distribution

While technology, customer profiles and buying habits have changed dramatically, hoteliers have been sluggish in reviewing and revamping their distribution eco-systems

As promised a few months ago, Expedia Group began this week to send hotel listings lower in the sort order on its Expedia.com and Hotels.com pages when properties add resort fees to […]

All is not quiet on the hotel distribution front. Yes Amoma, one of the biggest culprits in undercutting hotel rates, may be out of the picture. And yes, the recent […]

Chances are, if you’ve ever booked a holiday, you’ve used a metasearch engine! Google Hotel Ads, Trivago and TripAdvisor, for example, are all major examples of this type of site. […]

GDS is one of the first abbreviations you learn in the travel business. Global Distribution Systems are responsible for providing booking websites with unified access to a massive inventory of […]

Rate Parity is most often a difficult and complicated thing to manage… While Rate Parity clauses are now illegal in most of Europe, and therefore can’t be required from OTAs anymore, […]

Hotel companies are considering a move to a model where owners pay for business delivered. This shift puts role of branded groups under scrutiny, as the cost of distribution informed owners’ choices

It is constantly trying to obtain the right balance of business to maximize overall revenue, helping hotels and resorts price all their transient segments more effectively, not just BAR.

Wholesalers will contract chunks of a hotel’s inventory at a very big discount. They can mark it up at a profit, sell it on to non-contracted OTAs and still leave room for those OTAs to mark up their profit.

Many hoteliers prioritise a direct booking strategy year after year, scoffing at any suggestion online travel agent-led distribution could be beneficial, especially for new hotels.