technology

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 […]

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Hospitality industry lacks data driven marketing skills

  Almost a third (32%) of travel and hospitality industry marketers rate data science as the skill they most lack, with programmatic coming in a close second at 28%. This […]

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Faster and lighter travel distribution APIs.

  NB: This is a viewpoint by Álvaro de Nicolás, CTO Technology for Hotelbeds. Today’s travellers expect a simple, fast and user-friendly experience whenever they search, book and pay for […]

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Four reasons why revenue management systems are failing

  NB: This is a viewpoint by Rich Maradik, founder of nSight for Travel. The leading hotel revenue management systems (RMSs) essentially use a hotel’s own past data to predict […]

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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 – […]

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Airbnb policy to release anonymized data

Airbnb’s release of anonymized data about people who use its site to rent their property ‘will give New York City the necessary information to craft needed regulations and to enforce them’ while […]

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The Future of Hotel Revenue Management?

  NB: This is an article by Rich Maradik, Founder of nSight for Travel The head of Revenue and Distribution for a large global chain framed the hotel big data […]

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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, […]

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Airbnb boosts the Japanese economy by 222 Bn Yen

This is the first study looking at the impact of the Airbnb community on Japan, and comes after similar studies in France, New York, London, and many other cities across […]

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Airbnb to begin collecting Illinois hotel tax

  Airbnb rentals in Illinois will be getting more expensive next month. Beginning Jan. 15, the San Francisco-based home-rental platform will collect and remit on behalf of its hosts the […]

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