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Airbnb to begin collecting Illinois hotel tax

  Airbnb rentals in Illinois will be getting more expensive next month. Beginning Jan. 15, the San Francisco-based home-rental platform will collect and remit on behalf of its hosts the […]

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Airline system look-to-book ratios soar

  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 […]

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What the year ahead holds for hotel marketing

As 2015 unwinds and we start thinking about the new year set to begin, it’s always an interesting exercise to take some time to reflect upon some of the up […]

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Six questions about the future of rate parity

  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 […]

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Study Identifies Areas of Improvement for TMCs

  Changing Booking Behaviors Mean TMCs Can Play Greater Role Helping Travel Programs Manage Bookings and Capture Data A new GBTA Foundation study released today confirms that travel buyers  want […]

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Google power, and its latest statistics, dominate BTO

  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 […]

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Hotels Squander Millions By Ignoring Their Best Revenue Prospects

  Ask most hoteliers how they attract prospective guests and they’ll tell you about their marketing campaigns and loyalty programs. Ironically, the lowest hanging fruit for most hotels goes mostly […]

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Airbnb data reveals impact of the sharing economy

  More than 3 million people in the UK used Airbnb accommodation for their travels this year in a boost to the sharing economy, the site has revealed. There were […]

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Booking.com vs TripTease: truth and transparency

  Pamela Whitby analyses an interesting development in the hotel distribution landscape Poor taste or not, the letter sent by Booking.com to hotel partners last week shows that the hackles […]

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Expedia full funnel study offers insight

  A recently published study by Expedia Media Solutions has shed more light on how travel bookers in the US journey to their product of choice and what this means […]

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