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Airbnb are never far away from the headlines, but the homesharing giants have been outdoing themselves in 2018. Alongside a plethora of announcements made at the end of February, including […]

Increasing direct bookings would be one of the most rewarding (but just as challenging) tasks for any hotelier. Given the vast market size and share of third party booking sites, […]

It’s the start of the season. You’ve got a healthy base of early bookings, you’ve adjusted your rates to snare in some more, and you’re settling down for an early […]

The media has carried out a widespread diffusion of the story that Airbnb is now offering hotels. The size of this giant company and its potential are well worth the […]

On Monday morning, I decided that since I knew all about the high commissions that hotels are charged for bookings through online travel agents (OTAs), I would do the right […]

Wall Street prefers the term ‘headwinds’ to ‘problems’, and there are an awful lot of them in the travel stories coming out of brokers at the moment. The numbers show […]

As several markets in the Middle East tackle supply growth and stagnant average daily rate, sources said there is real concern that OTAs will take the bull by the horns […]

Recent years have seen a rise in the number of the online booking platforms. They’ve become increasingly popular, and as the intermediaries between hotels and their guests, seem to be […]

What do hospitality executives think of the current hotel distribution landscape, and the emergence of Google Hotels and Airbnb? And would they ever consider walking away entirely from a particular online travel […]

The groundswell of support for “book direct” initiatives is squarely aimed at reducing reliance on online-travel-agency production. Blindly following a course of action to simply reduce OTA transaction mix by […]