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When it comes to OTAs, hotels are fixated almost all the time on the same two things. The revenue generated by the room bookings and the commissions

Just days after food-delivery apps faced fire from restaurant owners in southern India, online travel agencies (OTAs) are battling opposition from hoteliers in the western part of the country. Around […]

Regrettably, the rumours have been confirmed. Long feared by tourism businesses all over Ireland, the government has recently declared that the sector’s VAT rate will increase from 9% to 13.5% […]

First it was the online travel agencies (OTAs) in 2000. Just when hoteliers learnt to co-exist with these intermediaries, along came the revolution that took everyone by storm – the […]

Metasearch Is critical to the travel research process now finds new report, with 94% of travelers reporting that they use metasearch when booking hotels and 73% doing so regularly NB: […]

As a distribution manager, does rate parity fall into your “very hard to deal with” basket? If it does, you’re not alone. NB: This is an article from OTA Insight […]

This July, Google announced a rollup of its Hotel Ads metasearch product into the broader Google Ads platform (FKA “Adwords”). The update brings immense opportunity to hotels. Over the past […]

Have you ever wondered why we all hear so much complaining and downright all-around annoyance being expressed from hotels about the on-line travel agents? NB: This is an article by […]

As Google’s meta-model becomes increasingly monopolistic Pamela Whitby begins a series on how travel distribution is evolving. Part 1 takes a look at the Google factor If Google is a […]

Travel customers have an unprecedented number of options to shop and book hotels, with new competitors constantly jumping into the distribution channel pool constantly. NB: This is an article from […]