The room occupancy of airport hotels was 5 percent higher last December than in December 2009, as stranded travelers sought them out, said Mr. Freitag, whose company specializes in benchmarking hotel performance.
Sigala (2004) illustrated the value of stepwise DEA for measuring and benchmarking hotel productivity as well as the advantage of using DEA for measuring service quality.
Looks like a new benchmark for hotel lobbies has been set.
Achieving effective and objective energy benchmarking for hotels is integral in fostering the sustainable development of the lodging sector.
RevPar is revenue per available room, which is realized room rates multiplied by actual occupancy and it is how hotels benchmark their revenue.
They conducted an empirical study and concluded that the market differentiates five performance levels forming the benchmark structure for the hotel in their study.
In this work, we reveal the major and minor streams of hotel energy benchmarking and ascertain that the most popular approach in benchmarking is normalized energy use intensity (EUI) based on floor level.
We propose that hotel energy benchmarking based on floor area is useful from the top-down management perspective.
Founded in 2010, Olery offers simple online brand, reputation management and performance benchmarking tools for hotels that help turn online reviews and social media feedback into actionable business intelligence.
During a time when society is obsessed with the notion of all things "local" and forever striving for the feeling of "authenticity" as a benchmark for perfection, the renovated hotel feels considerably more stylish yet less aligned with this greater ideal than its former self.
