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Research by Which? suggests 80% of hotel rooms can be booked cheaper by going direct than through OTAs. Rate parity clauses were blamed, with UKHospitality calling for the UK to ban them.

Analyze and take time to improve OTA rankings for your property. Better ranking can make a huge difference in reaching a wider range of customers who would book your hotel and enhance revenue

Google will continue to want as many players advertising on its platform. OTAs and metasearch sites will need to adapt and evolve. It just means the industry is playing the game by Google’s rules

Obviously OTAs also offer a big marketing opportunity for hotels, but they still want to push for direct bookings and escape restrictions on parity rates

Within 14 of the 20 tourism destinations, direct bookings – gained via a hotel’s website – either climbed the list from the previous year or maintained their position among the top five spots

As Google has risen to become a travel powerhouse in recent years, a complex situation has developed between the search giant’s marketing efforts and its travel selling arm

In its annual round-up, STAAH reveals the top 10 booking channels that have helped accommodation providers around the world, acquire more guests booking online

In this podcast we talk about the topic of Distribution Strategy, how this is changing for the future, what part do OTAs play and where does Google fit into this changing landscape.

While online travel agencies are a valuable resource for keeping heads in beds and gaining exposure, the cost of bookings that come through OTA channels hardly ends at the commission.

Google is likely to expand its foothold on the travel industry, either by acquisitions or by bringing competitors to the edge of irrelevance. The trend is unlikely to revert, so it’s time hoteliers wake up