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The Hidden Profit Potential of the Hotel Breakfast

On OTAs guests use “breakfast included” as a primary search filter. When it comes to maximizing profit, breakfast can be an overlooked revenue booster

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Rate Parity and Flexible Rates No Longer Enough to Drive Direct Booking

If prices are identical on OTAs and the hotel website, nearly 70% of respondents prefer to book on OTAs, and only 30% prefer direct booking

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Positive Signs Emerge for Europe’s Hotel Industry

After two years of pent up travel frustration, new flight and hotel search data indicate that consumers are planning to travel this spring and summer

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Direct Booking: Photos and Videos Now More Important Than Reviews

Most hotel marketers will agree that in today’s fast-paced and attention-deficit online environment, we have less than a few seconds to make a memorable first impression. NB: This is an […]

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Bing Hotel Price Ads, a New Showcase for Your Direct Sales

Bing Hotel Price Ads is an opportunity to recover sales from customers who are searching for you but end up with the OTAs because they bid on your name

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Why Are We Still Allowing The OTAs To Gain The Upper Hand?

OTAs are just a channel… nothing more. This is your hotel, your guests, you provide the service to make your customers feel welcome, but check your T&Cs

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5 Tips to Drive Direct Bookings

Let’s focus on how to drive direct bookings, the challenges with winning them, strategies to get them, and ways to truly measure their value

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Hotel Distribution Jungle: New Distribution Models, NFT & Metaverse

Besides the traditional OTAs, there are new business models arising that are making the hotel distribution landscape even more complex

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Parity Under Control? Are You Monitoring the Right Price Sources?

Hoteliers can no longer simply rely on the old way of monitoring parity – you need to be keeping track of rates on metasearch too

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How to Distribute Inventory Effectively Through the Best OTAs

With the explosion of OTAs, it’s unrealistic to expect all inventory to be sold directly. Additionally, not all travellers will be aware of your existence

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