Recent TRG blog posts

Most today’s hotel operators believe that revenue management will become even more automated with further advances in data analytics capabilities. So, which technology solution is the right one? How can a hotel operator be assured that the solution they implement will best meet the needs of the hotel and enable revenue managers to achieve optimal results? The following are just a few key buying considerations to keep in mind. 

The sharing economy (also known as “peer-to-peer economy” or “collaborative consumption”) is the concept of sharing resources that are otherwise go to waste. Technology plays a part in helping the sharing economy to expand, and making the assets cheaper, more accessible than ever. In today's article, we'll focus on the hospitality industry and how much impact the sharing economy, particularly Airbnb, is having on the industry as well as the consumers.

This blog provides a cursory overview of some of the key concepts related to next-generation revenue management practices. The first part talked about the performance metrics. In this final part, we will take a quick look at the remaining two concept: data and intelligent pricing. 

This blog provides a cursory overview of some of the key concepts related to next-generation revenue management practices, starting with the ever-evolving performance metrics that are commonly used to track and measure success.

Vienna House is an Austria-based hotel chain that currently has 34 hotels under its brand. The brand is famous for their classic Viennese charm with a touch of modern comfort. During the past five years, Vienna House has grown and acquired a few more hotels. The steady growth brings in the inevitable IT challenge: the need for a revenue management system to help unify and manage all of the hotels in the group.  

Hospitality is a fast-paced and constantly changing industry which receives heavy impacts from the consumer behaviours and technological advancements. More and more hotels compete against each other to win the travellers' hearts; they all face the same challenge: mining the overflowing mountain of data to offer their clients with what they most desires.  

In today’s highly competitive market, it is vital for hotel owners and operators to implement new and effective strategies in order to stay relevant and safeguard their bottom line. 

Today, most hotel operators view the need to progressively improve their revenue management capabilities as a strategic imperative worthy of  garnering ever-increasing amounts of attention and resources, given the opportunity to improve financial performance in highly predictable ways. 

Blockchain technology has disrupted the way organisations view innovations in business. A blockchain is essentially a permanent and incorruptible ledger, providing visibility and audit-ability of all the transaction data, securing both digital assets and their value. For the hospitality industry, blockchain opens up new potentials and applications that are not only propitious but also inevitable in the future.