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CBRE: U.S. hotel demand falls slightly in Q3

Hotel Business

While consumer spending remained strong, competition from other lodging sources like short-term rentals and cruise lines, as well as increased outbound international travel, stifled hotel demand and pricing power in Q3. RevPAR decreased 0.3%, as the modest occupancy decline was partially offset by the rise in ADR.

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Understanding Your Guest Profitability

Revenue Hub

Big Data’s Role in Mitigating the Hotel Industry’s Top Three Risks The first and biggest risk is opportunity cost, or leaving money on the table by not accurately pricing inventory – and that can be in either direction. Another risk is conflating channel complexity with pricing complexity.

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All Alone on a Cruise to Nowhere

EATER

But four days before I was due to embark, I had a conversation that gave me the impression I might be about to board a sinking ship: The parent company of the cruise line I’d booked, Genting Hong Kong, had just gone through a $3.5 Maybe I would see the stars for the first time in years. billion USD debt restructuring.

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