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Hotel peak season: Strategies for small hotels

Little Hotelier

It helps you to increase occupancy during the slow period that follows (so that stays in the high demand period ‘spill over’ into the less demanding period). Maximum length of stay You apply a maximum length of stay when you expect to be able to sell out rooms at higher rates.

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Hotel Revenue Management Strategies

Xotels

Revenue managers should analyse past booking patterns, referencing the guest in-house list from the previous year, including denials and regrets, to understand stays of varying lengths. By selling more rooms than you have available on a given night, you can help avoid being left with empty rooms due to cancellations and no-shows.