As the travel industry has evolved and become more digitized, markets that hotels operate in today have become faster, more transparent and more competitive than ever, pushing down profit margins. The old school of revenue management, where it used to be enough to pull historical reports from an isolated, non-connected PMS, to decide the future room prices, does not longer apply.
- What is the difference from being a Revenue Manager today compared to 10 years ago?
- Does the skillset of an RM differ – if so; in what way?
- What does Real Time Price Optimization mean?
- What gains (and risks?) come with real time price optimization?
- How do you think the Revenue Management Department will operate in a real time revenue management environment – will the RM role need to change? If so, in what way?
