distribution

  Back in the good old days, say around 20 years ago, airline systems had a 10:1 ratio of searches to actual bookings. Fast forward to 2015 and a metric […]

  NB: This is viewpoint by Jason Q Freed, managing editor for Duetto Research. Attendees on a recent webinar hosted by Tnooz titled “Hotel pricing in a post-parity world” were […]

  Google was a constant theme during the keynotes at last week’s Buy Tourism Online event in Florence, Italy, but Lufthansa’s distribution cost charge (DCC) also made a few honorary […]

  Competition with OTAs could drive further consolidation within the hotel industry. The top companies in the hotel industry could see further growth by adding properties to soft-brand collections. The hotel industry […]

SiteMinder and one of the US’s leading property management software providers, Innsoft, have today announced a partnership to offer a new wholly-integrated online distribution solution for hotels. The partnership addresses […]

  The websites that have the most comprehensive set of lodging choices, whether they are hotels, vacation rentals, apartments or igloos, will dominate. Expedia, through its HomeAway acquisition and intent […]

  GDS (Global distribution systems) and travel agent bookings remain an overlooked yet lucrative source of revenue for hoteliers, sources said. The reason these channels are overlooked? It’s because many hoteliers are […]

81% of us keep our smartphones somewhere close during all waking hours and over half of all Millennials would rather lose their sense of smell than their technology Other things […]

  As the likes of Airbnb, Booking.com and others jostle for a slice of the corporate travel market, existing players watch intently from the sidelines. This is a market that is […]

Pepijn Rijvers knows more than most about Booking.com’s meteoric rise. Last April, Rijvers became CMO of Europe’s largest online travel company, which also happens to be the key engine behind […]