Las Vegas hotels defeat price-fixing class action over room rates - The plaintiffs had not shown that the hotels had made any agreement with each other to fix prices.

May 13, 2024 • Hospitality

Dynamic pricing doesn’t have to alienate your customers - Dynamic pricing, the practice of varying prices in response to shifting market conditions, has been in the news a lot recently, and not exactly for good reasons.

May 13, 2024 • Hospitality

The ‘re-rise’ of the retail travel agent - Travelers are becoming overwhelmed by the amount of information (and misinformation) on the internet, and therefore want an expert to help guide them.

May 13, 2024 • Hospitality

The future of revenue managers in the age of AI co-pilots - In the rapidly evolving landscape of hospitality revenue management, artificial intelligence has emerged not just as a tool, but as a potential co-pilot.

May 13, 2024 • Hospitality

Cornell Research: Successful service branding - Hospitality brands today face a brutally competitive environment characterized by a “sea of sameness” that threatens to drive all brands in a race to the bottom.

May 13, 2024 • Hospitality

Tripadvisor lowers outlook - The company offered a muted outlook across its major businesses, and attributed the softness to changes in Google’s travel search results pages.

May 10, 2024 • Hospitality

Greek hoteliers react to Booking.com's new payment policies - The OTA requires hosts to use a virtual card to secure reservations, eliminating the ability to request a deposit.

May 10, 2024 • Hospitality

Tripadvisor rules out a merger for now - An independent board committee has determined that at this time, there is no transaction with a third party that is in the best interests of the company and its stockholders.

May 10, 2024 • Hospitality