Travelport hopes to strengthen its position as one of the leading hotel distributors after seeing its total number of booked room nights increased to 65 million in 2015. The company has […]

  NB: This is an article from SiteMinder, a leading cloud platform for hotels World-famous retailers such as Macy’s in New York and Harrods in London are renowned for their […]

  This week HomeAway, the vacation rental platform, began rolling out a traveler fee to its US websites (HomeAway, VRBO, and VacationRentals.com), with a plan to introduce the fees globally […]

NB: This is an article by Dai Williams, Managing Director – EMEA, SiteMinder Independent hotels in Europe must find new ways to attract customers during 2016 in order to survive. […]

  Making good on its promise from last month, Choice Hotels confirmed that it will start offering vacation rentals. Choice Hotels CEO Steve Joyce had hinted at the Americas Lodging […]

  NB: This is an article from Snapshot As hoteliers we don’t always consider data to be a fundamental tool in our daily operations. We’d rather focus on making our […]

  There is much debate within hospitality circles on the growing pressures on pricing and the problems revenue managers are having making decisions on when to sell a room, who […]

  Hoteliers, analysts and investors aren’t quite sure what to expect of the hotel industry’s performance in 2016 and beyond. But what could previous declines tell us about what to […]

The British Hospitality Association (BHA) has repeated its call for greater transparency on sharing websites such as Airbnb, alleging that it encourages what it calls “illegal hotels” and professional landlords. […]

  Last month, investment bank Goldman Sachs downgraded the stocks of Priceline Group and TripAdvisor. One of its explanations was that it is worried that travelers are opting for property-sharing […]