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Fast Fixes for Today’s Top 4 GDS Challenges
Global Distribution Systems (GDS) are used by Travel Agents (TAs) and Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) to book hotels, offering real-time availability of rooms, rates, and dates. Even though GDS can […]
Outshine OTAs: Engage Guests By Telling Your Hotel’s Story
Competing against Expedia, Booking.com and the other major online travel agents for travellers’ attention and bookings is an ongoing battle for all hoteliers. NB: This is an article from eTourism […]
Unplugging the Brand and Cranking Up the OTAs: Hotel Overachiever
It’s nothing new to hear about hotels or owners who have said “good bye” to brands and have gone on their own as an independent hotel. This is the story […]
7 Tips to Boost Your Property’s Ranking in OTA and Metasearch Results
OTA search results often mystify hotel revenue and channel managers. There’s not always a clear reason why one property ranks higher than another. NB: This is an article from OTAInsight […]
How The Hotel Relationship With OTAs Has Matured
The on-again, off-again relationship between hotel companies and online travel agencies has been the cause of so much head scratching and hand wringing over the years, but in the end, […]
Another Move By The OTAs That Is Harmful To Hotel Profitability
Two recent events in hotel distribution created a mild media buzz, but unfortunately were ignored by some hoteliers and quickly forgotten by the industry: Expedia’s Add-On Advantage and Booking.basic. NB: […]
Direct Booking Wars, Google, Airbnb: Is the OTA’s Position Unshakable?
When it comes to online distribution OTAs have the majority of market share for online reservations. NB: This is an article from StayNTouch OTAs control approximately two-thirds of all online […]
Latest Trends in The Fast Changing World of Revenue Management
Recently, Travel Tripper, IDeaS, and OTA Insight joined forces to host roundtable discussions on current trends in the fast changing world of revenue management. Meeting in Orlando and Miami, the […]
Why Average Joe Should Never Use an OTA. And Why He Will Never Stop Using Them!
With two large shortcomings I can’t see why the average person who has a basic understanding of how the travel world works would ever use an online travel agency. NB: […]
Is the Metasearch Model in Big Trouble?
Is it a temporary reset or the metasearch new reality? Metasearch critics have long warned that comparison-shopping businesses from Trivago to TripAdvisor have been overly dependent on a couple of […]
