Tourism Industry Insight:: Nearby Experiences Win More of the Guest’s Holiday
Attractions do not compete only on quality and price. The time, effort and uncertainty required to reach them can quietly determine how much tourism value they capture.
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Tourism Industry Insight: Make AI Guest Service More Useful
AI can answer thousands of guest questions instantly. Its real operational value may come from knowing which questions it should not answer alone.
Tourism Industry Insight: Resorts Create Value by Moving Energy Demand to Daylight
Resorts often focus on reducing electricity consumption. With more solar generation, an equally valuable question is emerging: when should that electricity be used?
Maldives Resort Series: The Restaurant Spillover
A new restaurant does not have to repay its investment entirely through dinner bills. On a captive resort island, modest effects on room willingness to pay can transform the...
Maldives Resort Series: The Option Value of an Empty Villa
An empty villa can contain option value. When a current booking consumes high-value future nights or scarce transfer capacity, rejecting a low offer may protect more...
Maldives Resort Series: Reef as Productive Capital
A half-million-dollar reef project can look enormous until its cost is spread across thousands of occupied villa nights. In an illustrative resort, roughly $11 of additional...
Maldives Resort Series: The Beach Capital Test
Beach protection may need to preserve far less room-rate value than expected to pay for itself. For an illustrative Maldives resort, preventing about 2.8% of beach-villa ADR...