hospitality, LLC, the Buyer. ...more

Sol Meliá Vacation Club Joins the Registry Collection

Sol Meliá Vacation Club (SMVC), an international vacation membership club with locations in the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America and Europe, has joined The Registry Collection®, the world’s largest luxury exchange program including luxury fractional, whole ownership, private residence club, high-end timeshare, villas and manors, luxury cruises, yachts and private jets. ...more

Concord Hospitality Adds 12 Properties in 2009, Expects Minimum of 20 Percent Growth in 2010

Adds 8 in January, Including First Hyatt and InterContinental Hotels Branded Properties ...more

Accor Announces the Sale of 5 Hotels in 4 European Countries for EUR154 Million

As part of the ongoingdeployment of its 'asset right' strategy, Accor has announced aninternational real estate transaction involving the sale of five hotels(representing more than 1,100 rooms) in four European countries for EUR154million. ...more

Strategic Hotels & Resorts Amends and Extends Loan Securing Intercontinental Prague Hotel

Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: BEE), announced that the company has entered into an amendment with Aareal Bank AG on the euro 104 million non-recourse loan securing the InterContinental Prague Hotel. ...more

Wyndham Worldwide Prices $250 Million of Senior Unsecured Notes

Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: WYN) announced the pricing of the public offering of $250 million aggregate principal amount of its senior unsecured notes due 2020. The senior unsecured notes offering is expected to close on February 25, 2010. ...more

Key Takeaways from Queensland Case Study

What we learned from a social media success story ...more

VIDEO: What Travel Shoppers Want

VFM Leonardo, the leader in online visual content distribution for hotels, has launched a new episode on VTV Channel - Video: What Travel Shoppers Want with Tom O'Rourke, President/CEO of O’Rourke Hospitality Marketing. ...more

Leading Travel Marketing and Technology Company Unveils Free Assessment Tool for Lodging Managers to Measure Effectiveness of Their Website Design & Features

Travel is more competitive than almost any online marketplace. Better looking and consumer-centric websites will win over vacation travel shoppers and book greater revenue in the new decade. Bookt invites Vacation Rental & Hotel Managers to take a free online Quiz. How does your website stack up? ...more

IHG Announces Four New Openings, One New Signing of Holiday Inn Hotels in Central and South America

IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) (LSE:IHG) (NYSE:IHG) announced the opening of four new Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express properties throughout the region, as well as the signing of an additional new Holiday Inn in Buenos Aires, Argentina ...more

JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa Salutes Wounded Warriors With Grand Opening Gala Fundraiser

Today, the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa announced details of its special Grand Opening Salute Gala scheduled for March 20. To commemorate the launch of the world's largest JW Marriott Resort, the San Antonio property will host a fundraising gala honoring America's military service men and women who have been injured in the line of duty. ...more

Crestline Hotels Announces the Appointment of Ian P. Heffron As General Manager for The Melrose Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Mr. Heffron joins Crestline with more than 10 years of hospitality industry operations and management experience. He was most recently the General Manager for the Henley Park Hotel in Washington, D.C. ...more

Profitable Business Strategies 'Beyond PMS' is Focus of NORTHWIND-Maestro 2010 Users’ Conference

Interactive Event Offers Independent Hotel & Resort Operators Profitable Web Best-Practices, Performance Strategy Sessions, Social Media Training & Hands-On Labs ...more

STR Reports US Hotel Performance for January 2010

In year-over-year measurements, the industry’s occupancy ended the month virtually flat with a 0.4-percent decrease to 45.1 percent. Average daily rate dropped 7.1 percent to finish the month at US$93.93. Revenue per available room for the month decreased 7.4 percent to finish at US$42.35. ...more

Loyalty Programs Deliver More Hotel Guests Oberoi Hotels and Resorts Rated #1 in Guest Satisfaction for 2009

Market Metrix Announces Annual 2009 Hospitality Index Results ...more