OCCUPANCY UP SLIGHTLY FROM LAST MONTH BUT DOWN FOR SUMMER; RATES UNCHANGED AS SUMMER REVENUE REMAINS FLAT AT MOUNTAIN DESTINATIONS

Denver, Colo., Aug. 15, 2019—At the halfway point of summer, lodging properties in mountain destinations are enjoying a strong overall seasonal performance, but lacking the impressive year-over-year growth figures posted in the past decade. Eighteen destinations across six western states reported a slight recovery …

Denver, Colo., July 18, 2019—After nearly seven years of consistent year-over-year growth, aggregated lodging results among 18 mountain communities in six western states is starting to experience small but measurable declines. The DestiMetrics’* monthly Market Briefing released yesterday by Inntopia, revealed that modest declines that started appearing more than a year ago are emerging as a slight, but consistent, negative trend.

For the month of …

DENVER, COLO., June 18, 2019— With four of the six summer months (March through August) already “in the bank” or on-the-books, Southeast destination resorts in five states are on a solid path to surpass last summer’s occupancy, room rate, and revenue figures. All six summer months are pacing ahead of last year according to the most recent DestiMetrics* Market Briefing released yesterday by Inntopia with …

Are you an Inntopia Commerce partner who is also using Springer-Miller Systems? If yes, are your platforms integrated? Integrating Inntopia Commerce with SMS will improve your efficiency and increase revenue.

This short video series (13 min.) will give you an overview of what to expect with the integration, what configuration is required for both platforms, and what some of the supported features are.

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Guess what? This July 15 – 16, your guests are going to be primed to make a purchase. Yes, it’s a bit corny, but it’s true.

In just over two weeks, there’s an online shopping bonanza coming called Amazon Prime Day. Except this year, it’s actually two days. Your guests and prospects will likely have their wallets out, ready to pounce on a deal on …

At Inntopia, we build our software and organize our engineering efforts according to the Agile methodology, including the use of scrum masters.

Scrum masters are servant leaders and coaches for an agile team. We help remove impediments and foster an environment for high-performing team dynamics, continuous flow, and relentless improvement. In a lot of ways, our role boils down to helping people understand how …

The Highlights:

• As of May 31, actual results for the month in a year-over-year comparison to last May
  • Aggregated actual occupancy for May was up 8.4 percent
  • Average Daily Rate (ADR) was up five percent
  • Revenues were up a dramatic 13.8 percent
• As of May 31, for the six-month summer season from March through August using on-the-books figures in a year-over-year comparison to the same

While some participating mountain destinations are still offering limited snowsport activities, many are hustling to get their resorts and communities ready for summer activities and events following an extended winter season. In the most recent DestiMetrics* monthly Market Briefing released by Inntopia, the short-term outlook for lodging properties is showing continued healthy gains in daily rate despite nearly flat year-over-year occupancy.

Kicking off the …

It’s easy to ignore the final step of your booking funnel – payment processing. It seems automatic, right? If someone gets all the way to the end of the checkout process and has decided to buy, surely typing in a credit card number isn’t going to stop them.

But it does. In fact, a 2018 study from comScore showed that conversion rates vary drastically between …