Top Hotel Trends for Driving Guest Loyalty in 2016

  NB: This is an article by Maryam Wehe, Senior VP of Applied Predictive Technologies In 2015, many hotels focused on introducing new technology, investing in new property layouts, and […]

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Uber’s new travel feature……..

  Travel is becoming more closely integrated with mobile Uber’s filing for a new patented feature, called Uber Travel, could have serious implications for the future of booking applications as […]

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Time for Chinese hotels to dig deeper post consolidation among OTAs

  2015 witnessed heavy consolidation in the OTA space in China. So what needs to be done by hotels to balance out their distribution mix? The pace with which OTAs […]

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Hotel watchdog comes down hard on Booking.com

  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 […]

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Digital marketers deal with shifting landscape

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 […]

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Improve Revenues by Engaging Travelers on the Right Channels

  Marketing, as we know it, has been rapidly evolving over the past number of years, and 2015 has been a year of significant change. The role of marketing has […]

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Room Rates are Primary Driver of Growth

As hoteliers round out 2015 and head into the New Year, properties in major North American markets are experiencing steady increases in bookings, with 21 of the top 25 markets […]

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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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US hotel RevPAR up in November 2015

  The US hotel industry reported positive results in the three key performance metrics during November 2015, according to data from STR, Inc. In year-over-year results, the U.S. hotel industry’s […]

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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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