# University contracts keep hotels full in autumn Canonical-URL: https://notitur.com/en/digest/group-sales-hotels-universities-autumn Text-Version: https://notitur.com/en/digest/group-sales-hotels-universities-autumn.txt Markdown-Version: https://notitur.com/en/digest/group-sales-hotels-universities-autumn.md Language: en Published: 2026-09-30T04:30:45.435Z Modified: 2026-09-30T04:30:45.435Z Author: Joan Sanz Topics: Revenue & Distribution Summary: Meyer Jabara Hotels builds its fall group sales on long-standing university relationships, overlapping demand segments and prospecting a year ahead. ## Article Meyer Jabara Hotels has explained how it builds its fall group sales, and the foundation is not a last-minute campaign. As [eHotelier](https://insights.ehotelier.com/insights/2026/09/30/relationships-are-what-fill-rooms-long-after-summer-ends/?utm_source=rss&, utm_medium=rss&, utm_campaign=relationships-are-what-fill-rooms-long-after-summer-ends) reports, the operator leans on **university relationships built over years**, on several demand segments that overlap, and on prospecting done **a full year ahead**, not when peak season is already fading. The mechanism is easy to grasp and hard to copy. Once the sales team knows the campus events lead, the sports lead and the alumni lead, it stops competing on price in every RFP and becomes the default option. That edge shows up in soft months like October or November, when group business covers fixed costs and frees the revenue manager from dumping the individual channel. In my view, that is the lesson for any independent hotel: fall group sales are not improvised in September, they are watered all year. - Overlapping segments. - Relationships before rates. - Prospecting twelve months out. ## Sources - eHotelier: https://insights.ehotelier.com/insights/2026/09/30/relationships-are-what-fill-rooms-long-after-summer-ends/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=relationships-are-what-fill-rooms-long-after-summer-ends ## Citation University contracts keep hotels full in autumn. Notitur. 2026-09-30. https://notitur.com/en/digest/group-sales-hotels-universities-autumn