The U.S. hotel industry reported decreases in all three key performance metrics for fourth-quarter 2009 in year-over-year measurements, according to data from STR.

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The Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne welcomed 8 leading international hotels schools for the first day of the Young Hoteliers Summit

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Economic research firm e-forecasting.com in conjunction with Smith Travel Research announced that their U.S. hotel industry leading indicator - HIL - increased during December, the ninth consecutive monthly increase for the indicator.

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The Canadian hotel industry posted decreases in all three key performance measurements during the week of 17-23 January 2010, according to data from STR.

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In case you haven\’t notice, times are tight for hotel operators all over the world. Revenue Management is the key to keep hotels in business and thriving. But what used to be good strategies years ago seem to be completely obsolete today, due to the expansion of new technologies and the changes in booking patterns. Yet, a lot of Revenue Managers are not changing their strategies, causing great losses in bookings and revenues, and blaming it on the recession. It is possible to boost hotel profitability - even in these tough economic times - by renewing the strategies and techniques used for revenue management.

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All the indications that Pegasus has analyzed over the past couple of months indicate that the market has bottomed out and bookings are returning to hotels. This was confirmed by strong performance in December in both the GDS and ADS channels.

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Published in conjunction with STR (Smith Travel Research) and endorsed by the Hotel Association of Canada. This publication summarizes weekly occupancy and average room rates from major cities in Canada.

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he U.S. hotel industry reported decreases in all three key measurements during the week of 17-23 January 2010, according to data from STR.

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Inn at Laurel Point leads BC hoteliers in action on climate change

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A growing number of online travel sites are offering members exclusive and time-limited access to deep discounts-adapting the business model of many online sellers of designer fashions.

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