What it means in practice
RevPAR (revenue per available room) measures how well a hotel fills its rooms and at what price at the same time. It is calculated as total room revenue divided by the number of available rooms, or equivalently ADR multiplied by occupancy. Because it combines rate and occupancy, RevPAR is the headline performance metric hotels track in their property management system.
For affiliate and direct-booking strategy, RevPAR frames the value of each channel. A booking that fills an otherwise empty room at a healthy rate lifts RevPAR, which is why operators care whether affiliate-driven demand is incremental or simply displaces direct bookings they would have won anyway.
A hotel running its own affiliate program weighs partner commission against the RevPAR lift each channel produces, paying on completed-stay commission so the cost maps to rooms that were actually sold and stayed.
How Track360 handles this
Track360 reports affiliate-driven bookings and confirmed-stay revenue per channel, so a hotel can weigh partner commission against the room-revenue lift each channel contributes.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about revpar (revenue per available room), how it works in affiliate programs, and where it shows up across Track360's supported verticals.
RevPAR, or revenue per available room, is a hotel performance metric. It is calculated as total room revenue divided by the number of available rooms, and it combines both room rate and occupancy into one figure that hotels use to track performance.
Related Terms
ADR (Average Daily Rate)
ADR, or average daily rate, is a hotel metric equal to room revenue divided by the number of rooms sold, showing the average price of a booked room.
PMS (Property Management System)
A PMS, or property management system, is the core software a hotel uses to manage reservations, room inventory, rates, check-in, and guest billing.
Ancillary Revenue
Ancillary revenue is income a travel supplier earns from add-ons beyond the core fare or room, such as baggage, seats, insurance, transfers, and upgrades.
OTA (Online Travel Agency)
An OTA, or online travel agency, is a website that sells hotel, flight, tour, and car-rental inventory from many suppliers inside a single booking flow.
Completed-Stay Commission
Completed-stay commission is affiliate commission paid only after a referred traveller actually checks out, rather than when the booking is first made.
Booking Window
The booking window, or lead time, is the gap between when a traveller books and when they travel, a key driver of pricing and attribution length.
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