It would be fair to say that the conversation around instant booking on travel search sites has been broadly supportive of the concept so far. Ever since March 2011, when […]

A heavy reliance on their bookings means it is unlikely that European hotel operators will dis-intermediate from OTAs any time soon. Phocuswright research revealed at last week’s conference in Dublin found […]

Technology is proving to be something of a double edged sword for the big hotel chains. On the one hand it’s helping them to engage with guests through easily scalable […]

NB: This is an article from Koddi It’s cliche to say, but mobile has been and continues to be one of the areas where we see the most growth. Not […]

Hotel distribution continues to be one of the more complex ecosystems within travel. Much of that complexity can be attributed to the industry’s fragmented ownership and management structure which, among […]

More than half of the 18,000 hotel rooms to have opened in London since 2012 have been in the budget sector. That’s according to new figures from property consultants JLL […]

Are hotels direct booking efforts really working? That was the question on many analysts’ minds during the first quarter earnings calls hosted by major U.S. hotel companies. While Hilton and […]

Since being acquired by private equity firm Thoma Bravo for $930 million in early 2014, TravelClick, a New York-based provider of B2B distribution and marketing services for hotels, says its […]

Hotel industry fundamentals are good, and will continue to improve. But the hotel industry is being punished by the disconnect between the investment community of Wall Street and actual performance […]

NB: This is an article from NetAffinity A limited marketing budget is sometimes a given when you work for a small independent hotel. Low costs that yield high returns are the […]