Alex Kapichin

Alex Kapichin

Hospitality Professional | Revenue Management Expert | EHL Alumnus

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Weekly Insights. October 3, 2020.

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The future of hotel revenue management: Attribute-Based Pricing (ABP)

How to grow hotel revenue and improve customer satisfaction with an attribute-based approach to room pricing.

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Weekly Insights. September 26, 2020.

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Four Scenarios for the Group Segment in a COVID19 world

How will Covid19 impact the hotels' group segment? Let's explore possible scenarios using a Scenario Planning approach by Woody Wade.

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Weekly Insights. September 19, 2020.

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Revenue management strategy for the Spa Department

Revenue management principles, tools, and techniques are widely and successfully used to maximize room revenue. Are they applicable to the other revenue-generating outlets? How to develop a strategy to maximize revenue and profit for the Spa Department?

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Weekly Insights. September 12, 2020.

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Hotel branding masterpiece - National Geographic Lodges

How to develop a unique and strong hotel brand? Creators of the National Geographic Lodges show us an example of branding mastery.

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Weekly Insights. September 5, 2020.

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Affiliation with the Soft Brand: Pros and Cons

The soft brand could be a perfect affiliation model for the hotel owner who wants the best of two worlds - independence and brand support. I reviewed the literature to see the pros and cons of affiliation with the soft brand.

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Weekly Insights. August 29, 2020.

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Hotel brand affiliation through a franchise agreement: Pros and Cons

The most common way for hotel owners to acquire a brand name is to enter a franchise agreement. I reviewed the literature to uncover the advantages and disadvantages of hotel brand franchising.

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