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  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 […]

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 […]

  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 […]

  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 – […]

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, […]

  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 […]

  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 […]

  A dramatic shift towards online merchandising is being spearheaded by online travel agencies (OTAs) new research reveals. The Amadeus IT Group saw an 85% increase in the amount of […]

Teletext Holidays’ Steve Endacott says rising Google click costs and the emergence of new sectors like the sharing economy are the driving force behind the formation of global online travel […]

  Google was a constant theme during the keynotes at last week’s Buy Tourism Online event in Florence, Italy, but Lufthansa’s distribution cost charge (DCC) also made a few honorary […]