08/04/2024
REVENUE MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER III:
Key objectives of Revenue Management
Segmentation is the art of categorizing the market into distinct groups,
each with unique characteristics and needs. In Revenue Management, Segmentation involves identifying and targeting specific customer segments.
This principle recognizes that different customer groups have varying preferences, behaviors, and willingness to pay.
By tailoring strategies for each segment, hotels can optimize their offerings, marketing messages, and pricing to maximize revenue.
Segmentation ensures a more personalized and effective approach to meeting the diverse demands of the market
Inventory Management is a fundamental principle in Revenue Management.
In the hotel industry, it involves the strategic allocation and control of room inventory to maximize revenue.
This principle ensures that hotel rooms, are efficiently utilized without overbooking or underutilizing. Successful Inventory Management strikes a delicate balance, ensuring optimal room availability to meet demand while avoiding revenue loss due to unsold rooms.
Inventory best practice:
Set restriction like Minimum length of stay (MinLOS) on high.
commissionable channels, to push force bookings via less commissionable channels.
Compare your category supplements from low to high with your direct competitors, to avoid revenue- /occupancy decrease.
Price Optimization is like finding the perfect balance based on how many people want to book a room.
This way, hotels can improve income while offering better deals than your competition. Having a dynamic pricing strategy that adapts to what guests are willing to pay, ensuring the hotel generates the most possible revenue.
Pricing best practice:
Analyze your sold room categories via the OTA`s Extranet from the last 365 days, to see which room types are sold very well, and which may be optimized. (Check the calculated supplement.)
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