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Is Airbnb a threat to Middle East hotels?
When Airbnb first burst onto the tourism scene in 2008, offering people the chance to find cheaper-than-hotel accommodation in a number of cities, the millennials snapped it up. The […]
9 Ways for Hoteliers to thrive in 2016
NB: This is an article by Kelly McGuire, Executive Director Hospitality & Travel Global Practice at SAS 2015 was a busy year for Hoteliers. ADR, Occupancy and RevPAR achieved […]
Time for Chinese hotels to dig deeper post consolidation among OTAs
2015 witnessed heavy consolidation in the OTA space in China. So what needs to be done by hotels to balance out their distribution mix? The pace with which OTAs […]
Hotel watchdog comes down hard on Booking.com
A German regulator has ordered Booking.com to remove all “best price” clauses from its contracts with hotel properties in the country. The Bundeskartellamt (BKA), the German Federal Cartel Office, says the […]
Digital marketers deal with shifting landscape
It wasn’t easy for hotel digital marketers in 2015 ………. and it’s not likely to get much easier in 2016!! With issues such as the growing power of online travel […]
Balance Shifting from OTAs to Hotel Companies?
NB: This is an article by Patrick Bosworth, CEO and a co-founder of Duetto I read, with great interest, recent headlines declaring negotiation wins for Hilton Worldwide over online travel […]
Lessons hoteliers can learn from Airbnb
NB This is a viewpoint by Michael McCartan, managing director EMEA for Duetto. Travellers have more choice and better rate transparency than ever when it comes to accommodation – […]
To Fill Rooms, Hotels Are Turning To Airbnb
Airbnb doesn’t just compete with hotels; it also competes with online booking sites like Expedia. About 60 million people have used Airbnb to find an alternative to a hotel. Now, […]
3 things Expedia learnt from analyzing airfare data
Expedia, the travel technology giant, has analyzed its trove of data to identify key trends in air travel. The data was consolidated primarily from the Airlines Reporting Corporation, with […]
Six questions about the future of rate parity
NB: This is viewpoint by Jason Q Freed, managing editor for Duetto Research. Attendees on a recent webinar hosted by Tnooz titled “Hotel pricing in a post-parity world” were […]
