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Your Summer Revenue Check-list

Your Summer Revenue Check-list

We are busy right? So what’s the problem? Well, the problem is real profitability lies in the detail. So here are top 5 revenue management tips for ensuring your Summer is as profitable as possible:

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Expedia Mulls Matching Booking on Resort Fee Commissions

With Booking.com making the controversial move of charging commissions on hotel resort fees for the first time this week, rival Expedia Group isn’t ruling out matching the new stance.

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Has The Relationship Changed Between Hotels and OTAs?

Majority of hotels will still need the reach and advertising budgets of OTAs to help attract as many guests as possible, while OTAs need hotels to provide varied and attractive options to their visitors

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Review Your OTA Contracts and Start to Take Back Control

Review Your OTA Contracts and Start to Take Back Control

Not that long ago, an OTA was seen as a partner and often junior members of our teams were allowed to sign contracts without a second thought. My advice now, is to take back control.

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Airbnb Eliminates Most Guest Fees to Take on Booking Holdings

In a game-changing move to better compete against Booking.com, Airbnb is eliminating guest fees for many property managers and hotels that sign up for its service beginning June 4.

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Nordic Choice ‘Not at War with OTAs’ Over Blockchain

If the decentralised, blockchain-based distribution platform that Nordic Choice has been working on with Winding Tree is to succeed, it will need widespread industry support and buy-in.

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The Real Cost of ‘Free’ Cancellations

While cancellations affect a hotel’s ability to forecast revenue and impact their income in real terms, they are used by OTAs as a marketing tool – one that benefits their growth, rather than hinders it

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6 Points for an Effective Rate Parity Action Plan

The topic of rate parity continues to be a relevant and developing discussion within the hospitality industry, with hoteliers becoming more informed on the matter.

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How to Train Staff on Distribution Channel Conversion

Email marketing has quickly become a vital part of a hotel’s CRM efforts, but for many, it remains a complex, uncharted landscape. The good news is, it’s not as hard as it seems.

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booking.com are one of many otas who charge hotels fees

The ‘Double Whammy’ of Booking.com’s Early Payment Scheme

Most of us realise that Booking.com have automatically opted our hotels into their new ‘Early Payment Scheme’, but what exactly does this mean and how does it doubly affect our hotels?

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