Articles tagged “rates”

Whether it is Smart Host, another startup or one of the established players, the short-term rental industry is ripe for disruption in so many areas and someone is going to deliver on the dynamic pricing premise.

Expect room rates to rise in the U.S. in 2015, and that is likely to spur demand for midscale and economy chains.

Choice Hotels had an asset, its own property management system, and decided in 2013 to offer the solution to unaffiliated hotels, but it is always a tough sell for one brand to attempt to sell services to competitors, as Choice is finding out.

Avid users of HotelTonight may find some value in its Look Ahead feature, but it is not a data-heavy game-changer by any means as there are no immediate actions to take, and no rate guarantee on the predictions.

With Concur and Amadeus as strategy investors, Yapta will have a nice headstart once it completes the development of a hotel price-tracking tool.

Cruise Critic's Price Drop tool looks like a great feature for consumers and a relative horror for cruise lines, which won't be happy to highlight how the market is forcing them to reduce rates to fill ships right in the middle of the peak Wave season.

The rules being discussed would apply to Europeans booking rooms in the UK, and the framework would be fairly narrow in scope. They do not address broader rate parity issues, but would indeed provide for more competition and would be good for limited numbers of travelers.

The Carnival Triumph hangover has lasted longer than the cruise industry initially envisioned. Carnival's confident that lower fares will fill the ships, if not the cruise line's coffers.

Hertz acquired Dollar Thrifty last year, and Avis Budget picked up Avis Europe and Zipcar in 2013. Now the two companies, along with Enterprise, are turning their attention toward raising rates. With just three firms running the show, there's not much standing in their way.

There is a lot of hype about Big Data, and both users and companies need to be realistic about what it will be able to deliver. Kudos for DealAngel for getting a product out the door to test rather than remaining under wraps for years (cough, Hopper, cough).