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The Revenue Managers Guide to Handling High Cancellation Rates
Today’s hotel guests are empowered and informed, which in some ways is very positive. However, it has also led to a trend of guests making multiple bookings far in advance, […]
Bidroom.com becomes a commission free booking platform
In a revolutionary move, the online booking community, Bidroom.com, announced that it will stop charging hotels commissions for bookings on their website. Bidroom founders, Michael Ros and Casper Knieriem, have […]
Group Bookings in New Year Brighten Hotel Outlook
NB: This is an article from TravelClick Committed occupancy* and average daily rates (ADR) for the first quarter of 2017 are showing major signs of growth with group travel leading […]
Jumpstart Your Hotel’s Direct Bookings through Multichannel Campaigns
Multichannel campaigns are one of the most effective ways to boost direct bookings, build one-to-one relationships with current and future guests, and ultimately, encourage repeat guests throughout the customer lifecycle. […]
Consumption of digital travel content sees double-digit growth
A new study explores how the interaction between travel booking websites and other influential online and offline touchpoints can impact the purchase journey for American, British and Canadian travelers. The […]
Kayak’s CEO critiques Google, Airbnb, and others
Steve Hafner, co-founder and chief executive of Kayak, is living up to his reputation for being one of the liveliest annual on-stage interviewees at the Phocuswright Conference. On-stage he says […]
TravelClick Launches New Responsive Booking Engine Driving More Direct Bookings
TravelClick (“the Company”), a global provider of innovative, cloud-based and data-driven solutions for hotels to maximize revenue, announced the launch of its new, interactive Booking Engine 4.0, designed to increase […]
Stop the blame game Hotels and embrace OTAs
The perception that online travel agents are “horrendously expensive” is false and they should be embraced by hoteliers, a business expert says. Speaking at Duetto’s Revenue Strategy Forum, Professor Peter […]
How To Add Basic Hotel Booking to a Chat Bot
In the past years, we’ve seen an explosion of chat bots across multiple industries. Many times we are asked what can a chat bot do, and how would it benefit […]
Book on Google: Similarities and differences from TripAdvisor Instant Booking
This past year, Google and TripAdvisor revolutionised the travel industry by launching Book on Google and Instant Booking respectively. Comparing one with the other will help us understand them […]
