distribution
Brand consolidation: The answer to OTAs?
Competition with OTAs could drive further consolidation within the hotel industry. The top companies in the hotel industry could see further growth by adding properties to soft-brand collections. The hotel industry […]
Partnership to Increase Online Distribution Solutions
SiteMinder and one of the US’s leading property management software providers, Innsoft, have today announced a partnership to offer a new wholly-integrated online distribution solution for hotels. The partnership addresses […]
Expedia CFO: Airbnb Getting Into Hotel Booking Is a Serious Threat
The websites that have the most comprehensive set of lodging choices, whether they are hotels, vacation rentals, apartments or igloos, will dominate. Expedia, through its HomeAway acquisition and intent […]
GDS can equal ROI with the right opportunities
GDS (Global distribution systems) and travel agent bookings remain an overlooked yet lucrative source of revenue for hoteliers, sources said. The reason these channels are overlooked? It’s because many hoteliers are […]
4 New Mobile Moments Everyone Needs to Know
81% of us keep our smartphones somewhere close during all waking hours and over half of all Millennials would rather lose their sense of smell than their technology Other things […]
Corporate Travel giant’s take on rapidly changing sector
As the likes of Airbnb, Booking.com and others jostle for a slice of the corporate travel market, existing players watch intently from the sidelines. This is a market that is […]
Booking.com tells hotels it’s not a zero-sum game
Pepijn Rijvers knows more than most about Booking.com’s meteoric rise. Last April, Rijvers became CMO of Europe’s largest online travel company, which also happens to be the key engine behind […]
Revenue Strategy Reaches Hotel Students
Essec’s Online “Fundamentals of Revenue Management” Course, Powered by Duetto, Registers More than 1,300 Students in Less than a Week London, November 16, 2015 – As higher education goes online […]
Digital window closing fast for hotels
GOING on a holiday is now a smoother process, with consumers able to explore and book travel and accommodations without having to go through middle-men. The online market for travel […]
How Expedia will help HomeAway battle Airbnb
Expedia Inc‘s acquisition of HomeAway, the vacation rental platform, for $3.9 billion (mostly in stock) could be understood as an alliance of mutual interest against Airbnb, the peer-to-peer short-term rental […]
