We thought it would be interesting to compile a list with the tools that a revenue manager should have at his disposal.
Let’s call it the Ultimate Hotel Revenue Management Toolkit.
We have done some digging through our Excel reports, yield tools, systems and technology and come up with quite an extensive list of tools and gadgets any revenue manager requires to do his or her job well.
So, here we go...
1. Reports
- Pick-up model
- Segment pace report
- Hotel KPI dashboard
- Booking curve history file (per segment)
- Arrivals, stay-overs, departures and no-show tracking
- Yield-by-room type reporting
- Group trends
- Demand calendar
- Price matrix
- Market segmentation
- Call center KPI
- Unconstrained demand statistics
- Yield committee minutes template
- Weekly conference call minutes template
- Competitive benchmark survey
- Forecasting tool
- 10-day outlook
- Three-month outlook
- 12-month yield calendar
- Displacement calculation model
- Account production tracking
- Website performance statistics
- Corporate and group market rate survey
- Month-end summary report
- Annual budget template
2. Tools3. Market intelligence4. Technology/systems- PMS with advanced rate management options
- Business intelligence system
- Channel manager
- Two-way PMS interface
Quite a list we put together already. Do you have any more suggestions? What else do you need as a revenue manager to be able to do your job well and increase yields?
Please add your ideas and comments below...
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