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Effective January 1, 2018, several new accounting standards became mandatory for the hospitality industry in the U.S. The most important of these standards concerns revenue recognition, and more concretely how […]

If you ask a hotel manager to compare an online travel agency to another life form, the response will generally not be flattering. Lianas in a tropical rainforest, for example. […]

An older gentleman stands in front of a temple in Siem Reap, Cambodia, gazing up in wonder as sunlight glints off his white hair and wizened face. As he begins […]

A recent analysis of Amazon’s ability to disrupt online travel agencies by Morgan Stanley was in the news with a number of opinion articles on the subject being published. “Online […]

“It’s healthy that hotels have a distribution mix.” Those are the words of Booking.com’s Gillian Tans, speaking at ITB last week. You might not hear us say this too often, […]

It’s becoming harder every day to differentiate between Airbnb and traditional online travel agencies. And now the agreement that allows Siteminder, a leading hotel distribution platform, to list hotel rooms […]

As airlines charge extra for baggage while adding more fee-based amenities like premium seating and in-flight wi-fi, it’s getting more difficult for travelers to compare the cost of a flight […]

Recently Airbnb announced the formation of a technology partnership with SiteMinder, a cloud-based channel management platform used by more than 28,000 hotels around the world. Now, hotels that use SiteMinder […]

Airbnb are never far away from the headlines, but the homesharing giants have been outdoing themselves in 2018. Alongside a plethora of announcements made at the end of February, including […]

Increasing direct bookings would be one of the most rewarding (but just as challenging) tasks for any hotelier. Given the vast market size and share of third party booking sites, […]