The U.S. hotel industry still is setting records, but its RevPAR failed to hit the 6% growth threshold for the first time this year. But with new records comes some […]

Carlson Wagonlit Travel has identified five key trends which will have the greatest impact on business travel going forward. The ‘Faster, Smarter, better?’ study highlights mobile technologies, customisation, the sharing […]

Like other industries, profits in the hotel business are achieved when revenues exceed the cost of operations. In 2015, there are several factors that will enhance the ability of hotel […]

For many hotels in Europe and across the globe, wholesalers and distributors are important – sometimes vital – business partners. With every passing year, these partners are evolving their business […]

Booking.com says it will amend its rate parity clauses across Europe by July 1 in line with commitments given to competition authorities in France, Italy and Sweden in April. The […]

If you go out to buy a new car the dealer will tell you the cost for the basic vehicle. Then they let you select the extras, such as sat-nav […]

Dayuse – a website through which consumers can book hotel rooms for daytime use – claims to be altering the face of hotel booking. The French company, which was founded […]

Japanese leisure travellers are using OTAs to research their international trips but prefer to book at the website of a traditional offline agent. The findings came out of research group […]

“SEO is dead” is a well-known catchphrase, most commonly heard from newly unemployed spam merchants in bitter reaction to Google’s latest algorithm update. It’s always a wild exaggeration of course […]

If the general manager is the captain of the hotel ship, the director of revenue needs to be a strong first mate. The GM and the director of revenue need […]