So you want to be a hotel CEO? Play the first Hotel Business Game and test your skills!

If you’ve always dreamed of sitting at the helm of your global hotel empire…and  terms like RevPAR, GOPPAR, bottom line profits and market share come easy, then perhaps it’s time you put your skills to the test! YoungHotelier.com is proud to introduce the first-ever real-time real-world business simulation for the Hotel Industry, in affiliation with Tycoon Systems, Inc.  The ‘Hotel Business Game’ is targeted at budding... Read More

Hotel Revenue Management – What Hoteliers Need Now, Like Really, Really Need Now

By Jean Francois Mourier, RevPar Guru Repeat after me: bookings, customers, cashflow, bookings, customers, cashflow. Most likely, these are the top-billing items on hoteliers’ what I need right now wish-list. But moving these items from wish to reality will take substantially more effort than crossing fingers, reactive strategies or hoping for the best. What hoteliers need right now is a finely tuned orchestration of effective strategies that... Read More

Hotel Revenue Management and RevPAR – Beating the Recession

Revenue Management: The Hotel Stimulus Package. By Jean Francois Mourier, CEO and Founder of RevPar Guru  Hotels are being pummeled by the economy, and the hospitality industry is suffering in every corner of the globe – what else is new?  In the current climate, most hotel experts are expecting RevPar (revenue per available room) to drop by as much as 11%, perhaps even more.  And with occupancy rates already at all-time lows, this isn’t... Read More