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Bidroom.com becomes a commission free booking platform
In a revolutionary move, the online booking community, Bidroom.com, announced that it will stop charging hotels commissions for bookings on their website. Bidroom founders, Michael Ros and Casper Knieriem, have […]
Kayak’s CEO critiques Google, Airbnb, and others
Steve Hafner, co-founder and chief executive of Kayak, is living up to his reputation for being one of the liveliest annual on-stage interviewees at the Phocuswright Conference. On-stage he says […]
Expedia vs Airbnb vs New York City
In these turbulent times for online travel is it goodbye hotel, hello 21st century lodging? When Airbnb launched with an air mattress on the floor of a San Francisco apartment […]
Expedia aims to enable Hotels in meetings and events
Online travel agent Expedia says it wants to be an “enabler” of the travel industry, and has branched out into meetings and events. The global travel giant has struck a […]
Booking.com Launches New Content API for Channel Managers
Booking.com, the global leader in connecting travellers with the widest choice of incredible places to stay, announced the launch of its new Content API for accommodation channel managers, content providers […]
Into a brave new world for Online Travel Agents and beyond
The pace of technical change in online travel is about to speed up and take many players by surprise, according to one of travel’s largest global technology suppliers, Amadeus. Driven […]
A closer look at customer focused strategy of Booking.com
The changing nature of the travel industry has been a hot topic at this year’s Web Summit. Gillian Tans, the CTO of Booking.com, particularly emphasised how increased mobile usage is […]
Stop the blame game Hotels and embrace OTAs
The perception that online travel agents are “horrendously expensive” is false and they should be embraced by hoteliers, a business expert says. Speaking at Duetto’s Revenue Strategy Forum, Professor Peter […]
Can Direct Booking Campaigns End Up With Both Sides Declaring Victory?
Shifting hotel bookings to their own websites is clearly a positive for the large hotel chains, but online travel agencies could actually come out ahead, as well. For the online […]
Winning the Hotel Booking: Digital Marketing Summit Recap
In this article, we recap the third presentation from our Digital Marketing Summit for Hoteliers, “Winning the Hotel Booking.” The Booking phase is perhaps the most important phase of the […]
