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  • EZYield.com Signs Global Corporate Agreement with Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts

    WINTER SPRINGS, FLA. -- EZYield.com, the originator of the SaaS-based platform for automated online channel management with integrated booking and reservation delivery technologies, today announced that Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts has signed an exclusive agreement to deploy EZYield.com’s distribution technology throughout their entire property portfolio in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

  • HVS EMEA Hospitality Enews - Week Ending 5 march 2010

    We Open With A Tune | Gravetye Attracts Saphos Hotels | This Is Chardon Crossing The Border | A Second Swiss Courtyard | Jordanian JW Marriott Billed For 2013 | YTL Finds Its Muse In The South Of France | Gladen's Tidings | Whitbread's New CEO To Arrive By Candlelight | Costa Brings Home The Beans | NH Hoteles Announces Its Full-Year Results | Hodges Ward Elliott Tops Broker Rankings Ag...

    • HVS
    • Saturday, March 6 - 2010
  • Middle East hoteliers prove to be the strongest | Deloitte Reports

    Deloitte, the business advisory firm, has confirmed that hotels in the Middle East achieved the highest occupancy, average room rates and revPAR globally in 2009. Data prepared by STR Global, shows occupancy reached 61.3 percent for the year, while average room rates and revenue per available room (revPAR), stood at US$202 and US$124 respectively.

  • Marriott International To Add Fourth Hotel In Jordan In Aqaba

    Marriott International, Inc. will open its first luxury JW Marriott hotel and fourth branded hotel in Jordan in 2013 in Aqaba under a recently-concluded agreement with Beaches for Hotels & Spas P.S.C., an affiliate of long-time Jordanian partner, Arab International Hotels Co., led by Chairman of the Board Nadim Muasher.

  • HVS EMEA Hospitality Newsletter – Week Ending 26 February 2010

    Accor Sells Five Hotels | The Sale Of The Sungate Port Royal | Hoseasons To Be Acquired By Wyndham Exchange & Rentals | An Expansion For Sheraton Hotels & Resorts | Ten New Hotels For Travelodge | A Radisson Blu For Turkey and Rwanda | Two New Openings For Dubai | A Centara Resort For Egypt | Accor's 2009 Full-Year Results | Sol Meliá's 2009 Full-Year Results | Gladen’s Tidings | The I...

    • HVS
    • Monday, March 1 - 2010
  • Cautious Optimism Returns as Hotel Operators Feel the Worst is Over | Horwath HTL Reports

    Results from the latest edition of the Global Hotel Market Sentiment Survey shows that hotel operators believe that the worst of the crisis is behind them and that 2010 will be the beginning of the long road to recovery. The survey, carried out every six months by Horwath HTL the world’s foremost firm of hospitality consultants, concentrates on four key questions to gauge the level of industry fe...

  • Dubai’s Iconic Grosvenor House Joins the Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts

    Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. today announced the debut of its renowned Luxury Collection brand in the United Arab Emirates with the addition of Grosvenor House, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Dubai. Located on the exclusive Dubai Marina, the prestigious 45-story Grosvenor House hotel first opened its doors in 2005 and quickly became one of the world’s most acclaimed hotels.

  • South Africa | The travel destination of choice in 2010? | By Michele de Witt

    In 1994 South Africa held it first democratic elections with Nelson Mandela elected President. South Africa was alive with possibilities! And so the idea of hosting the Soccer World Cup on African soil was cogitated. Michele de Witt of Horwath’s Cape Town office projects what is going to happen in South Africa’s hotel industry before, during and after the World Cup. Challenges abound, but she is...

  • EasyRMS Expands Into India and Strengthens Middle East Presence via New Partnership with WISH Technologies FZE

    Easy (Ez) Revenue Management Systems Ltd (EasyRMS) is proud to announce a new and prestigious distributor to join its rapidly expanding global network, having entered into a strategic partnership with WISH Technologies FZE, a UAE-based IT Consulting and Software Solutions provider to hospitality businesses, with affiliate offices in Dubai, India, Malaysia and the UK.

    • EasyRMS
    • Tuesday, February 16 - 2010
  • HVS EMEA Hospitality Enews - Week Ending 12 February 2010

    Foncière des Murs expects to have sold four hotels in France by the end of March. The French property company will receive a total of €24 million (a yield of a reported 6.85%) from an unnamed buyer for the hotels in Nantes, Lille, Courbevoie and Montpellier that are all leased by Accor and have either the Ibis or the Etap brand. The transaction is in line with Foncière des Murs’ strategy of dispo...

    • HVS
    • Monday, February 15 - 2010
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How Hotel Guests Perceive the Fairness of Differential Room Pricing
When customers perceived hotel revenue management practices to be fair, they are more likely to be satisfied with the hotel and are more likely to return to that hotel in the future. In this survey of 815 people, we examined the effects of three factors on the respondents' assessment of the fairness of hotel rate policies. Those three factors were familiarity with the practice, provision of information about the practice, and the brand class of the hotel. Of those three, we found that familiarity with a pricing practice was far and away the most important factor affecting perceived fairness. The implication is that revenue managers should focus their efforts on increasing guests' familiarity with their pricing practices. (PDF Document)

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