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I know we all hear the battle cries every day in our industry, but what’s really going on with hotel brands, franchisers, the online travel agents and their war over […]

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has taken online travel agents (OTAs) to task in the past week over how hotel rooms are displayed to customers, according to BBC News. […]

Booking.com no longer wants to control the pricing strategies of small to medium hotels but why? Booking Holdings, formerly the Priceline Group, is not alone looking to expand its net […]

Hotel booking sites must review the way they rank and display rooms, the UK’s competition watchdog has said. Some sites may be making misleading claims about discounts, the Competition and […]

If booking direct is so attractive and several hotels are joining the movement, is it universally attractive? Would every single hotel benefit from a book direct campaign? NB: This is […]

Though the hotel industry as a whole has been aware of it for a while, rate mixing or ‘blending’ continues to be an area in which OTAs outstrip their hotel […]

One of the bigger gripes leveled at brands is that there are too many of them. If you’ve attended any hospitality conference, you’ll recognize this as a frequent refrain uttered, […]

Could an established player from the world of wholesale online merchandising be a new force to be reckoned with in online travel? The online travel agents (OTAs) could have done […]

The hotel industry has been losing booking share to the OTAs for several years, and the trend does not appear to be reversing any time soon. Phocuswright shows that U.S. […]

There’s no doubt that there are clear benefits to increasing your direct bookings, for both your hotel and your customers. NB: This is an article from Rainmaker Hotels save on […]