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Revenue Management Resguide PDF
Revenue Management Resguide PDF
Revenue Management
INTRODUCTION
Revenue Management (RM) - often referred to as Yield Management (YM) - is
now an integral part of all major hotel chain operations. It is often described
as selling the right room at the right price to the right customer. However, as
we shall see, such definitions do not adequately differentiate RM from
reservations management. A key feature of RM is understanding the impact
that taking a reservation has on the overall performance of the business. This
guide aims to explain Revenue Management and provide an overview of the
resources available to teach the topic.
Definitions and Models of Revenue Management
Kimes (1989a:15) states:
YM is the process of allocating the right inventory unit to the right
customer at the right time and for the right price. It guides the decision
of how to allocate undifferentiated units to limited capacity and to
available demand in a way to maximize profit or revenue.
Donaghy, McMahon and McDowell (1995:140) consider YM to be a:
Revenue maximization technique which aims to increase net yield
through the predicted allocation of available bedroom capacity to
predetermined market segments at optimum price.
Jauncey et al (1995:25) have reviewed nine definitions of YM to identify their
meaning of the term:
YM is concerned with the maximization of room revenue through the
manipulation of room rates in a structured fashion, so as to take into
account forecasted demand patterns. YM is an integrated, continuous
and systematic approach to maximizing room revenue.
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
There is a wide variety of up-to-date textbooks on this subject. Some are
written from an academic perspective, whilst others are aimed at practitioners;
some adopt a managerial perspective, whilst others are highly technical; some
are general in scope, others focus on specific industry sectors.
Fabiola, S. (2005) The Spread of Yield Management Practices, PhysicaVerlag: Berlin, Germany
This book claims to offer insights into the creation and implementation of a
yield management system for service businesses and solutions to the
organisational and managerial problems that its application entails. It is written
by tourism researchers, entrepreneurs and tourism consultants as well as
experts from software houses who have designed operational tools for a
successful yield management. There are chapters on strategic aspects of
revenue management; on the application of RM in hotels, visitor attractions
and restaurants; and reviews of two RM systems Fidelio and e-yieldTM.
Yeoman, I and McMahon-Beattie, U. (2004) Revenue Management and
Pricing: Case Studies and Applications, Thomson Learning: London,
United Kingdom
The book treats revenue management and pricing as a practical subject and
demonstrates best practice throughout the tourism and hospitality industries
by the extensive use of case material.
Phillips, R. (2005), Pricing and Revenue Optimization, Stanford Univ Pr:
California, U.S.A.
Phillips describes in this textbook the background and contexts of pricing for
revenue optimization, including the traditional approaches and more modern
processes, basic price optimization and differentiation, pricing with
constrained supply, revenue management, capacity allocation, network
management, overbooking, markdown management, customised pricing, and
customer acceptance.
Talluri, K.T. and van Ryzin, G.J. (2005) The Theory and Practice of
Revenue Management, Springer: New York, U.S.A.
This book comprehensively covers theory and practice of the entire field,
including both quantity and price-based RM, as well as significant coverage of
supporting topics such as forecasting and economics. The author suggests
such a comprehensive approach is necessary to fully understand the subject.
A central objective of the book is to unify the various forms of RM and to link
them closely to each other and to the supporting fields of statistics and
economics. Nevertheless, the topics and coverage do reflect choices about
what is important to understand RM. Hence, the book's purpose is to provide
a comprehensive, accessible synthesis of the state-of-the-art in Revenue
Management.
Topics covered are Single-Resource Capacity Control,
Network Capacity Control, Overbooking, Dynamic Pricing, Auctions,
Customer-Behavior and Market-Response Models, The Economics of RM,
Estimation and Forecasting, Industry Profiles and Implementation.
Cullen, K. and Helsel, C. (2006), Defining Revenue Management: Top
Line to Bottom Line, HSMAI
The report, under the guidance of the HSMAI Revenue Management Special
Interest Group (SIG), is a practitioner-friendly publication that addresses the
fundamentals of revenue management for a broad audience of hospitality
professionals. It will deliver tools and information for revenue management
education, incorporating expert advice from interviews with industry
executives and educators, case studies, and practical checklists for
implementing successful revenue management strategies at the property
level.
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF RELATED ARTICLES
This bibliography includes journal articles and printed sources on Revenue
Management. It does not claim to be exhaustive and the aim has been to
guide the reader to useful publications within the subject field of Revenue
Management and to works published in other subject fields and disciplines
which contribute to an understanding of Yield in particular contexts.
Airline Yield/Revenue Management
Pricing
Orkin, E.B. (1988), Boosting Your Bottom Line with Yield Management,
The Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly, Vol.28 No.4,
pp. 52-56
Orkin explains how an integrated measurement technique, yield management,
can help a hotel gain an optimum business mix and meets its revenue goals.
Relihan, W.J. (1989), The Yield Management Approach to Hotel-Room
Pricing, The Cornell HRAQ, Vol.30 No.1, pp. 40-45
This articles focuses on the application of yield management to hotel-room
pricing: explanation of the techniques or applications.
Dunn, D. and Brooks, D. E. (1990), Profit Analysis: Beyond Yield
Management, Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly,
Vol.31 No.3, pp. 80-90
The article considers that in order to achieve the long-term success of yield
management, pricing decisions must be based on a more thorough analysis
that includes profit margins.
Hanks, R.D., Cross, R.G. & Noland, R.P. (1992), Discounting in the Hotel
Industry: A New Approach, The Cornell Hotel and Restaurant
Administration Quarterly, Vol.33 No.3, pp. 15-23
Authors discuss an approach to discounting that provides a rational method of
price segmentation. They will explain how Marriott Corporation applied a
rational approach to discounting, with advance purchase requirements.
Lewis, R.C. and Shoemaker, S. (1997), Price-Sensitivity Measurement: A
Tool for the Hospitality Industry, The Cornell Hotel and Restaurant
Administration Quarterly, pp. 44-54
This article discusses a method of measuring that price-sensitivity a process
that has been used successfully by at least one restaurant chain.
Chen, S.S., Monroe, K.B. and Lou, Y. (1998), The Effects of Framing Price
Promotion Messages on Consumers Perceptions and Purchase
Intentions, Journal of Retailing, Vol.74 No.3, pp. 353372
In this study, authors framed a price reduction in percentage versus dollar
terms on either a high-price or a low-price product. The results provide
implications for when retailers should stress the absolute versus the relative
magnitude of discounts to advertise price promotions.
Coulter, K.S. (1999), Pricing Strategy & Practice, The Journal of Product
and Brand Management, Vol.8 No.1, pp. 61-72
The author examines how knowledge of customer price sensitivity as it
pertains to this shopping period, coupled with the appropriate use of discount
pricing, can maximize the revenue gained from sales of a seasonal product
associated with a specific holiday.
www.hsmai.org/
www.veritecsolutions.com
www.hotel-online.com/News/ - Hospitality News
www.hedna.org/
www.ei-ahla.org/ - American Hotel & Lodging Association Educational
Institute
www.breakingtravelnews.com/internet/
www.hospitalitynet.org/index.html
/www.hotelmotel.com/hotelmotel
www.hotelnet.com/
www.hotelmarketing.com/
www.ehotelier.com/
revenue-mgt.section.informs.org/ - INFORMS Section on Revenue
Management and Pricing:
www.forecastingprinciples.com - Refer to the principles of forecasting site:
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Meurice, Paris; Millenium Hotels and Resorts USA; Group Lucien Barriere;
Movenpick Hotels and Resorts and many others.
www.easyrms.com/
Opera Revenue Management System
OPERA Revenue Management Systems (ORMS) is a division of MICROS
Systems, Inc. ORMS was formerly known as OPUS 2 Revenue Technologies,
which was founded in 1985, and bought by MICROS in 1999. ORMS has
been providing world renowned solutions and consulting services in the
hospitality revenue management sector for over 20 years.
www.micros.com/
Maxim Revenue Management Solutions (e.flex)
MaximRMS was established as Yield Management System in 1989 with a
vision to provide advanced revenue management solutions to the hospitality
industry. Their clientele includes independent hotels; boutique properties;
resorts; gaming; airport and many others.
www.maximrms.com/
Global Distribution Systems (GDS)
Amadeus Global Travel Distribution S.A. - Amadeus is the largest global
distribution system (GDS) provider, serving over 200 markets around the
world. Amadeus serves many different companies including airlines, travel
agents,
hotel
operators
or
car
rental
companies.
Galileo - Galileo, owned by the Cendant company, is one of the worlds
leading GDS providers, connecting approximately 43,500 travel agency
locations to 460 airlines, 23 car rental companies, 58,000 hotel properties,
430 tour operators and all major cruise lines throughout the world (as of 2005)
Sabre Inc - Sabre owns Travelocity.com, an online travel service, Sabre
Travel Network, an electronic network for travel buyers and sellers, and Sabre
Airline Solutions - providing services to optimise airline operations and reduce
costs.
Worldspan LP - Worldspan provides worldwide electronic distribution of
travel information and other e-commerce capabilities for travel agencies,
travel service providers, and corporations.
TOPIC DELIVERY
Yield management is being practiced in airlines industry for the last 20 years
and also in the hotels internationally for about 10 years. It basically applies to
all retail sectors where capacity is fixed and enables the vendors like hotels to
price the product differently for different market segments, purchase patterns
and distribution channels. The basic objective is to increase the revenue and
the contribution by charging a higher price from certain market segments,
distribution channels, purchase patterns like length of advance booking etc.
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This is now being practiced very widely by all the hotel chains and progressive
independent hotels for marketing of hotel room inventories. The strategy is
designed to dramatically increase revenues, maximize profits, greatly improve
the effectiveness of market segmentation, open new market segments and
strengthen product portfolio strategies. The strategy and the implementation
is dependent on having a good data about past purchases of different
segments, occupancy levels in different parts of the year/parts of the week,
occupancy achieved through different segments etc. There are sophisticated
computer software and models available from the vendors, which are being
used by all the practitioners. This course will give the general introduction,
the concepts, implementation strategies and procedures. The concentration
will be on implementation of these strategies for selling of hotel rooms,
although some hotel chains and hotels are also implementing it for selling
conference room spaces.
A suggested schedule of delivery for a module in Revenue Management is
given below.
Session 01
Session 02
Session 03
Session 04
Session 05
Session 06
Session 07
Session 08
Session 09
Session 10
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