Gestión Hotelera

🌴 In Spain, the hotel industry undergoes a "biological cycle" similar to hibernation: 🛏️ January sees a 33% drop in the market with 5,606 hotels closing and 369,000 rooms inactive. 🌷 Spring brings a gradual reawakening, tied to Easter. 🍂 From September to November, 3,400 hotels close, shedding 117,000 jobs. Challenges include school calendars, air connectivity, profitability thresholds, and product specialization. Breaking this cycle needs public-private collaboration, product upgrades, and investment, influenced by investment funds and climate change.

🏨 Meliá Hotels International secured an €800 million syndicated loan from BBVA, CaixaBank, and Banco Sabadell to enhance its financial structure. The deal allows Meliá to repay 19 loans totaling €820.3 million due by 2025 without increasing debt. The new loan structure aligns with business growth, eliminating significant maturities until 2030. This effort reflects financial institutions' trust in Meliá's operational robustness and cash generation capabilities, supporting future investments and shareholder returns while maintaining prudent financial leverage.

📚 Cetina Hotels operates seven boutique hotels in historical city centers like Sevilla, Murcia, and Córdoba. Before partnering with SiteMinder, the manual, decentralized system led to inefficiencies and overbooking risks. Now, a single Revenue Manager oversees all properties using SiteMinder's unified platform, saving 2-3 hours daily per property. The strategy expanded to 10-12 active channels, boosting visibility and control. In the first year, RevPAR increased by 5%, enhancing operational efficiency and strategic focus.

📶 Hotel Turia Valencia improved its Booking.com rating from 7.4 to 8.6 after implementing a comprehensive network and surveillance system upgrade with TP-Link, Hercam, and Vaecom. The hotel, active since 1994 with 168 rooms, enhanced connectivity and security with 56 ceiling Wi-Fi 7 access points, 170 wall access points, 58 IP cameras, and a network controller. These upgrades improved guest experience, particularly in the MICE sector, boosting the hotel's online reputation.

🗺 El accidente ferroviario en Adamuz y condiciones climáticas han afectado a Córdoba, generando cancelaciones y reduciendo reservas, especialmente en temporada baja de 2026. En 2025, Córdoba recibió 2.16 millones de visitantes, pero un problema de conectividad impacta su turismo. La prioridad es restablecer operaciones antes de Semana Santa y diversificar el mercado para reducir dependencia. El 19 de febrero, TecnoHotel OnTour se celebrará en el hotel Hesperia Córdoba.

📈 Google Hotel Finder visibility is crucial for hotels. A Cornell Center for Hospitality Research report finds that sponsored listings can significantly increase room demand compared to free listings, especially in competitive markets. Paid visibility boosts direct bookings, reducing intermediary reliance, but depends on digital experience quality and pricing policies. Investment effectiveness varies with organic visibility level and inventory availability. Hotels should strategically assess conditions before investing in paid exposure to maximize demand and revenue.

📈 Vincci Hoteles has transformed its reception incentive model using DeepUpsell technology for data-driven, sustainable management. Led by Marcos Valera, this initiative replaced manual systems with automated, traceable processes, enhancing objectivity in performance measurement. The new model improved operational efficiency and nearly doubled upselling revenue. This approach, integrating natural upselling into daily operations, provided real-time data for agile decision-making and represents a replicable model for the hotel industry.

🏨 2026-02-04, Patricia Casado explores the essential role of rooming lists in hotel operations for group reservations, MICE, and tour operations. These lists ensure efficient guest allocation, streamlined check-ins, and coordination across departments. Key components include guest details, reservation numbers, and special requests. Proper digital management via hotel software and channel managers minimizes errors, optimizes occupancy, and enhances guest experience, ultimately boosting hotel reputation and customer loyalty.

💰 4 de febrero de 2026, Desiré Santiago Melián discute la importancia del cash flow en hoteles. La gestión de tesorería es crucial debido a la estacionalidad y los pagos tardíos de las OTA y TTOO. Cash flow económico evalúa la generación mientras que el financiero evalúa la disponibilidad inmediata. La fórmula básica es: Cash flow = Cobros – Pagos. La dirección financiera debe prever liquidez y usar un sistema integrado para optimizar la gestión financiera.