booking

The Science Behind Increasing Direct Bookings

With the ever-growing importance of the direct booking channel and the increasingly complicated path-to-purchase behavior of the multi-channel and multi-device travel consumer, today’s hotel website can simply no longer afford […]

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The four booking behaviours driving travellers

Men spend less time booking trips than women. Younger travellers tend to start their planning later. And 59% of travellers begin researching their next trip between one and three months […]

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Lessons from an OTA on Converting Users

In the modern travel market, online travel agents have successfully retained the lion’s share of online travel bookings made by users – according to a 2016 Phocuswright study, 66% of […]

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Strategies for Winning the Direct Booking Wars

NB: This is an article by Revinate It’s been a busy year on the “book direct” front. Hotels of all sizes are facing off against established and emerging online travel […]

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Best Practices: Upselling and Improve Customer Satisfaction

From airlines to fast food restaurants, all kinds of businesses use upselling and cross-selling to increase their business’ growth and profitability. However, these are not just tools to boost profits, […]

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Will Direct Booking Strategies Impact OTAs?

A recent Morningstar study, “Hotel Direct Booking Campaigns Won’t Hurt Priceline and Expedia Says Study,” asserts that the impact of major chains’ direct booking campaigns on online travel agencies will […]

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Does It Really Pay to Book Direct?

These days, hoteliers talk a good game when trying to convince travelers to book directly. “Stop Clicking Around,” Hilton urges in a current campaign. “It Pays to Book Direct,” Marriott […]

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Use Special Offers and Segmentation to Snag Bookings

Running a successful hotel, when you hit the bottom line, comes back to one thing: driving profitable bookings. Will that new carpet look good in pictures? Does your staff respond […]

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OTA Customers – facts, trends and some surprises

Understanding how travellers behave is critical to our business, and this insight ensures our hotel partners can connect and engage with travellers today and in the future. The $1.4 trillion […]

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BookingSuite: A Lesson in Direct Revenue Strategy

Throughout my career in revenue optimization for the hospitality and travel industry, I have always stressed the importance of owning your digital assets. This means having control of your domain, […]

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