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Online Travel Agencies Go on $ummer $pending $pree

As peak summer travel season gets underway, booking sites are fueling an ad boom that shows no sign of slowing. They are battling each other and traditional hotel brands like […]

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Booking.com Expanding Beyond Hotels Into Flights, Cars and Restaurants

Booking.com is renowned for its hotel-only focus but its homepage now features tabs for flights from Kayak, car rentals from RentalCars.com, and restaurant reservations from OpenTable, all sister companies owned […]

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Guest loyalty through direct channel is cornerstone in struggle with OTAs

A traditional priority for hotels has been to please and satisfy their clients with the clear objective that the client returns to the hotel on his next visit to that […]

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Hotel CEOs Love Direct Booking But Have Varied Views About Strategy

Earlier this month, Hyatt Hotels & Resorts surprised many in the hotel industry when news leaked during its current contract negotiations that the company was threatening to abandon Expedia and […]

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5 effective ways hotels can attract international guests

International travel is now fully-fledged. Anyone can travel anywhere, anytime they like. Between 2011 and 2020, international travellers to the United States are expected to grow from 62.8 million to […]

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PPC For Hotels: How To Counter OTAs

If you’re a hotel that works with online travel agents (OTAs), you’ll be familiar with the battle of balancing your relationship with the OTAs and also driving enough sales directly. […]

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OTAs TripAdvisor, Expedia and Hotels.com Top When Planning Vacations

In a new, first of its kind analysis of combined offline and online consumer conversations, Engagement Labs released its TotalSocial® rankings on the top performing online travel agents (OTAs) in […]

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Who Owns Your Guest Data? Your Hotel or the OTA

When was the last time you read a contract you were signing? We mean, really read it – every single word. NB: This is an article from Vizzly Hoteliers often […]

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Asia is now driving Expedia strategy

Dressed casually in a pair of jeans and black jacket, Dara Khosrowshahi spoke with a friendly smile, but with determination in his eyes. “The U.S. used to be the driver […]

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Booking direct or via OTAs: what’s the better deal?

Hotels and OTAs might be in an all-out war, but some travel experts think you can book with both, it just depends on when you’re looking to book. Mark Blutstein, […]

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