Profitability
What really makes an accommodation business more profitable?
When we analyse the profitability of an accommodation business, we don't start from a set answer.
Featured · Hotel management · September 2026
An accommodation isn't finished being designed when it opens
Before opening an accommodation business, you can try to foresee almost everything.
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Revenue Management
The highest price isn't always the best price
Over the years we have come across completely opposite situations.
Revenue Management
Growing the direct channel isn't moving bookings from one channel to another
Increasing direct sales tends to be among the goals of practically every accommodation business.
Data & Technology
Having more data doesn't mean understanding the business better
For many years, professionalising the management of an accommodation business meant, among other things, starting to measure.
Hotel consulting
Some decisions are best made before you start designing
When someone has a building and wants to turn it into accommodation, it's very easy to start with the most visible part.
Hotel management
An accommodation isn't finished being designed when it opens
Before opening an accommodation business, you can try to foresee almost everything.
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