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How To Reduce Your Hotel OTA Commissions

It is easy to rely on OTA bookings. They do the advertising, handle reservations, but the higher proportion of OTA bookings, the less revenue you make

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Hotels Must Evolve Fast – It Will Be a Tough Future Otherwise

We touch on a number of topics with a mood of optimism that travel will return, whilst realising hotels can be short-sighted and have short memories

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All (Hotel) Revenue Is Not Created Equal

A dollar is a dollar, a euro is a euro – right? Wrong, at least when it comes to how hotels bring in revenue. All revenue is not created equally

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Powerful Strategies to Drive and Convert More Bookings

Diving into your bookings and website activity, you can better understand what’s working, what’s not, and where you are losing potential guests

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The Ultimate Guide to Hotel Direct Bookings

Three of the most significant sources of bookings for hotel and other properties are online travel agencies (OTAs), metasearch sites, and your hotel website

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The Small Hotel Guide to Finding the Right OTA and Ranking Highly

Finding the right OTA for a small hotel is not as simple as it sounds. Each one has trade offs and are not created equal. Here are a few considerations:

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Expedia Travel Ads vs Koddi: Hotel Marketing Platform Comparison

This has led to a lot of hotel owners confusion. We hear, “Should I run my ads directly through Expedia Travel Ads website or go through Koddi?”

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Is Blockchain a True Solution to OTA Challenge or a Silver Bullet Hope?

In the end, the implementation process of blockchain-based applications in the hotel sector comes back to one question: “Who owns the customer?”

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Tripadvisor Plus New Reward Model, Everything You Need to Know

Tripadvisor is the first big, relevant and global player in the online travel industry that dares to charge the user as its main revenue stream

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Optimise Your Hotel’s Room Inventory Management For Better Occupancy

Casual behaviour towards room inventory management by hotels can lead to various problems. Let’s discuss why you should be doing it in the first place

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