booking

TripAdvisor is the world’s largest travel site as measured by monthly user traffic. Over the past couple of years, in an attempt to better monetize its massive user base, the […]

Mobile bookings are a challenge for the hotel industry. Even as traffic on mobile continues rising to never-before-seen levels, conversion rates on mobile aren’t quite keeping up. What are the […]

In a new, first of its kind analysis of combined offline and online consumer conversations, Engagement Labs released its TotalSocial® rankings on the top performing online travel agents (OTAs) in […]

When was the last time you read a contract you were signing? We mean, really read it – every single word. NB: This is an article from Vizzly Hoteliers often […]

Right now airlines are introducing fees for bookings via the GDS but imagine a scenario five years down the road where an airline charges a fee for booking via the […]

Hotels and OTAs might be in an all-out war, but some travel experts think you can book with both, it just depends on when you’re looking to book. Mark Blutstein, […]

Hoteliers today face a number of problems – coming from within their own sector and from on the peripherary. As well as the perennial issue of competing with rival hotels, […]

What are the top five ingredients in the race for ‘first to adoption’ that both hoteliers and tech suppliers share? NB: This is an article by Andrew Sanders, Vice President […]

Gone are the days when a guest’s hotel experience began with the doorman welcoming them into the lobby. With the average guest spending time on at least 38 sites prior […]

Hotels can invest hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars each month driving traffic to their website. But if your website isn’t optimized to drive direct bookings, then all that time […]