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Top reasons for low occupancy in hotels

Does it feel like you’ve done everything right, yet your hotel rooms are still nowhere near full? The bad news: Several things could be preventing you from filling up.

David Easton
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Hotel rate comparison tools for professionals
David Easton

When guests are out looking for the perfect price for their hotel room it’s important to grab their attention and get them to click, and book.

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Rate structure in hotels: A practical example
David Easton

The thing we love most at Hotel Price Reporter is to help hotels succeed at finding the right price for their rooms.

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Hotel price data you can download on-line
David Easton

Are you curious what daily prices are set by hotels in your area?

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How to calculate the occupancy rate in Excel?
David Easton

Excel has always been a favorite tool amongst hotel managers. One of the things it can be used for is to calculate the occupancy rate for your hotel.

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What is a good occupancy rate for a hotel?
David Easton

If I were to tell you that last night at our hotel we had 100% occupancy, what would you think?

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Why is rate parity so important?
David Easton

Everyone is familiar with over-exaggerated marketing claims across the Internet and the media:

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Hotel revenue management strategies that will help you grow
David Easton

How do you stay on top of all your hotel revenue management strategies? From adjusting prices, to monitoring local demand and reporting, it can be pretty overwhelming to think of all the jobs hotel revenue managers have to complete every day to execute a successful revenue management strategy.

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How do hotels price their rooms?
David Easton

Pricing hotel rooms and producing a successful hotel pricing strategy can be difficult.

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What is hotel rate parity?
David Easton

What is rate parity? Rate parity is a legal agreement between a hotel and an OTA.