Monday, September 14, 2026 The Daily Checkout Hotels, rates and the guest experience
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Dynamic pricing reaches the breakfast buffet

Ancillary pricing is spreading from rooms into food and beverage, with mixed results and a few lessons worth borrowing.

Fifty properties moved breakfast and parking to demand-based pricing this year. Where the guest could see the logic, uptake held; where the price moved without explanation, satisfaction scores dropped fast.

Transparency, not sophistication, is what makes ancillary pricing work.

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