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With CMA Investigating OTAs, It’s Time to Take Control
In the UK, we have all been celebrating recently with the news that the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) are now investigating OTAs and the illegal practices which we as […]
TripAdvisor has Changed: What’s Different and What it Means for Hoteliers
Hoteliers today use a variety of online channels—from social media platforms to online travel agencies—to market their properties and take bookings. NB: This is an article from WebRezPro These online […]
5 Marketing Tips to Increase Your Hotel’s Spring Bookings
As we march into a new season, it’s time for us to spring into action. I’m sorry – I couldn’t resist… NB: This is an article from Welcome Anywhere Calendar […]
How to Minimise Losses From OTA Booking Cancellation
In today’s online travel world, OTAs play a major role in terms of generating a maximum number of bookings for hotels around the globe, as over 70% hotel bookings come […]
How Can Your Hotel Stand Up to The Misleading OTAs?
In light of the recent, much publicised news around the misleading approaches taken by online travel agents (OTAs), has there ever been a better time for hotels to capitalise on […]
Old School Distribution Tool Can Help Hotels Boost Bookings
Most major manufacturing industries are cyclical, taking top trends from past decades and updating them to sell to a brand-new generation of consumers; the retail, interior design and music industries […]
Booking.com: A Partner They Are Not!
You need to watch for a new practice Booking Basic. This is where Booking.com will offer to make a booking for your customer on another third party site if they find a cheaper price than their own site.
Top 12 Hotel Booking Revenue Makers as Consumer Choice Rises
SiteMinder today unveils its annual lists of the channels that brought the highest total booking revenue to hotels in some of the world’s top travel destinations in 2018. Varying from […]
Views on Direct Booking and OTAs Vary From Brand to Brand
The collective push by the hotel industry in recent years to get guests to book direct could intensify as new entrants add pressure and competition to the distribution landscape. At […]
2019: The Year Hotels Get a Grip on Acquisition Costs
Examining the challenges and opportunities facing hoteliers in 2019, it might be easy to say, “New year, same old story.” In attempts to drive revenue and increase profitability, hoteliers—like they have for seemingly the past decade—continue to focus on less costly ways to acquire guests.