Google has always been forward looking and innovative when it comes to helping travelers make planning a trip easier and hassle free. It implemented platforms like the Trip Planning search feature […]

NB: This is an article by Tambourine From an outside point-of-view, a hotel should be anything but a commodity. After all, guests should be placing high value on a product […]

Focusing on driving more direct bookings has become a topic of great debate in the hospitality industry this year. Owners and operators alike are determined to focus efforts not only […]

$5.73bn in revenue. Nearly $400m in profit. And a market cap of over $15bn. That’s Expedia in a nutshell. One of the largest travel sites in the world, Expedia and […]

Online Travel Agents (OTAs) are known as an effective distribution channel for hotel rooms, but with more major hotel brands pushing direct bookings in an effort to reduce commissions paid […]

NB: This is an article by TrustYou TrustYou, the world’s largest guest feedback platform, now provides its extensive review data to IDeaS Revenue Solutions, the leading provider of revenue management […]

In any form of combat, there are victors and losers. In the battle over hotel rate parity, however, there are a number of constituencies with stakes in the fight. Because […]

The GM dropped in on the Front Office meeting and congratulated everyone on the FO team for handling four ‘perfect sell’ days last week. Four in the past five days…he […]

NB: This is an article from HeBS Digital Earlier this week, Google launched further into the world of travel with the release of Google Trips, a smartphone app that serves […]

Many people have a natural tendency to procrastinate, choosing to put things off until the very last minute.  But in the world of e-commerce, brands work tirelessly to convince customers […]