Everything happening at Duetto, in one place. This hub brings together the latest news and product updates around Duetto’s cloud revenue management and intelligence platform for hotels and casinos, curated from trusted sources worldwide. Stay on top of where open pricing and RMS innovation are heading.
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Duetto Announces Acquisition of FLYR Hospitality
8 October 2026This article was written by Lodging Magazine. Click here to read the original article SAN FRANCISCO, California—Duetto announced it has acquired FLYR Hospitality. This expands Duetto’s Revenue & Profit Operating System to now include FLYR Hospitality’s AI-first revenue strategy platform, inclusive of its business intelligence tool and advanced AI capabilities. FLYR Hospitality has technology and talent that will enable Duetto to accelerate its AI capabilities and overall product roadmap. Its pricing engine models a range of demand scenarios rather than…
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Duetto Acquires FLYR Hospitality, Integrating AI Revenue Intelligence Tools for Enhanced Hotel Commercial Team Operations
8 October 2026📈 Duetto acquired FLYR Hospitality, further consolidating the AI-powered revenue intelligence market. This merger enhances Duetto’s platform by integrating FLYR’s demand forecasting and data querying tools. A recent study showed 91% of hotel chains use AI, but only 28% have a strategy. GHA reported a $1.04 billion Q3 2026 revenue, with a 27% year-on-year increase. European hotel RevPAR grew 3% in H1 2026, with luxury assets making up 46% of investment volume.
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Duetto has acquired Flyr Hospitality from FLYR. Flyr has long helped airlines set airfares and, in 2022, entered the hotel room-rate business by buying Pace Revenue, a hotel revenue management… | Sean O’Neill
8 October 2026Duetto has acquired Flyr Hospitality from FLYR. Flyr has long helped airlines set airfares and, in 2022, entered the hotel room-rate business by …
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Duetto Acquires FLYR Hospitality to Enhance AI Capabilities and Expand Revenue & Profit Operating System for Hotels
8 October 2026💻 Duetto acquires FLYR Hospitality, augmenting its Revenue & Profit Operating System with advanced AI and business intelligence capabilities. This acquisition strengthens Duetto’s tools, including HotStats data (acquired in 2025), enhancing revenue management and profit benchmarking. FLYR’s real-time pricing engine and plain-language BI tool offer hoteliers more choice between automation and control. The expanded suite supports all hotel scales, aiming to improve commercial performance with innovative technology and talent.
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Duetto Buys Flyr Hospitality as Airline Tech Firm Exits Hotel Pricing
8 October 2026Four years after Flyr bought its way into hotels, it’s handing the unit to one of the two rivals Skift said it would have to beat.
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Hotel benchmarking: How do you measure up? | Duetto
7 October 2026This article was written by Duetto. Click here to read the original article Your RevPAR is up 6%. Your GOP is ahead of last year. Margins are bang on budget. Those numbers are strong, but if the hotels around you are stronger, it can expose a meaningful gap. And gaps mean opportunity. For example, if comparable hotels grew RevPAR by 2%, that 6% starts looking pretty impressive. If they grew it by 12%, less so. And if your revenue beat…
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How Outrigger built a total profit engine with HotStats and Duetto
7 October 2026This post was originally published on this site.
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Independent Hotel Show Miami Highlights Revenue Growth Strategies and Expands Wellness Offerings for Enhanced Guest Experiences
2 October 2026💰 At the Independent Hotel Show Miami, the focus was on generating new revenue for independent hotels. Key discussions included viewing food and beverage as attractions and expanding wellness offerings beyond traditional spa services. The event also emphasized networking among hoteliers, designers, and vendors. The upcoming trend is shifting from revenue to profit, analyzing profit and loss, net operating income, and gross operating profit per available room to enhance profitability.
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Italy’s Hospitality Sector Achieves 42.8% GOP Margin in 2026, Leading European Markets Amid Increased Tourist Arrivals
1 October 2026🌍 Italy 2026: Tourist arrivals rose 4.43% in H1, with June’s foreign traveler expenditure up 4.8% YoY. Italy leads in European occupancy at 51.2%, surpassing Spain and France. Milan’s luxury hotels saw GOPPAR rise 33% to €400, driven by Fashion Week and Olympic anticipation. Italy’s GOP margin climbed from 41% to 43% with ADR up 8% and occupancy up 1 point. Southern Europe’s GOPPAR grew 8% YTD July 2026, outpacing other regions.
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EMEA Faces Mixed Revenue and Margin Trends as Southern Europe Shines, but Middle East Struggles Intensify
24 September 2026📈 In 2027’s hotel budget season, Southern Europe leads with a TRevPAR of €272, while Eastern Europe lags at €140. London’s revenue grows, but margins decline. The Middle East faces a 1.5-2x profit drop as costs rise. The U.S. sees a 7.8% GOPPAR increase, even as Mexico’s GOPPAR plunges 29.8%. Labor costs soar, notably Germany’s 6%. Watch credit card commissions, growing 7.9%. Budget by market specifics, not averages.
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Duetto’s APEX System Streamlines Product Execution with 3,255 Documents, Consolidating Knowledge for Efficient Decision-Making
22 September 2026📄 January 29, Duetto’s CTO pitched APEX in Dallas, with the first commit on February 7. APEX, comprising 3,255 documents by August 25, replaces disconnected tools by integrating knowledge into one active, searchable repository. It improves transparency and accountability in decision-making, with around two-thirds migrated from Confluence. Through a review model, 194 initiatives are tracked within APEX. The system emphasizes governance, ownership, system integration, and safeguards to enhance organizational knowledge management.
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Duetto Launches AI-Powered Forecast System with 95.22% Accuracy, Improving sMAPE by 12% and WAPE by 8%
14 September 2026📈 Duetto launched a new AI/ML-driven forecast system, achieving 95.22% average forecast accuracy, with some properties reaching up to 99% accuracy between April 2026 and September 9. Beta customers experienced a 12% improvement in sMAPE and an 8% improvement in WAPE. The system, now live for a third of Duetto customers, eliminates manual tuning by using diverse signals like event data and weather for precise revenue predictions. This rollout enhances forecasting and decision-making across their platform.
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U.S. Hotels See 7.8% Year-to-Date GOPPAR Growth, Outpacing Total Revenue and Cost Increases Through July
10 September 2026📈 US hotel GOPPAR increased by 7.8% year-to-date through July, surpassing revenue growth of 5.2%. Luxury and Upper Upscale properties have payroll costs of 40% and 35% of revenue. Northeast and West saw 8.3% RevPAR growth, while the Midwest showed the largest revenue-cost growth gap. Mexico experienced a 29.8% GOPPAR decline with occupancy drops. For US cities hosting the 2026 World Cup, Upper Midscale RevPAR grew 18.8% compared to 5.2% in non-host cities.
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Southern Europe Sees Decline in GOPPAR Despite Revenue Growth, Highlighting 2027 Budget Concerns for HotStats
9 September 2026📊 Southern Europe’s GOPPAR slightly decreased in July to EUR 111.90 despite rising TRevPAR, highlighting cost pressure. The Middle East sees sharper profit declines—1.5-2x faster than revenue drops—due to cost rigidity. Southern Europe leads TRevPAR at EUR 272, while Eastern Europe improves margins by 1.4 points. Labour costs rise sharply in Germany (+6.0%). Credit card commissions (+7.9%) and loyalty costs (+5.1%) outpace revenue growth, stressing the need for detailed budgeting beyond RevPAR.
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Duetto and RaizUp Launch Revenue Leadership Program Focused on Profit-Centric Performance Engineering in Hospitality
3 September 2026💸 Revenue management roles are evolving beyond traditional forecasting, focusing on profit, not just RevPAR. Performance engineering, a new discipline, centers decision-making on profitability by incorporating metrics like GOPPAR and TRevPAR. The RLP, an eight-week program starting October 20, 2026, aims to develop commercial leaders fluent in profit-centric strategies. Duetto and RaizUp sponsor the program, emphasizing profit fluency, cross-functional influence, and data-driven decision-making to bridge the skill gap in commercial leadership.
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Duetto Founder Marco Benvenuti Passes Away; Built Company from Two-Person Operation to Over 350 Employees
31 August 2026🏨 Marco Benvenuti, co-founder of Duetto, passed away after a three-year battle with cancer. Founded in 2010 with Patrick Bosworth, Duetto grew from a two-person consultancy to a platform serving over 1,000 hotels globally. It evolved into a team of over 350 employees. Marco stepped down from daily operations in 2018 but remained involved until Duetto’s 2024 acquisition. Duetto’s product suite includes GameChanger, ScoreBoard, BlockBuster, Advance, GameTime, and HotStats.
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Hotel Budget Season Runs from Q3 to Early Q4; RevPAR Up 19% Since 2019 but Costs Outpace Revenue
10 August 2026Blog Post Excerpt 💸 Hotel budget season runs from Q3 to early Q4 (September-November), setting next year’s financial plans. Since 2019, RevPAR increased by 19% but booking costs rose 25%. Performance engineering is key to aligning investments with profit, not just revenue. Tools like Duetto’s RP-OS and GameChanger optimize revenue independently. Prioritize profit in budget cases for CFOs, CTOs, GMs, and owners. Attend the “Building a Business Case for Hotel Technology Investment” webinar on September 2.
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Misconfigured Revenue Management Software Can Lead to Flat Performance; RevOptimum Offers 14% Yielding Accuracy Improvement
10 August 2026📈 Independent hotel owners investing in costly revenue management systems like IDeaS G3 often encounter flat or negative performance due to poor initial setup and misconfiguration. Critical areas to audit include elasticity baselines, room class upgrades, and historical data wash. RevOptimum offers expertise to optimize these systems, resulting in an average 14% improvement in yielding accuracy within 30 days. Ensuring accurate competitive set mapping and reducing system overrides are key for profitability.
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Mews Raises $300M to Integrate Systems with AI-Native Operating Platform in Hospitality Industry
7 August 2026💻 In 2026, hotel platforms are streamlining operations by integrating systems like PMS, RMS, and CRS. Mews raised $300M to merge revenue management and guest services through an AI-native platform, partnering with SiteMinder. Cloudbeds and Oracle Hospitality advance with AI, while specialists like IDeaS and Canary maintain their niche. The strategic focus shifts to irreplaceability and specialization in the tech ecosystem. i5invest connects startups with over 150,000 decision-makers in business development and M&A.
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Hotel Industry Shifts Towards Profit-Centric Strategies by Overcoming Three Key Barriers with Advanced Data Tools
5 August 2026💸 Michael Grove and Nick Knight identify three barriers preventing hotels from shifting from a revenue-focused to profit-centric strategy: flawed incentive structures, fragmented data access, and operational challenges. They stress the importance of using metrics like GOPPAR and TRevPAR over RevPAR. Duetto’s tools, such as Advance and HotStats, offer AI-driven insights for rapid decision-making. Adopting a profit-centric framework, or “performance engineering,” aligns commercial decisions, boosting profitability and refining financial strategies.
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Duetto Unveils Enhanced Features for Advance, Streamlining Revenue Management with AI-Powered Demand Intelligence Tools
30 July 2026📊 Advance, a demand intelligence tool, enhances decision-making by analyzing data from PMS, Amadeus Demand360, and Predict HQ. Key updates include AI-driven insights, a 90-day heat map, on-demand date analysis, and email alerts. Dynamic Optimization checks demand every 30 minutes, optimizing rates automatically. Revenue teams save over 10 hours weekly, using Advance to streamline workflows and drive performance, as highlighted by Coast Hotels’ Nathan Gray.
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Dynamic Connectivity Solution Replaces Stale Wholesale Rates, Offering Real-Time Demand-Based Pricing for Hotels
22 July 2026📈 Jul 22, 2026, by Markus Busch—Dynamic connectivity is key to resolving stale wholesale rates in revenue management systems. Systems like Duetto advocate for adaptable rates, addressing issues of outdated pricing. A live two-way connection between property systems and wholesalers ensures real-time updates but complicates system changes. Hotelbeds manages over 200 integrations, highlighting the difficulty of disconnecting once integrated. The dynamic system’s ease of adoption contrasts with the challenges of disconnection.
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RevOptimum Enhances Hotel Data Flow with Real-Time API Integration, Cutting Reservation Delivery Latency to Sub-Second Levels
20 July 2026💻 In the modern hotel landscape, seamless integration between Property Management Systems (PMS), Revenue Management Systems (RMS), and Central Reservation Systems (CRS) is crucial. Delays of over 15 minutes in data transmission can lead to costly overbookings, especially during peak periods. Mismatched transaction codes and manual rate entry further exacerbate issues. RevOptimum offers a solution by enhancing real-time API synchronization, reducing latency, and ensuring unified data mapping, thereby optimizing system performance and revenue.
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Hotel Operational Agility Emerges as Key Competitive Advantage for Hospitality Industry Amid Rapid Market Changes
8 July 2026📈 Vi Phan, Sales Lead at Shiji Vietnam, spoke at the Duetto Revenue Strategy Seminar in Vietnam 2026. Hotels face evolving traveler behaviors and distribution channels. Operational agility is crucial for adapting to these changes. Integrated technology systems enable fast responses with real-time data, which is vital for capturing new demand. The hospitality market across Southeast Asia is shifting, with changing source markets and guest expectations. Hotels investing in adaptable strategies will thrive in this dynamic environment.
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Hoteliers Turn to Fractional Revenue Operations for Enhanced Revenue Management and Market Competitiveness
6 July 2026💸 Outsourcing hotel revenue management, known as fractional revenue operations, connects properties with elite strategy teams, enhancing revenue without adding fixed salaries. This model actively manages daily pricing, channel distributions, and tech integrations. It covers seven core areas, including dynamic rate distribution and competitor analysis. Unlike pure AI systems, it combines technology with human oversight for contextual decision-making. Key indicators for adopting this model include reactive pricing, administrative overwhelm, and stagnating market share.
