booking

If you are like most hoteliers, you have a website that links to a booking engine which sits on a domain other than your own. Having more than one domain […]

We’ve seen a lot of hotels go live with our Direct Booking Platform – around 17,000 at the last count. And that means we’ve seen thousands of different offers that […]

In a competitive space like metasearch, it’s no surprise to see the top players innovate and make changes to gain the most consumer share. Part of this involves consistently testing […]

Today’s hotel planning and guests booking journey is becoming increasingly complex in this multi-device, multi-channel and multi-touch point digital landscape. In fact, according to Google, the average consumer engages in […]

It has taken two years, but two major global carriers have now started to put the squeeze on the old airline distribution model. Is it an attack by Lufthansa and British […]

An online booking engine for your hotel is imperative if you want to capture direct bookings and reduce the commission you pay to online travel agents (OTAs). The majority of […]

The hospitality industry spends billions of dollars every year driving traffic to their websites, yet 81%* of visitors leave before completing their booking. This presents the hotelier with two key […]

Think of a time when you want to buy something that you have been wanting for a long time. Did you do enough research and due diligence? Now that you […]

To entice consumers to book early, OTAs frequently advertise a free cancellation policy. Along with booking well in advance, the same tactic is used to encourage consumers to book multiple […]

  With trivago’s 1.4 billion annual searches, we see many clear trends in user search behavior and preferences. From that data*, we ascertained some best practices for hoteliers to follow […]