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  • Course 2 of 4 in the Hotel Management: Distribution, Revenue and Demand Management Specialization
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  • Approx. 11 hours to complete
  • English Subtitles: French, Portuguese (European), Russian, English, Spanish
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  • With a fixed capacity, a highly disposable product and high fixed costs, hotels are a natural candidate for the application of revenue management. Originally developed by the airlines in the 1970s, these analytics-based techniques help predict consumer behavior at the hotel?s market level so that the hotel can sell each room each night at the optimum price.
  • With modern-day rising acquisition costs and distribution complexities, revenue management techniques have increasingly been adopted by both small and large hotel companies, making a comprehensive understanding of segmentation, forecasting and pricing an essential requirement for today?s hospitality professionals. The purpose of this course is to provide a core understanding of the fundamentals of revenue management, which ties into the larger picture of revenue strategy. The course is structured to provide an insightful look into Revenue Management.
  • Created in conjunction with Duetto, this course is hosted by a group of revenue management leaders in both theory and with hands-on experience at properties around the world. Upon completion of the course students should be empowered with industry best practices, which can be applied across the vast diversification the hotel industry to empower those to optimize profits. Duetto delivers powerful revenue strategy solutions to the world?s leading hotels and casinos, combining unparalleled expertise with world-class cloud-based technology.
  • Acknowledgement: Bela Nagy, Agnes Roquefort , Jonathon Liu, Frederic Toitot, Pierrick La Masne, Markus Keller - ACCOR Simone Truscello - ACE HOTELS. Richard Valtr - MEWS SYSTEM. Jean-Luc Chrétien - FAST BOOKING. Jeannette Ho - FAIRMONT RAFFLES HOTELS & RESORTS. Chinmai Sharma - TAJ HOTEL & RESORTS. Cindy Estis Green - KALIBRI LABS. Jason Thielbar - RED LION. Christopher Cooper - ROCCO FORTE. Rom Hendler - SANDS. Rafi Rejerano - AB Hotels. Riko Van Santen - KEMPINKI HOTELS & RESORTS. Vinod Sukhija - BANYAN TREE HOTELS & RESORTS. Olivier Flement - WALT DISNEY COMPANY. Cidalia Pinto Coehlo - LOUVRE HOTELS. Trevor Stuart-Hill - REVENUE MATTERS. Vincent Cusma, Marco Benvenuti, Eric Stoessel, Gayle Ehrean, Nevin Reed - DUETTO. Claire Bertrand, Vincent Chatain, Jessica Moses, Benjamin Six (ESSEC Business School), Emilie Dupré (IMAGE-IN), Gregory Halidy (TRIPLAY)
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Getting Started with Revenue Management

Welcome back!

Fundamentals of Revenue Management: The Cornerstone of Revenue Strategy

EDC and the importance of Revenue Management

History of Revenue Management

Shift in consumer behavior

Overview of Revenue Management

Introduction to Segmentation

Introduction to Forecasting and Budgeting

Introduction to Pricing

How Revenue Management can increase Bottom line

Effective Yielding

Complementary Readings

Complementary Reading

Complementary Readings

Complementary Readings

Practice Lesson 1

Practice Lesson 2

Practice Lesson 3

Introduction to Segmentation

Overview of Segmentation

What is Segmentation?

Evolution in Segmentation1

Evolution in Segmentation2

Types of Segmentation

Strategic Segmentation

Considerations of Determining Segmentation

Re-segmentation Process

Industry Best Practices

Complementary Reading

Complementary Readings

Practice Lesson 1

Practice lesson 2

Introduction to Forecasting & Budgeting

Introduction to forecasting and budgeting

Basic terminology

What is Forecasting?

Why Forecast?

Start with Reservation and Market Data

Competitor Pricing & Online Review Data

Air Traffic and Weather Data

Revenue System vs Excel

Evaluating Forecast accuracy

Budgeting

Best Practices

Complementary Readings and Videos

Complementary Readings and Videos

Complementary Readings and Videos

Practice lesson 1

Practice lesson 2

Practice lesson 3

Introduction to Pricing

Overview and Basic Vocabulary

Hotel Pricing Strategies

How to increase Rates

Seven most common Pricing mistakes

BAR vs Open Pricing

Revenue Strategy: key to optimizing profit

Conclusion

Complementary Readings and Videos

Complementary Readings and Videos

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Practice lesson 1

Practice lesson 2

Final Exam

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