technology

3 Best Practices to Increase GDS Revenue Starting Today

Global Distribution Systems (GDS) are used by Travel Agents (TAs) and Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) to book hotels, offering real-time availability of rooms, rates, and dates. But getting the most […]

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Hotel Budget Season: Don’t Forget To Include Technology

It’s that time of year again – hotel budget planning season. While it may not be the most exciting or festive of seasons, a hotel’s business, or any business, cannot […]

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How Artificial Intelligence Is Revolutionizing The Travel Industry

Artificial intelligence (AI) now infiltrates every element of the travel process. Today, website chatbots, personalized search platforms, and in-room virtual assistants are being deployed to improve customer engagement, boost conversion […]

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How To Choose The Right CRM For Your Hotel?

Regardless of your CRM goals, the starting point is, and always will be, a database containing information on your contacts. This database needs to be intelligently segmented and filterable so […]

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Shifting Away From The PMS As The Data Warehouse

Traditionally, the PMS has been considered the primary hub of hotel operations. But as data management becomes more complex, the limitations of the PMS, as this primary hub, are becoming […]

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Top High-end Travel Apps Used by Affluent Chinese Travelers

More Chinese are traveling, and the more affluent travelers are taking it a step further by booking trips on mobile more frequently. This class of Chinese traveler is not only […]

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The 3 Online Booking Pitfalls Costing You Revenue

The ultimate aim of any hotel’s website is to wrestle traffic away from the OTA’s and drive direct bookings. Unfortunately, many properties are driving a steady stream of travellers to […]

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Google Hotel Ads Become Most Profitable Metasearch Engine

Direct channel specialist Roiback has announced that Google Hotel Ads (GHA), the Google platform that distributes hotel prices in real time, now represents 65% of hotel bookings coming from metasearch […]

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Future of Revenue Management Is Not What It Used to Be

Not too long ago we thought the future of Revenue Management would be more data; faster processing capability; more revenue streams optimized; and more properties managed by one revenue professional. […]

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Expedia lets Google in on the voice action

If you had a billion-dollar war chest to invest in emerging technologies for travel, which would you bet on and whose lead would you follow? Given that Expedia Group earmarked […]

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