Tourism Industry Insight: Clearer Hotel Information in the Age of AI Travel Search
AI is becoming another doorway into tourism discovery. The opportunity is not to “game” AI, but to make every promise easier to understand and trust.
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Maldives Resort Series: The Distance Premium
Distance from Velana creates cost, but it can also create scarcity. If privacy, geography and experience support enough rate premium, the same kilometres that complicate...
Tourism Industry Insight: How Simpler Choices Can Make Hotel Booking Easier
More room types, packages and rate plans can appear to give travellers greater freedom. Sometimes the better sales strategy is helping them choose with less effort.
Tourism Industry Insight: Why the Cheapest Transfer Can Cost a Resort More
Transport is usually treated as a cost to minimise, yet unreliable transfers can quietly reduce the value of the accommodation they are meant to serve.
Tourism Industry Insight: The Cancellation Policy That Makes Forecasts Lie
A booking is not equally valuable at every stage before arrival: its probability of surviving to check-in can matter as much as the room rate attached to it.
Tourism Industry Insight: Higher average daily rate (ADR) can be Bad News
A hotel’s average daily rate can rise even while every important customer segment is paying less. The culprit is not pricing power, but changing mix.
Tourism Industry Insight: When Better Becomes Expected
A better tourism experience does not always produce higher ratings. When improvements raise guests’ willingness to pay, prices may rise too, quietly absorbing the extra value....