Archives for July 2019

The Knowland Buzz – Volume 2

How you sell group today could be holding you back. If you want to empower your sales team to win more share in all economic times, then you must think differently about how you sell group. This is what we learned in a poll we executed on a recent …

Execute a Proactive Group Sales Strategy with New SmartSearch

What if you could… Optimize direct booking revenue by prospecting into Accounts that meet the criteria you set and therefore have the highest potential for conversion? Source highly relevant, but hard to find, “Hidden Gem” account leads …

Insight Elite With SmartSearch – Cutting Edge Search To Drive A Proactive Group Sales Strategy

ARLINGTON, Va., July 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Knowland, a hospitality industry leader in meetings market data and analytics for hotels, convention and visitor bureaus (CVBs), convention centers and other meeting venues, is excited to announce …

Knowland Welcomes Kristi White as new VP, Product Management

ARLINGTON, Va., July 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Knowland, a hospitality industry leader in meetings market data and analytics for hotels, convention and visitor bureaus (CVBs), convention centers and other meeting venues, welcomes Kristi White as …

Q1 2019 Market Outlook Report Shows Deceleration in Growth Rates for Occupancy, ADR, and RevPAR

By Ryan Layton, Data Scientist Knowland is the only source for Convention & Visitors Bureaus (CVBs) performance and booking demand forecasting. The Knowland Quarterly Market Outlook Report aggregates, analyzes, and reports on past and future …

Warning: Changing Group Market Conditions Ahead – You Need a Change of Plan

By Jim VanDevender With room inventory getting higher every month in the US, smart hotels are looking beyond their traditional comp set, are fending off the “new” emerging competition while adopting a more proactive group sales strategy. The group …