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Emerging Technology in Travel, Hotels, Airlines and OTAs

In an ever-shifting technology landscape, we’ve identified three major trends that will have the greatest impact on travel,airlines, hotels and OTAs in 2017 Megatrend #1:  Connected Intelligence The world is […]

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Competition Among OTA, Search Players Leaves Hotels with Options

Google has appeared more aggressive in the travel space lately, inserting itself into the competition between hotels and online travel agencies for primacy among consumers searching for a room. The […]

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The Balance of Power for Selling Hotel Rooms

Traditionally, Marriott is a business driven by franchise and management company contracts. It is known for its branding, service and operational expertise. Starwood in recent years is placing additional emphasis […]

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Is there a thawing in the hotel and OTAs relationship?

There’s been a subtle change in tone from some quarters when you ask hotels about the power of online travel agencies or how those OTAs feel about hotels driving business […]

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Inside the London usability lab of Expedia

Walking through what could have been mistaken for a door into a boiler room in Expedia’s modern London offices in Angel, you wouldn’t think you were entering a hub where […]

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Exploring the rise of Mega Online Travel Retailers

NB: This is an article from Amadeus Online travel shoppers are often oblivious to which site they use to make a purchase, whether it is a metasearch or an OTA […]

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Google Online Travel Adventure Upsets Its Biggest Advertisers

At the largest online travel conference last week, industry executive Steve Hafner was asked an unusual question: What’s the first word that comes to mind when you think about Google? “Annoying,” […]

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Hotels, Let’s Go Direct!

It is not an astonishing piece of news anymore that online bookings play a key role in the hospitality industry, bypassing the offline channel of bookings tremendously. The trend has […]

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The Revenue Managers Guide to Handling High Cancellation Rates

Today’s hotel guests are empowered and informed, which in some ways is very positive. However, it has also led to a trend of guests making multiple bookings far in advance, […]

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Bidroom.com becomes a commission free booking platform

In a revolutionary move, the online booking community, Bidroom.com, announced that it will stop charging hotels commissions for bookings on their website. Bidroom founders, Michael Ros and Casper Knieriem, have […]

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