Almost everyone would agree that the pace of technological advances in hospitality has accelerated since the pandemic, when many technology providers were forced to redesign their offerings in response to one of the largest catalysts for change that the world has ever seen. Revenue management tools were quickly re-worked to be forward-looking versus relying on historical trends, and now machine learning is being applied to everything from creating the ideal travel itinerary to cleaning up the coding that night auditors have been screwing up for decades.
Throughout 2022 The Revenue Optimization panel addressed a number of interesting topics including emerging decision making technologies, moving beyond RevPAR to focus on profitability, driving ancillary revenue, the evolving role of the Revenue Manager, and even how to avoid the fine line between data-driven decision making and analysis paralysis.
Economists, politicians, and business leaders are split on whether the U.S. economy is heading for a recession, is already in one, or will merely experience a slowdown. With continued supply chain disruptions, geopolitical conflicts (most notably the war in Ukraine), and the Fed’s determination to continue increasing the federal funds interest rate, there is tremendous uncertainty around inflation and where the economy is heading. Mixed signals abound, however U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) increased for the first time this year in the third quarter, expanding at a higher-than-expected 2.6 percent annually. Unemployment remains low, wage increases are strong and while growth and earnings are slowing, most consumers and corporations are in good financial condition with healthy underlying credit.
/PRNewswire/ Wurzak Hotel Group ("WHG") announced today that Eric Davies has been promoted to President, effective immediately. Davies succeeds Jake Wurzak.