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The world is on the move. Tourist arrivals and spending on leisure tourism keep growing and experiencing one of the highest growth rates is South-East Asia. Just this year, Thailand […]

In the first quarter (Q1) 2015, digital channels – which include hotel websites (Brand.com) and Online Travel Agents (OTA) and Global Distribution Systems (GDS) – grew in popularity among individual […]

Booking.com, an operating business of The Priceline Group has announced it will waive enforcement of its existing wide parity provisions with German accommodations with immediate effect and will amend its […]

As of this month, Priceline’s Booking.com has implemented rather drastic changes in the way hotel guest data is handled. Booking.com has made guest email addresses anonymous and therewith unavailable to […]

The British Hospitality Association (BHA) has hit out at online travel agents after a settlement by EU competition authorities which prevents hotels offering a cheaper rate on their own website.  […]

Hoteliers have been telling us for years that the public needs to be better educated about what rates really stand for. NB: This is an analysis by Pamela Whitby, editor […]

In Europe, rate parity is a piñata that everyone’s taking a whack at. But not everyone in the industry agrees about what they’ll find inside. Probes in Britain, France, Germany, […]

SUCCUMBING to the competitive market of online hotel bookings, Singapore-based AsiaRooms.com has folded after seven years of losses, said a local report. According to Singapore daily Today, AsiaRooms.com’s staff were notified […]

If you ever attend a party with hoteliers, or if you know someone working in the hospitality marketing sphere, one sure way to spark a heated conversation is to ask […]

An array of prominent purchases has helped Expedia and Priceline cement their spots as the world’s largest online travel agencies (OTAs) as the opportunity for others narrows. NB: This is […]