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What is a bed bank? List of bed bank examples for hotels

SiteMinder

A bed bank is a business-to-business (B2B) travel provider that connects hotels with travel distributors, such as online travel agencies (OTAs) and tour operators. These rooms are then resold to various travel distributors, such as OTAs, tour operators, and travel agents, who then offer them to end consumers.

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Exclusive: Expedia’s lodging lead points to upswing in Asia travel as India’s growing middle-class explores

Hotel Management

But if you break it down in terms of the players – OTAs, travel agencies, hotel websites and other players – all of them will be growing at a rate of somewhere between 6-10%. OTAs at the higher end of the range, 10%; hotels’ own websites, somewhere in the 8% range, but a really robust rate of growth.

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Discount pricing strategy for small hotels

Little Hotelier

Encourage direct website bookings, sidestep OTA fees, enjoy greater freedom when developing your discount strategy. Trade discounts Trade discounts are focused on B2B bookings. Discounts for guests who book direct. It’s easy with Little Hotelier. Learn more Why is discount pricing used in hotels?

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What is a channel manager? All you need to know

Cloudbeds

These sites may vary to include online travel agencies (OTAs) such as Booking.com , Expedia, Tripadvisor, or Agoda; travel metasearch engines such as Google, Kayak, and Trivago; GDSs such as Amadeus and Sabre; bed banks such as Hotelbeds, or online marketplaces such as Airbnb, Vrbo (former HomeAway), etc. The same happens with a cancellation.

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Over 200,000 Dutch sign up for Booking.com class‑action

Hospitality Today

Wider impact: The claim suggests Booking.com’s practices distorted competition and raised prices across rival OTAs and hotel websites. Allegations: Booking.com is accused of inflating hotel prices and using deceptive tactics (e.g., “only one room left” alerts and fake discounts). weve got you covered.

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Hotel Digital Marketing in a Down Economy- Part 2

gcommerce

Online Travel Agent sites (OTAs) compete heavily on these channels to steal market share. OTAs are pushing hard to regain their footing. In 2020 and 2021, most properties were able to surpass OTA bookings with direct bookings. Side note: Anyone looking for B2B sales advice, definitely give Samantha McKenna a follow.)

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SiteMinder Reviews & Ratings 2023

SiteMinder

SiteMinder definitely is my favourite channel manager as it’s easy to use, integrates with all the major OTAs and has very good customer service. The only thing I hope is that more OTAs can integrate with SiteMinder in the future. Lots of integrations with OTAs which helps improve distribution.”

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