otas

Key Strategies to Shift Bookings from OTAs to Direct

As OTAs increasingly use aggressive marketing techniques, hoteliers are at risk of losing a significant share of their total reservations to third parties. NB: This is an article from Milestone […]

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The (ongoing) trouble with travel distribution: Customer experience

The industry’s rapid evolution continues unabated. To profit through this turbulence, leaders must focus on what really matters—the customer. The landscape of travel distribution has been shifting. Until the mid-1990s, […]

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7 Signs Your Hotel Marketing is Out of Control

It’s easy to see how things can go off course in hotel marketing. NB: This is an article from Tambourine With an array of channels, disparate vendors and multiple audience […]

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Hotel and Mobile Boost OTA Online Bookings

NB: This is an article by Phocuswright U.S. online travel agencies (OTAs) continue their upward climb and have increased their share of the total travel market. Bolstered mainly by hotel […]

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How brands are targeting business travellers

Travel brands typically focus on leisure travellers – the type of person looking for adventure and escape. But what about those looking for basic comfort and convenience? According to a survey […]

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PolyU Study Finds Chinese Hotels Must Act on OTAs

Hotels in China have “little negotiating power” with online travel agents (OTAs) and could do more to resist their increasingly dominant role, suggest MSc student Lorraine Zhang, Associate Professor Basak […]

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Google Earnings Show Booking Sites Face Ongoing Headwinds

Google’s substantial revenue growth  — 24 percent — in the fourth quarter suggests that its largest travel advertisers, including the Priceline Group and Expedia Inc., continue to face pressure in […]

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The Incredible Shrinking Hotel Industry

The hotel industry isn’t known for being quick to adapt and evolve, and it often finds itself scrambling to catch up with changes in technology and traveler behavior. Online travel […]

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OTAs, precise SEO and other marketing strategies for boosting hotel traffic

Online travel agencies, precise search engine optimization and other marketing strategies might be the recipe for boosting traffic to hotels in 2017 According to Geoffrey Moore in his book “Living […]

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OTAs Using Data to Help Hotels Build Revenues

Debate in the industry suggests some OTAs are reluctant to share their data with hotel partners, a claim that surprised Krishan Kadodwala, the Expedia group area manager for UK and […]

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