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How Google’s Hotel Search Site Could Undermine OTAs

Under the innocuous title “There’s still time to plan your perfect spring break trip,” Google’s Richard Holden published an article late last week that showcased a range of new features […]

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How Can Your Independent Hotel Compete With Group Hotels?

Staying competitive is key to success. In the hotel industry, small independent hotels always have to compete with bigger brands or chain properties to attract guests, sell more rooms and […]

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Airbnb To Buy HotelTonight As It Pushes Deeper Into Hotel Booking

Airbnb wants to become the go-to place for anyone booking a trip—even if they want to stay in a hotel. The company, which built a business valued at $31 billion […]

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How You Should Think About Point-of-Sale Pricing and Source Markets

When it comes to managing a hotel’s revenue, there are many data points to consider: target occupancy, booking windows, group sales projections, market trends, local events, and more. NB: This […]

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With CMA Investigating OTAs, It’s Time to Take Control

In the UK, we have all been celebrating recently with the news that the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) are now investigating OTAs and the illegal practices which we as […]

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How to Minimise Losses From OTA Booking Cancellation

In today’s online travel world, OTAs play a major role in terms of generating a maximum number of bookings for hotels around the globe, as over 70% hotel bookings come […]

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Future of Revenue Management with the OTA’s Part II, Rev+ by Expedia

In our previous article, The Future of Revenue Management with the OTA’s we highlight the rules of revenue management, and the professionals who practice it on an almost-continuous basis. NB: […]

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How Can Your Hotel Stand Up to The Misleading OTAs?

In light of the recent, much publicised news around the misleading approaches taken by online travel agents (OTAs), has there ever been a better time for hotels to capitalise on […]

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The Future of Revenue Management with the OTA’s

Nowadays hotel revenue management has become a somewhat controversial buzzword in hotel industry, back in the day, revenue management meant opening and closing availability and rates. When Online Travel Agents […]

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Distributed Ledger Technology Can Encourage Rate Parity in Hotel Distribution

The last few years have seen a steady rise in the impact of rate-parity and onward distribution issues on hotelier’s bottom line. GMs and revenue managers are scrambling to find […]

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