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Oasis Launches Subscriptions for Extended-Stay Apartment Rentals
(Skift, 2020-10-23)Out of 1,300 properties, Oasis plans to offer 350 homes within 11 markets to their new subscription model. The subscription model, new to the short term rental sector, offers members either 3-6 month stays prices pending ... -
Omni Hotels & Resorts Sale of Five Suburban Properties Signals New Direction
(Hotel News Now, 2021-03-02)Although Omni Hotels & Resorts sold five properties last month, they have their focus on growing their brand. Omni plans to focus it's efforts on expanding in the resort and convention center portfolios with the outside ... -
On revenue management and the use of occupancy forecasting error measures [Summary]
(Virginia Tech, 2014-08)This study aims to draw the attention of the revenue management academic community to inherent problems in forecasting accuracy measurement, and to initiate a critical discussion about forecast quality assessment in hotels. -
One Task Every GM Or DOS Should Do Right Now To Increase Group Sales Revenues
(2016-10)With group demand growth has leveled off or declined in most hotel markets, General Managers and Directors of Sales are looking for ways to capture more of the market share of the business that is still out there. As I ... -
One year of smokefree bars and restaurants in New Zealand: Impacts and responses
(BMC Public Health, 2006)New Zealand introduced smoke-free bars and restaurants policy in December 2004. We reviewed the data available in December 2005 on the main public health, societal and political impacts and responses within New Zealand ... -
Online Auctions: Dynamic Pricing and the Lodging Industry [Summary]
(Virginia Tech, 2019-02-12)As Internet based mediums of distribution become more prevalent, traditional pricing models are being supplanted with dynamic pricing. A dynamic pricing model represents a flexible system that changes prices not only from ... -
Online Engagement among Restaurant Customers: The Importance of Enhancing Flow for Social Media Users [Summary]
(Virginia Tech, 2020-03-06)This study provides valuable implications to industry practitioners. Numerous restaurants are using social media for a variety of purposes. Our study revealed that information quality is the most important predictor of ... -
Online engagement and persistent reactions to social causes: The black-owned business attribute
(Elsevier, 2022-02-01)The persistence of COVID-19 exerts an unprecedented impact on the tourism and hospitality industry and the Black-owned businesses had been hit disproportionately harder than any other racial group. Many platforms (e.g., ... -
Online Hotel Reviews: Rating Symbols or Text… Text or Rating Symbols? That Is the Question! [Summary]
(Virginia Tech, 2020-11-29)This study results strongly support the standpoint that rating or symbols on the hotel booking platform are more effective than the review content itself. Also for hospitality managers, it is recommended to take a look at ... -
Online hotel's sales strategies with emphasis on web booking
(Journal of Technology Research, 2015)The purpose of this paper is reflected in the detailed study of world achievements in the context of Information Communication Technology (ICT) development in online hotel sales matching empirical findings which consist ... -
Online ordering and delivery jumped from 20% to 39% of total franchisee sales during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to TD Bank
(2020-10-22)According to survey data from TD Bank’s Restaurant Franchise Finance Group, restaurant franchisees tend to depend on more delivery and mobile ordering capabilities after the pandemic. Regarding the payment method as well, ... -
Only one room left! How scarcity cues affect booking intentions on hospitality platforms [Summary]
(Virginia Tech, 2020-02-12)Communication of scarcity has emerged as a fundamental marketing principle in electronic commerce and for hospitality platforms in particular. We investigate the effect of scarcity cues on consumer behavior. First, we ... -
An Open Letter to Our Colleagues & the World From Black Destination Industry Leaders
(Black Meetings & Tourism, 2020)Black industry leaders across the destination industry published an open letter surrounding their stance on the murder of George Floyd and the continued inequality throughout the travel and tourism industries. The letter ... -
Operate 5 challenges facing the meetings industry
(Hotel Management, 2019-03-25)After conducting a survey of 150 meeting planners and hoteliers, Teneo Hospitality Group came up with five challenges the meetings industry is faced with today. It also suggested solutions to each issue, mainly that meetings ... -
Optimal room charge and expected sales under discrete choice models with limited capacity [Summary]
(Virginia Tech, 2016-08)In this paper, researchers introduce a model that incorporates features of the fully transparent hotel booking systems and enables estimates of hotel choice probabilities in a group based on the room charges. Firstly, the ... -
Optimistic for Centennial, Hilton Sees Revenue Spike in Q4
(2019-02-15)MCLEAN, VA—Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. has reported its fourth quarter and full year 2018 results. Earnings increased for the brand while the pipeline slowed a bit in Q4. -
Orbitz Is Encouraging LGBTQ+ Travelers to ‘Travel As You Are’
(Travel + Leisure, 2021-04-01)As travel possibilities open up again after a year of people staying home, people are wondering about where they want to go for their next trip. And for people in the LGBTQ+ community, that comes with another set of ... -
Organizations Launch ‘Fortuna’s Table’ To Further Hotel Ownership
(Asian Hospitality, 2021-08-03)The Castell Project and She Has a Deal have partnered to equip women and minority communities with the skills to engage in the world of hotel ownership. The test runs have proven successful thus far and with the official ... -
OTA call center outsells, outservices big brands
(Hotel News Now, 2016-03)In an experiment comparing how call center staff interact with potential guests, employees at one OTA won out over hotel companies. As a hotel industry trainer, I have to admit being biased toward booking directly with ... -
OTA Insight introduces geographic pricing intelligence
(2019-03-19)OTA Insight introduced a new add-on to Rate Insight, the company’s rate and market-intelligence platform. The Parity point-of-sale add-on allows hoteliers to investigate rate disparity in different geo-specific source markets.
