It’s Still a Seller’s Market, But Don’t Get Greedy
By Lynn Zwibak
In response to the post-pandemic demand surge and faced with constricted inventory due to labor shortages, rising supply costs, and other challenges, hoteliers pushed their prices back to pre-pandemic levels in record time. It was understandable that hoteliers would push rate - a hotel’s goal is to maximize revenue and profit, and they had a lot of missed opportunity to make up for. People were so happy to be traveling again that they paid.