Being a hotel revenue manager requires mastering complex systems, keeping abreast of evolving technologies and adapting to continuous change. To be successful, the best revenue managers repeatedly ask difficult questions, seeking answers that will safeguard the financial health of their hotels and ensure their rooms are not only booked, but optimized. But what may surprise you is that answers to these questions are more than attainable—they also illuminate a set of simple rules that every ...

Learn the timeless principles behind successful hotel revenue management and how to effectively apply these principles to your hotel. These are proven techniques used by the best revenue managers to create massive value for their hotels. The revenue management and distribution scenes evolve at a rapid pace and the goal of this book is to make sure the lessons contained within will be just as relevant in 10 years as in 2019 when it was written.You will learn about revenue management...

The entrepreneur's comprehensive companion: "Clear, concise, and to the point . . . [The author] has an excellent grasp of running a small business." —Steve Pallen, President, R&D, E-MetrotelWhat are the ten most common marketing mistakes? How do you avoid costly mistakes when planning for a new business? What should be avoided when planning a business web site? These are just a few of the many important questions answered in The Small Business Planner, th...

From any perspective, the ideal construction project is one in which the contractor shows up on your doorstep with the right price and all of his tools, people, and equipment ready to start, and builds exactly what you want for the price you want and finish on schedule. Everyone then goes away, happy as clams. This is the ideal, but it never occurs.The world is a competitive place; to survive, contractors must think competitively in order to win work. They must find a way to comple...

The following is a sample chapter from Lean Six Sigma , which explains how to impact your company's performance in each, by combining the strength of today's two most important initiatives--Lean Production and Six Sigma--into one integrated program. The first book to provide a step-by-step roadmap for profiting from the best elements of Lean and Six Sigma, this breakthrough volume will show you how to achieve major cost and lead time reductions this year; compress order-to-delivery cycle time...

Project management is the discipline of planning, organizing, securing and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives.The primary challenge of project management is to achieve all of the engineering project goals and objectives while honoring the preconceived project constraints. Typical constraints are scope, time, and budget the secondary—and more ambitious—challenge is to optimize the allocation and integration of inputs n...

Noted as one of the most talked about books in the asset management industry, this premier guide gives you all facts that you'll need to know about asset management program, industrial asset management, asset management software, physical asset management and much more.

The following is a chapter from the fully updated and revised The Six Sigma Handbook , Third Edition. It covers the management systems and statistical tools that are the foundation of Six Sigma. The book's presentation is based on the DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) implementation strategy for Six Sigma, with focus on the management responsibilities and problem-solving methodologies.

How did Kevin O’Connor help create DoubleClick, the innovative marketing technology company...two software companies...dozens of products...and now the “disappearing” DVD, a product that will turn the home video market on its head?Sheer brilliance? While O’Connor is very smart indeed, he credits his success to applying Thomas Edison’s famous saying that “genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.” In other words, the breakthrough product or service that...

The author compresses his twenty years of experience to take a step-by-step approach to the product life-cycle, and covers areas such as:* selecting target markets* creating a positioning statement* writing a financial paragraph* motivating othersthereby demonstrating how to act as a bridge between sales, development and finance.Successfully marketing products for technology companies requires the application of precision marketing techniques, a...

THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO PREPARE THE PMP EXAMAre you overwhelmed by the tons of information you need to know to pass the PMP exam? You can read a lot of books, watching videos or attending courses, but the risk to feel confused is around the corner. Here it is the solution of your problems: an essential guide of all concepts, tools, descriptions, formulas you need to prepare yourself for getting the most important certification in Project Management.Structured...

Being a great Web designer or developer is one thing; running a successful freelance business is another. Whether you already have experience working for a company or have just graduated from design school, being self-employed entails a number of tasks that you most likely haven’t had to deal with so far. As a freelance Web designer, you’ll often have to do it all yourself, and sometimes all alone. This eBook provides financial and legal advice that will surely help you to improv...