Hotels

Airbnb And Priceline Fight To Be First Stop In Travel

At first glance, hotel-booking giant Priceline Group and alternative accommodations hub Airbnb may not seem like obvious competitors. But as with all great rivalries, each company needs what the other […]

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How Google Hotel Reviews Impact Your Hotel

There is a lot of buzz lately about hotel reviews on Google and what really drives improvements in ratings, review summaries, and local search rankings for hotels. As of recent, a few online […]

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Can Booking Engine Data Boost Direct Bookings ?

Your booking engine has a lot more going on under the hood than you might imagine. Specifically, it has an almost overwhelming amount of data. That data can be used to […]

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Starwood taps machine learning to dynamically price rooms

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide uses an analytics engine to alter hotel price rates on the fly, improving demand forecasting by 20 percent. Should Marriott International acquire Starwood Hotels & […]

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Kalibri points hotel toward true cost of guest acquisition

  One of the most under-reported stories in travel is that most hotel owners have no idea what their cost per channel is and what they’re actually getting per room. […]

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How Online Hotel Distribution Works

Few aspects of the hotel industry are as overwhelming as understanding GDS, OTA, PMS, and online distribution. With a few quick tips, hoteliers can work to take over the market—and maybe even the world. […]

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6 Social Media Strategies For Travel Shopping Journey

Today’s travel shopping journey has never been more complex. In Leonardo’s recent webinar, “Strategies to Thrive in Today’s Complex Travel Shopping Journey,” we discussed the chaotic reality that hotel consumers […]

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Can UAE Hotel industry absorb price increases?

Plans to implement value added tax (VAT) in the UAE, expected to be introduced at a rate of 5% in 2018, have not given me much cause for concern as […]

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Overcoming Obstacles in the Distribution Landscape

To keep up with the shifting distribution landscape, hoteliers better start their engines, because the race is on. “It’s a race of who can provide the best consumer experience through […]

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SEO Checklist for Small Hotels and B&Bs

Search engine optimization — or SEO — is critical to your overall online presence. With the best SEO practices, you can increase your hotels ranking on the search engine results […]

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