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Travel industry must accept freedom in distribution

If you go out to buy a new car the dealer will tell you the cost for the basic vehicle. Then they let you select the extras, such as sat-nav […]

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Dayuse hotel booking website claims to break new ground

Dayuse – a website through which consumers can book hotel rooms for daytime use – claims to be altering the face of hotel booking. The French company, which was founded […]

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OTAs see look-to-book disconnect in Japan

Japanese leisure travellers are using OTAs to research their international trips but prefer to book at the website of a traditional offline agent. The findings came out of research group […]

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SEO is alive and kicking in travel

“SEO is dead” is a well-known catchphrase, most commonly heard from newly unemployed spam merchants in bitter reaction to Google’s latest algorithm update. It’s always a wild exaggeration of course […]

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Revenue management takes center stage

Consumer protection in online marketing is a hot topic these days. Consumer awareness is a big win in the hospitality industry, where deceptive practices have been going on for years, […]

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How guests choose hotels during online booking

Just how do guests dwindle down their hotel selections during the online booking process? Two hospitality professors aimed to find out, looking beyond clickstream analysis by using eye tracking to […]

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Ctrip gears up for tougher battles in Asia.

Big Chinese online intermediaries are diligently pursuing new opportunities as part of their respective growth strategies and strengthening of international hotel content via direct contracting deals is a part of […]

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Understanding Online Distribution Channels

In a period of economic uncertainty, hotel operators cannot seek to control economic conditions, but they can strategically implement marketing to increase sales and hotel profitability regardless of market uncertainty. […]

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Hotel ADR Rise vs Distribution Channels Cost

According to the latest TravelClick data launched early May 2015, Hotel bookings from individual business and leisure travellers spiked across a variety of digital channels in the first quarter of […]

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Driving bookings through social media

Being present on social media sites is a given. Each platform has its own characteristics, driving and targeting various consumer segments. Here are tips on how hotels can better engage […]

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