Bed and Breakfast Industry News

In year-over-year measurements, the industry’s occupancy ended the week with a 2.5-percent increase to 55.3 percent. Average daily rate dropped 4.7 percent to finish the week at US$96.06. Revenue per available room for the week fell 2.3 percent to finish at US$53.15. - More

The latest eTRAK Full Year 2009 report on hotel bookings by channel yet again confirms that today, the online channel is the only growth channel in hospitality. In the difficult economic environment, when travel supply outweighed travel demand by far, Internet bookings for the top 30 hotel brands increased by a remarkable 6.6% in 2009 vs. 2008 (... - More

Enactment of Historic Legislation Caps AH&LA Lobbying Effort - More

Economic research firm e-forecasting.com, in conjunction with Smith Travel Research, announced the U.S. Hotel Industry Leading Indicator—HIL—edged down 0.2 percent in January, the first monthly decrease after nine consecutive months of increases for the indicator. HIL went up 1.4 percent in December. - More

HomeAway Family of Websites Now Provide Travelers with the Most Comprehensive Alternative to Hotels - More

Conversion rate optimization is the key to achieving significant ROI in online advertising campaigns - More

The University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business looked at the relationship between social media and small businesses and found that the technology adoption rates in the U.S. have doubled in the past year from 12% to 24%. - More

In anticipation of the latest release of its cutting-edge booking engine, RezTrip 2.0, Travel Tripper renews focus on sales and marketing. - More

TripTelevision and PlanetEye, Inc. announced a partnership to combine TripTelevision’s High Definition (HD) quality, professional videos, technology, and marketing services with PlanetEye’s mapping, technology and geo-tagged content for the travel industry. - More

10 essential web features lodging providers must have to surge ahead in this new decade - More