In this article, the Managing Director of Travel Consultancy Strategize Revenue and former Director of Revenue Strategy for Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Vikram Pradhan, breaks down why this Phocuswright's popular chart has flawed conclusions. A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article on the numerous studies published on hotel distribution and revenue management that hit the air waves daily. It's an incessant effort by all players in the hospitality distribution space - metasearc

Hotel facilities, however small or large they maybe, face a multitude of unique threats not always prevalent in other industries. A threat can be conceived as anything that has the potential to disrupt business, interfere with operations, harm guests, employees or physical property, or subject the facility to liability. These unique set of risks create a dynamic demand to strengthen business operations and remain vigilant in terms of security and emergency response plans. Wit

I spent most of this weekend looking at reports on the hotel industry for indications of how Q1 will finish. 2017 is a year to watch for many reasons – ‘instability’ being the word of the day. Last year it was ‘uncertainty’. In particular, I was focusing on hotel distribution costs and the aggressive measures by large hotel brands to wrestle control of distribution costs back from the likes of Expedia and Priceline. A few clients sent me conflicting data on whether third part