Hola a todos/as, hace unos días que tenía pendiente leer detenidamente el análisis “Distribution Channel Analysis: a Guide for Hotels” realizado por CindyEstisGrEEn & Mark V. LoManno, STR Global y la American Hotel & Lodging Association. Os podéis bajar el estudio desde el siguiente enlace: Link.
Os recomiendo encarecidamente la lectura detallada de este estudio, ya que hay puntos muy interesantes, la verdad es que otros no tanto, pero en general es un report muy útil que nos puede ayudar a ver por dónde van las tendencias del sector en EEUU.
Solamente el índice de contenidos, por páginas, ya es interesante.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1 ten things you should Know
2 detailed Findings
4 implications
6 Five Actions you Can take now
12 OVERVIEW AND INTRODUCTION
13 HOTEL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
18hotel industry size and structure
19 distribution Channel issues 34
THE DISTRIBUTION LANDSCAPE
45hot trends: search, social, Mobile
51 travel-specific search engines
52 online travel Agencies
60 Flash sales and hot deal sites
62 travel inspiration and Planning
63 Global distribution systems, Connectivity and switches
67 offline and traditional Wholesalers
69 Voice Reservations and Property direct
70 Groups and Meetings
70 SIZE AND STRUCTURE OF THE U.S. HOTEL
75 INDUSTRY BY DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL All u.s. hotels
75 distribution Channels by Chain scale
85 online travel Agencies (otAs)
89 brand.com
104 CRs/Voice
108 Global distribution systems (Gds)
111 Property direct/other
114 ONLINE MARKETING STRATEGY
121 AND CONSUMER BEHAVIOR the travel shopping Process
123 Attribution Models
130 travel Media 135 summary — ten Points 143
DISTRIBUTION COSTS AND BENEFITS 147
Commission Costs on the P&l
147 Variable Marketing and Reservation Fees by Channel 149 Conversion Rates through direct Channels
152 Revenue-to-Cost Ratios by Marketing Channel
154 Ancillary spend Analysis 155 lifetime Value Analysis
157 Flow-through Analysis by Channel 159
OPTIMAL CHANNEL MIX 169 demand Generators 169 Acquisition, Persuasion and Retention
170 Pricing Patterns
172 optimal Marketing spend
173 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
181 GLOSSARY
183 APPENDIX 1
191 APPENDIX 2
199 AUTHORS BIOS 202
INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVES
George brennan, executive Vice President, 119 sales and Marketing, interstate hotels and Resorts
bill Carlson, senior Vice President, Performance Analytics, 144 Choice hotels international
doug Carr, executive director, distribution, 72 Fairmont-Raffles hotels international
bill Carroll, senior lecturer, Cornell university, 120 school of hotel Administration
Mike Conway, senior Vice President, Marketing, 178 Winegardner & hammons hotels & Resorts
George Corbin, Vice President eCommerce 41 strategy & eMarketing, Marriott
dorothy dowling, senior Vice President, 168 Marketing and sales, best Western
Mike Kistner, Chief executive officer, Pegasus solutions 167
dan Kowalewski, Vice President, Revenue Management, 43 Wyndham hotel Group
Flo lugli, executive Vice President, Marketing, 43 Wyndham hotel Group
Melissa Maher, Global Vice President, strategic 73 Accounts and industry Relations, expedia, inc.
Valyn Perini, Chief executive officer, opentravel Alliance 145 Rob torres, Managing director, travel, Google 179 larraine Voll Morris, Vice President edistribution, Marriott 41
















