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TechCrunch+ roundup: Technical due diligence, web3’s promise, how to hire well

TechCrunch

Today, I wouldn’t consider buying a device that couldn’t help me find a restaurant or hotel. 8 questions to answer before your startup faces technical due diligence. A pitch deck is just part of the story, writes Matt Van Itallie, founder and CEO of codebase analytics company Sema. Thanks for reading, Walter Thompson.

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Choice Hotels’ all-in cloud journey to sustainable business value

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Choice Hotels International’s early and big bet on the cloud has allowed it to glean the many benefits of its digital transformation and devote more energies to a key corporate value — sustainability, its CIO maintains. It also helped reduce energy consumption and costs.

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Revenue Management Systems for Hotels: Products and Features

Altexsoft

A solid revenue management system (RMS) serves as a trusted steering wheel, guiding in the right direction and making that journey smoother. With the right RMS in place, hotels and vacation rentals can optimize room pricing, enhance occupancy rates, and boost overall revenue. What is a revenue management system for hotels?

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How Attribute-Based Shopping Will Change Hotel Booking

Altexsoft

When searching for hotel rooms, parents with young children may very much prefer to not have a fireplace or a high floor view, while honeymooners may be willing to pay to have both a fireplace and a view. Many hotels, though, still use an old shopping model. shift to more premium rooms and rates ” even in its early trials with ABS.

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Metasearch in Hospitality: an Overview of Hotel Search Engines

Altexsoft

In April 2020, the hotel occupancy in the US dropped to its lowest level ever — the bewildering 24.5 The annual average was roughly 44 percent, which means that more than half of hotel rooms were empty during the whole year. This means a hotel is charged every time the ad is clicked and redirection occurs.

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Open Pricing Strategy for Hotel Revenue Management: Concept, Advantages, Tools, and Implementation Steps

Altexsoft

As a hotel revenue manager, one of your key responsibilities is creating a pricing strategy tailored to the property and its market. Many hotels still rely on a fixed pricing strategy that uses a tiered pricing system based on room types. You can check out our video about revenue management before starting to read this post.

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RevPAR: A Vital Hotel KPI And Strategies To Improve It

Altexsoft

Revenue Per Available Room, or RevPAR, has emerged as a crucial key performance indicator (KPI) for assessing a hotel’s financial well-being and prosperity. This significant metric enables hotel owners to evaluate their property’s performance by considering both occupancy rates and average daily rates (ADR).

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