A new client needed some help with revenue management. I recorded his occupancy and rate for each day until the end of the year and noticed that every day had the same rate. This caused the times of high demand, his weekends, to fill up too quickly which means he was passing up revenue, and […]
Hoteliers and college students alike reach out to me because even with all the information they have access to, they’re just not sure where to start when it comes to revenue management. There are lots of fancy software that do some really impressive things, but even without using these it is possible to apply effective […]
Someone sent an email to me at Chris@HotelRevenueMan.com asking how to increase revenue at his property. This was my response: “The most effective thing you can do to increase the revenue (and more importantly the profit) at your property is to price rooms based on demand. That means lowering rates during times of low demand […]
A hotelier just reached out to me this morning asking how they can go about increasing their tripadvisor score and I shared the following strategy with him. I thought it could be a benefit to others too, so I wanted to share it here. Thanks for reading and sharing! Feel free to reach out if […]
China was the first domino to fall in this disaster, and even 13% there plan to travel within the next 3 months. I think this attitude will spread across the world as other areas continue to recover.
I recently came across this company that takes hotel’s (and other businesses’) traditional phone lines and transfers them to the internet. There is little-to-no upfront cost, and the savings are often 40%-60% per month. Feel free to reach out to me and I can get you in touch with someone at the company who can […]
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How To Quickly Get 1,000 Raving Fans
Longitude hospitality branding company recently posted an article I wrote about how to quickly get 1,000 loyal followers. The examples I used were specifically for restaurants, but the basic principle of “giving to access others’ networks” works for any industry. You can see the full post by clicking here. If you’d like to see how […]
Click the following link to see a post I wrote for Longitude hospitality branding company. In this write-up I share some specific strategies hotels can use to lower operating expenses.
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10 Commandments of Hotel Culture
Longitude hospitality branding company reached out to me and asked me to write a post for their site. This post gives a very practical exercise you can use to begin to set the culture for your hotel, restaurant, or business. You can see the post on their site by clicking here.
As a hospitality consultant, I’m constantly looking for ways to help my clients increase profit. One way to do this is to decreases expenses. In my search to find new ways to save my clients money, I came across a company named C3 Green Energy LLC. They have a world-wide patent on a piece of […]