distribution

Does travel metasearch drive more direct bookings for airlines, hotels or car rental firms? Is it really an alternative platform to Google and the big bad OTAs? OTA versus meta: […]

NB: This is an article from SiteMinder Your distribution strategy, in many respects, is the key to your reservations success at your hotel. The more you distribute the rooms and […]

There’s your Bed & Breakfast. Then, the self-serviced accommodations down the road. There’s also that retrofitted factory-hotel in the east end. And you all have one thing in common. You’re vying […]

The two largest OTAs reported substantial growth last quarter in sales of the alternative accommodations they offer, Expedia via HomeAway and Priceline through listings on Booking.com, which analysts said are […]

The important takeaway of the research is that hoteliers need to be mindful of the cost implications of their distribution strategy. Clearly, the third-party distributors can provide access to markets […]

None of the main metasearch sites or metasearch engines, among which we include Trivago, TripAdvisor, Google and Kayak have fully convinced hotels, especially independent ones, to “connect” their direct sales. […]

HOTREC, the European trade association of hotels, restaurants and cafes, unveils the results of its second hotel distribution study, based on responses from over 2000 hoteliers. The results show an […]

Metasearch has rapidly emerged to become one of the leading ways users can find cheap deals for travel, in arenas from air fare to hotel accommodation. This has significantly changed the […]

Debate about the tensions in the hotel room distribution market is usually dominated by the battle between direct distribution and the large global OTAs. Hotels understand the value global online […]

Q: The GDS vendors periodically state that they plan to cut back on incentives to travel agencies. Have they succeeded, as far as you can tell? Do you have any […]