Practical articles on hotel management, Booking.com, channel managers, RevPAR, ADR and occupancy — the uMehmon blog.
How to connect your hotel to Booking.com: listing your property, the Extranet, commission basics, calendar sync, iCal vs API, and how to avoid overbooking.
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How to choose the best hotel PMS: categories compared, a 12-point selection checklist, KPI formulas and a trial plan for hotels in Uzbekistan and Central Asia.
What is a Channel Manager? How it syncs your hotel with OTAs, iCal vs API, how it fits with a Hotel PMS, how it prevents overbooking and how to choose one.
What a hotel booking engine is, how it cuts OTA commission costs and how to model direct booking economics with formulas, a worked example and buying criteria.
What is a hostel PMS, how does it work and how does it differ from a hotel PMS? Bed occupancy formulas, a buyer's checklist and guest registration tips.
What a hotel CRM is: guest profiles, booking history and corporate accounts. Key formulas, a comparison of approaches and what uMehmon offers today.
Learn how to calculate RevPAR with the correct USALI formula, worked UZS examples, RevPAR vs ADR vs GOPPAR, and how a hotel PMS automates it. Try free.
What is ADR in hotels? The USALI formula, worked UZS examples, ADR vs RevPAR vs occupancy, ways to raise ADR and how a hotel PMS tracks it. Start free.
Hotel occupancy rate explained: the formula, worked examples, how it links to ADR and RevPAR, common mistakes and tracking it in a Hotel PMS. 14-day free trial.
Hotel dynamic pricing explained: key strategies, formulas and risks, and how to start manually with price ranges and PMS analytics. 14-day free trial.
How Airbnb integration works for hotels: iCal import/export, limits and double-booking risk. uMehmon syncs Booking.com and Expedia today; Airbnb is coming.
Hotel automation explained: guest registration, OTA room assignment, housekeeping, cash desk and reporting. What to automate first, with formulas and examples.
Hotel software explained: PMS, channel manager, booking engine, POS, RMS, CRM, housekeeping and accounting — what each does and what to buy first.