2026 Season Now Open

The Global Hotel Forecasting Championship

Predict. Compete. Prove your accuracy across 7 rounds of real hotel market data.

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Audit-Ready Scoring
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Prize
Universities worldwide
Weekly ET deadlines
78 scored forecast errors
DQ after 3 missed rounds
Simple process

Four steps to the leaderboard

Register, forecast, get scored, and climb the rankings. Every week.

1

Register

Create your account and join a team in under a minute.

2

Forecast

Submit Occupancy and ADR predictions before the weekly deadline.

3

Score

Actuals release after deadline. MAPE is computed automatically.

4

Compete

Climb the leaderboard across 7 rounds and prove your accuracy.

Live rankings

Know where you stand

Rankings update after each round when actuals are released.

Leaderboard
Round 5 of 772/78 scored
Rank
Team
University
MAPE
1
Revenue Wizards
Cornell University
8.1%
2
Forecast Masters
EHL Lausanne
8.4%
3
Hotel Analytics
University of Houston
9.0%
4
Demand Drivers
UNLV
9.7%
5
Data Pioneers
NYU
10.2%
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Your team
Your university
Updated after each round. Coverage: 72/78 points (actual=0 excluded).
Real markets

Three markets. One challenge.

Different demand drivers, different volatility. Learn what moves each market.

Nashville CBD

High volatility

United States

Event-driven demand and price-sensitive shoulder weeks.

Dubai

Seasonality swings

United Arab Emirates

Tourism cycles and global events create sharp seasonal peaks.

Hamburg

Steady demand

Germany

Business and port-driven demand with stable baselines.

For universities

Built for teaching at scale

Run forecasting competitions with professional structure so students focus on learning.

Competition Control Center

Configure seasons, deadlines, markets, and access levels in minutes.

Audit-Ready Operations

Submissions, scoring, and changes are logged and fully transparent.

Governance Built In

Warnings, approvals, and team constraints enforced by default.

Repeatable Every Year

Run new seasons without rebuilding the platform or workflows.

Scoring formula

78 scored points
APE = |Forecast - Actual| / Actual
MAPE = average of all APE values
Final = (Occupancy MAPE + ADR MAPE) / 2

Governance

Submissions locked after deadline
Audit log for every admin action
Role-based access controls

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Free trial weeks available. Paid participation required for official ranking.

FAQ

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