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Refinery Hotel Redefines Revenue Management
🏨 Located in Midtown Manhattan, Refinery Hotel, a luxury lifestyle boutique hotel with 197 keys, implemented LodgIQ's revenue management system, enabling Commercial Director Michelle Sharma to transition to a strategic role. The tech-forward hotel is a member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World, known for spacious rooms and a mix of corporate and leisure guests. LodgIQ's automated rate decisions and smart pricing recommendations have led to double-digit growth in RevPAR, $500 premium room deltas, over 40% direct booking contribution, high Net ADR from OTAs with minimal…
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What AI is telling travelers about your hotel tonight. And you have no idea
By Tony Loeb, cofounder of 10 minutes hotels Fifteen years ago, hoteliers didn’t see OTAs coming. Not because they were naive, but because the shift was gradual. By the time the warning signs were obvious, a big chunk of control was already gone. Something similar is unfolding right now. But this time, it’s not about distribution. It’s about how your hotel is described, understood and recommended by artificial intelligence. To dig into this, I recently sat down on the 10 minutes hotels podcast with Nicki Graham, Chief Marketing Officer at Cendyn, and Apollos Gause, the company’s Senior…
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The visibility game just got serious for hoteliers
For years, hotel marketers knew the rules. Invest in SEO. Optimize your website. Climb the rankings. Win the click. But the game has changed. Here’s why the integration of Wayfinder into Cendyn CMS is the literal game-changer for hotels’ Find, Book, and Grow strategies. Guests are no longer starting every journey on search engines. They’re asking ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity where to stay, what hotels to consider, and which properties best match their needs. But there’s a problem with this. Most hotels have no idea what AI is saying about them. Imagine stepping onto the…
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