Hotel revenue, explained.
Short, practical explanations of the figures a hotel runs on, with formulas and worked examples.
What is RevPAR and how do you calculate it?RevPAR is room revenue divided by available rooms, or occupancy times ADR. With formula, a worked example and net RevPAR after commission.ADR and net ADR: what is the difference?ADR is room revenue divided by room nights sold. Net ADR is the same after OTA commission. With formulas and a worked example.How to calculate net revenue after OTA commissionOTAs such as Booking.com charge commission on the price the guest pays, including VAT. How to calculate what you keep, with a worked example.Booking.com, Expedia or direct: what a hotel night in Amsterdam is really worthOwn data from five independent Amsterdam hotels, October 2025 to September 2026: a direct night brings in €37 more than a Booking.com night after commission, and Booking.com nights are cancelled almost twice as often.What Amsterdam hotels pay in OTA commission in 2026Own research at five independent Amsterdam hotels, March to September 2026: commission was 6.2% of room revenue. When the VAT arrangement of Booking.com and Expedia ends in July 2027, the same nights cost 6.9%.How to calculate hotel occupancy correctlyOccupancy is room nights sold divided by available room nights. What counts as available, and why occupancy can never be above 100%.Pickup, on the books and same time last yearOn the books, pickup and same time last year explained with an example: are you filling faster or slower than last year?Weekday vs weekend: where a month is won or lostSplit occupancy, ADR and RevPAR into weekday and weekend nights to see where a month was won or lost. Which nights count as weekend, with a worked example.How to build a hotel revenue budgetA hotel revenue budget per month: available room nights, occupancy, ADR and commission. With a worked example and the mistakes that make it useless.How to automate your hotel reportingMany hotels still copy figures from their booking system into Excel or PowerPoint every week. What a good weekly hotel report contains, and how to automate it.Pricing tool or revenue dashboard: what is the difference?Pricing tools such as RoomPriceGenie and RevControl set your rates. A revenue dashboard such as RevView explains your results. Why many hotels use both.
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