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The Evolution Of Online Travel Distribution & Its Impact On Hotels

It’s easy to forget that we didn’t always complete bookings via the internet. Before the advent of online check-in and price comparison sites, airline tickets and hotel reservations usually involved […]

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13 Features Every Hotel Web Booking Engine Must Have

Online hotel booking systems have redefined the hotel industry space. Not only have they made hotel reservations easier for guests, they have also made hotels more accessible to guests, regardless […]

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5 Ways to Generate More Revenue in Low Season

Revenue maximisation is a central, year-round responsibility for all revenue or property managers. But it’s especially tough during periods of low demand, when you need to come up with creative […]

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Google Price Insights: New SERP Test and How to Respond

A blog post this week stated that Google is testing Google Price Insights, a new SERP element that adds price comparison features to the knowledge graph for hotels. This new […]

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Pricing strategy basics to make the most of every booking

Whether you run a high-end hotel, a budget apartment or something in between, sooner or later you’ll need to decide on a pricing strategy. How much should you charge for […]

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Definitive Guide to Increase Group Revenue Through Your Hotel Website

Group bookings drive large, predictable increments of revenue for hotels, but not all hotel websites successfully target this lucrative business. Just because your hotel website does a stellar job driving […]

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Hotel overbookings: Let us learn to tame them

Hotel overbookings have been quite a repetitive term in the hospitality industry. Ever wondered what that is? Hotel overbookings are the condition a hotel faces when a single hotel room […]

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Hotels Fight Back on OTAs Dominance of Online Guest Bookings

Online travel agents offer a convenient revenue stream but, as hotels are discovering, at a cost – that guests are ignoring direct bookings in favour of the hotel that appears […]

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Is The Price Right When Comparing Different Reservation Channels

The business of hotels has always been of selling rooms. Some of us might still remember a time hotel rooms had to be reserved through a travel agency, by phone […]

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Expedia’s New Package Approach Could Upend Distribution

The marriage of convenience between hotels and online travel agencies gets rockier whenever one of the partners goes too far to gain the upper hand. Expedia’s recent changes to its […]

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