Lensman
Well-Known Member
With their movies continuing to do well and their actually investing in attractions, I think it's unlikely they'll see a downturn in demand unless a big recession comes along or a multi-year disaster in their media division. And I agree with you that the persistent high demand will just mean more price increases.We really showed them didn't we! All this griping and complaining really did a lot of good.
Resort occupancy is up 2% to 90% and guest spending is up. Don't be surprised when you see even more fees and price increases until demand drops.
What fees have they added other than parking? And yes, I know that resort fees are looming due to industry and competitive pressure. I'm still hoping that they'll be able to resist that trend due to their getting so much of their bookings direct vs through agencies. And I'm really hoping for some action from regulators or the agencies to provide relief from resort fees. At least for the agencies, it's in their best interests to provide more transparency on resort fees in their search results. And this transparency will create reduce the incentive to hotels to move more of their daily room fee into their resort fee.