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Playing the Same Game: How Revenue Managers and Sales Are Joining Forces

Lodging

Sales and revenue management are two departments that seemingly should be a match made in heaven but often find themselves at odds with differing goals for success.

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Revenue Management: It's Not Just for Revenue Managers Anymore - By Lynn Zwibak

Hotel News Resource

How often have you seen this at your hotel: Sales managers referring to the revenue management team as ‘the sales prevention department’ because they keep turning away their leads? Front office complaining about how revenue management keeps selling low opaque rates?

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Best hotel sales software to consider this year

Little Hotelier

What is hotel sales software? Hotel sales software is a specialised tool designed for the hospitality industry to manage and optimise sales activities. As a cloud-based platform, it stands out as a top choice for hotel sales software, allowing hoteliers to oversee their properties remotely.

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Nurturing Tomorrow’s Hospitality Leaders: Retention through Upskilling, Reskilling, and Providing Pathways to Upward Mobility

Hospitality Net

The HSMAI Foundation Special Report: The State of Hotel Sales, Marketing, and Revenue Optimization Talent 2023-2024, explores the idea: Hands-on learning is the only way to build a pipeline of talent ready for unknown roles. You have to build this talent because you cannot buy them (McCarthy, 2023).

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Revenue Managers: It's Still a Seller's Market, But Don't Get Greedy - By Lynn Zwibak

Hotel News Resource

Sources predict that hotels' pricing power will remain strong. However, we don't need a pandemic recovery to fall into the trap of overpricing. Why do we do this?

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Omni Hotels & Resorts Appoints Jeff Doane to Newly Created Chief Commercial Officer Role

Hospitality Tech

He will oversee all disciplines within marketing including brand and tactical marketing, public relations, partnerships, social media and digital platforms as well as global and hotel sales organizations, revenue management, the Select Guest Loyalty

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The Value of the Relationship Between Revenue Management Teams and Contact Centers - By Michelle Lord

Hotel News Resource

If you had the opportunity to peruse our latest article on The Value of a Contact Center, you might now be wondering how you go about fostering a mutually beneficial relationship with your contact center - lets dive in!