More and more I hear that the doomsday theories around AI are, in reality, a game played by CEOs of major AI companies — designed to secure capital investment and justify the enormous valuations of their stocks. At the same time, discontent is spreading globally, particularly among younger generations. Just recently, a real estate mogul […]
The world has once again been pushed into uncertainty. At the time of writing, the Iranian war is escalating, with signals from the Trump administration, Iran, and global media shifting daily. The only constant is volatility. Still, patterns from past crises help us anticipate the implications for German and European tourism. Instability reshapes travel behaviour. […]
Whether working with a pricing system or applying a manual approach for your hotel, the starting price for any given day when opened up for sale, is crucial. To be clear, a static pricing sheet is something of the long past, any dynamic pricing is the obvious way to go. However, some think that numerous […]
Interview with our Co-Founder Pontus Berner, by Cost & Logis Jens Riemann berner + becker has grown considerably in recent years. What consequences does this have for your daily work? Good question. Indeed, we have grown quite some, it has been, and it continues to be super exciting! My attention and focus constantly shift. I […]
This is an article co-written by Chat GPT & Pontus Berner Introduction The buzzword of the year is AI. According to Trootech, the present AI market stand October 2023 is worth over 300 billion EUR, and AI has become the number one priority for 83% of businesses around the globe. Thus, this article delves into […]
In this discussion, we focus on the German hotel market. Pontus and Trevor from Revenue Hub review Summer months ahead, touching on some early possible challenges for the leisure markets as domestic customers look to travel abroad, whether this will bring some pricing pressures and offers for final thoughts for hoteliers to start moving away […]
Gothenburg, Sweden, is home to the largest stadium venue in the whole of Scandinavia; “Nya Ullevi”. The stadium can host up to 75K people for a concert or sporting event. In July 2022, Rammstein paid a visit to the city and hosted as many as three concerts on three nights in a row, and they […]
In this discussion, we focus on the German hotel market. Pontus and Trevor from Revenue Hub review how the different hotel sectors have faired this Summer, what might happen as we head into the Autumn and Winter, and finally, we hear what has been happening at berner+becker over the last few months as we come […]
All hotels, regardless of location, standard or size have late cancellations and no-shows. These tend to leave rooms empty and unsold, representing a financial loss at the end of the day. Let’s assume a hotel has, on average, three late cancellations and no-shows just before arrival. Multiply those three rooms with the amount of “sell-out” […]
Article published in: Cost & Logi, Zukunft Hotel, 17.12.2021 No one probably has escaped the fact that corporate travel has reduced tremendously and come to a halt during the Corona pandemic. The assumptions and discussions around it and the long-term effects have naturally been many. Now however more studies are emerging that are making the […]
