distribution
Hotels Reserve Spending for Online Reputation Management
For travelers, reputation is (almost) everything when it comes time to book accommodations, based on February 2015 research by Ipsos MORI for TripAdvisor. While price ranked as the most important […]
Interview: Airbnb Business Travel Lead Marc McCabe
Airbnb’s rapid conquest of the guest accommodation market shows no sign of abating, and that even includes winning the business of corporate travelers, whether their employers know or not. Even […]
Starwood Hotels & Resorts And The Airbnb Threat Of Disruption
Summary Why it’s only a matter of time before Airbnb has a major impact on the U.S. hospitality industry. Starwood will experience growing pressure in the U.S. market from Airbnb. […]
Key Areas in Revenue Management discussed
Four areas for revenue professionals to focus on for the year ahead, according to the HSMAI APAC Revenue Advisory Board Distribution The distribution landscape is always evolving and 2015 has […]
The Truth About Hotel Meta Search
Hotel marketing types love trends. Every day there is the same old story about a new thing that changes everything. It’s always a thing that, if the hotels would only start doing […]
What Conventional Hospitality Businesses Can Learn from Airbnb’s Prowess
Since its inception in 2008, Airbnb has hosted 25 million guests across 190 countries in over a million host locations worldwide. Equipped with $475 million from their last round of […]
TravelClick expands partnership with Google
TravelClick, a global provider of innovative cloud-based solutions that enable hotels to grow revenue, today announced an expanded partnership with Google to enable “one-click” mobile web bookings using Google Wallet […]
APAC rising: why the balance of power in online travel is shifting east
Stunning landscapes and cultural spectacles coupled with rising incomes and a growing propensity to travel has seen Asia-Pacific fire the imagination of the online travel industry. Today APAC represents 25% […]
Beyond Pricing seeks to boost revenue for property rentals
A few weeks ago Beyond Pricing gained some column inches for attracting seed funding of $1.5 million in a round led by Resolute Ventures. The startup, which launched last June and specialises […]
End of Rate Parity? Booking.com open the door
Online travel agent booking.com has offered to scrap a practice which prevents hotels from giving discounts to its rivals, in a bid to end investigations by competition authorities in France, Sweden […]