distribution

  No hotel is an island, especially in distribution, and once you accept that fact then the wisest approach to take is to then find the right distribution channel which […]

  NB: These are extracts from a recent whitepaper by Peter O’Connor in conjunction with SiteMinder and Revinate Peter O’Connor, Ph.D. is Professor of Information Systems at ESSEC Business School, […]

  Are hotel wholesalers headed for extinction like the dodo bird? Certainly not yet. What is the future of hotel wholesalers? There are a lot of prophecies out there, but […]

  NB: This is an article by Patrick Bosworth, CEO and co-founder of Duetto Just weeks after I wondered whether the OTAs lost some ground to hotel groups in the industry’s […]

  Amadeus has officially launched its Selling Platform Connect in the UK, which it claims is the world’s first fully online GDS booking and fulfilment platform. The company claims it has […]

  Expedia’s under-the-radar site Meeting Market is looking to expand beyond its current German base and become a pan-European, if not global, portal for the MICE sector. The site brings […]

  Travelport hopes to strengthen its position as one of the leading hotel distributors after seeing its total number of booked room nights increased to 65 million in 2015. The company has […]

  With hotel chains such as Hilton Worldwide and Marriott International making a major push for direct bookings and offering loyalty program members lower rates than they give to online […]

  Deals publisher Travelzoo appears to be pivoting towards hotel search, eyeing up China and taking a quality not quantity approach to new members, according to a growth strategy overview […]

NB: This is an article by John Kearney, Director of Hotelient For over 15 years that I have been within this industry, Independent hotels here in Europe have been always […]