Darren Huston Steps Up the Company

Priceline Group president & CEO, Darren Huston discusses the company’s quarterly earnings and partnership with Ctrip. Huston says Ctrip will help them bring Chinese customers to their business around the world.

Priceline CEO Darren Huston steps up the company by expanding the market, in his new step Darren Huston takes it to china. Darren Huston live from Amsterdam.

 

Paul Viollis Discusses How Law Enforcement Approach the Investigation

Paul Viollis on the New Zealand Mosque Shooting as Police Search for Clues. 49 people were dead after shooting at the New Zealand mosques. CBS News law enforcement analyst Paul Viollis joins CBSN to discuss how law enforcement will approach the investigation.

Top highest-paid CEOs of Canada

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International tops the ranking of Canadian CEO salaries for a second time this year — and that’s after a $100 million pay cut.

Michael J. Pearson, Valeant’s CEO, smashed the record for the top spot last year with $183 million in total compensation; this year Valeant’s new CEO, Joseph Papa, held on to the number-one ranking with $83 million.

 

Despite that 55% pay cut, Papa still easily bested the second-highest paid CEO on the list, Magna International’s Donald Walker, at $28 million.

This ranking is compiled each year by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, using publicly available data. (Companies take varying amounts of time to disclose executive compensation, which is why this ranking covers the year 2016.)

The left-leaning think tank uses the figures to highlight the gap between what the average Canadian makes compared to C-suite executives. This year’s average CEO salary among the top 100 highest-paid executives topped $10.4 million, which is 209 times the annual wage of an average Canadian.

Source : https://www.canadianbusiness.com/lists-and-rankings/richest-people/canada-100-highest-paid-ceos/

Priceline less dependent on Google!!

Our dependence on Google has lessened,” Darren Huston added.

Priceline Group CEO says the company’s TV advertising, which is smaller but growing much faster than its online advertising, has been a “breakthrough,” reducing Priceline’s dependence on Google.

Huston said he is feeling better about the company’s TV advertising in building long-term direct relationships with customers. “It also diversifies our source of demand nicely.

CBS News Radio Adds Daily ‘Security Matters’ Feature

CBS NEWS RADIO launched a daily feature on safety & security issues. “SECURITY MATTERS WITH PAUL VIOLLIS” is hosted by CBS NEWS security consultant VIOLLIS, CEO of VIOLLIS GROUP INTERNATIONAL and an expert on cybercrime, terrorism, and other security issues affecting the public and country. The series will also be available as a weekly podcast and will offer “Parents Alert” reports on security issues affecting family and children.

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Jane's Workplace Security Handbook

The author and lead editor, Paul Viollis for Jane’s Publishing book “Workplace Security,” Contributing Editor for Jane’s “School Safety Handbook,” “Teachers Safety Guide,” “Crisis Communications Handbook” and most recently co-authored his marquee book, “Silent Safety — Best Practices for Protecting the Affluent.

Tips on How to Increase Hotel Income & Profit

This article will provide a collection of 20 most valuable insider tips, which can provide an outstanding platform for you to maximize your hotel’s revenue.

1. Truly Understand Your Market
   Knowing your market thoroughly is necessary to manage any business successfully. First, identify your hotel’s strengths and weaknesses, as well as new opportunities for, and threats to, your hotel. Based on this, you can then decide your hotel’s USP(s). Armed with these insights, you can establish what your current guest profile is, and crucially, the profile of your future guests.
2. Develop Monthly and Daily Pick-Up Reports
   In revenue management you always aim to adjust the price of your hotel room to the demand existing in the market, in order to post the optimal price per hotel room. For this it is essential to keep track of your hotel’s booking pace.
3. Monitor Your Hotel’s Unconstrained Demand
   Being aware of the total demand in your market will help you to calculate rates for future dates. Knowing the unconstrained demand is key. You can, therefore, keep an up-to-date log of all denials for both individuals as well as group bookings.
4. Utilize Demand Forecasting
   Demand forecasting is vital to maximizing hotel revenues. It enables you to plan ahead and reflect on your pricing decisions later on, allowing you to learn from past mistakes and optimize for the future.
5. Dive Deeper into Seasonality Opportunities
   Every hotel varies in demand during certain periods and days. High demand seasons, national holidays, local festivities and events that re-occur each year are essential to keep in mind.
6. Control your Guests’ Stays Patterns
   When looking at specific dates with high demand your hotel might want to control the length of guest’s stays. By adding restrictions such as minimum or maximum length of stay, you can ensure that your hotel avoids booking out for only one specific date, but also for the days before or after. This allows you to capture demand and increase profitability during times where your hotel is normally not fully booked. Controlling and restricting your guests’ stay allows you to optimize revenue during chosen periods.