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Save Big On Commissions: 10 Ways To Reduce OTA Dependency

An OTA has it’s own set of benefits, but one cannot overlook challenges they present. Hotels must look for ways to avoid putting all eggs in one basket

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The SCA Tsunami is Coming, How Will it Impact Hospitality Industry

From January 1st 2021 a new regulation on payments for online bookings that requires Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) will come into force

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Travelers Are Checking In To Spontaneous Trips In 2021

Travelers hungry for hotels are ready to commit to spontaneity, with 29% claiming they’d drop it all and leave the same day if given the opportunity

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Who’s Really Winning The Battle Between OTA and Direct Booking?

Saying upfront that OTA is better than direct booking or vice versa isn’t valid. So, let us look at the similarities and the differences between both.

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8 Top Travel Trends Hotels Must Act on to Capture Demand in 2021

If optimism turns into reality, hotels could see the first signs of leisure guests to capture, followed later in the year 2022 by business travelers

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13 Insanely Useful Ways to Improve Your Hotel’s OTA Bookings

Just like you should not depend on only a selected OTAs for bookings, you should not also depend only on OTAs to get your bookings

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How to Choose the Best Payment Processor for Your Direct Channel

The entry into force of PSD2, means it is time to think about implementing a good payment processor or PSP and integrate it into your booking engine

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ABNB IPO: Why Airbnb Could Overtake Booking.com

Airbnb could grow into the most important, if not the biggest travel company, meaning Airbnb’s stock could be undervalued relative its potential

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How to Use Hotel Metasearch to Increase Direct Bookings

Hotel metasearch represents a huge opportunity to increase your profitability. But how do you make sure it’s successful for your hotel?

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If the Meerkats were fined £18m, what about the OTAs?

The competition watchdog, the CMA, fined Comparethemarket.com (home of those TV meerkats) £17.9 million last week. What heinous offence had Sergei and his cuddly friends committed to warrant such a hefty financial […]

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