STAAH

MAY 28, 2025

trillion by 2028, with online travel agencies (OTAs) like Booking.com contributing a significant chunk to hotel bookings – accounting for nearly 40% of all online hotel reservations in some regions (Statista, 2023). To stay competitive, hoteliers must optimize their OTA operations for better efficiency and guest experience.

OTA

Cloudbeds

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

While traditionally defined by location, brand, and amenities, todays compsets are increasingly segmented by booking behaviors and traveler demographics. Knowing your competitors allows you to study their branding, offers, and guest feedback. Before diving into how compsets have evolved, well first revisit the basics. Refine messaging.

Hotels

Hotelogix

JANUARY 5, 2025

Hotelogix Web Booking Engine Integration Hotelogix offers a robust web booking engine that can be seamlessly integrated with Google Ads to enhance your hotel’s online presence and booking capabilities: - Direct bookings : Hotelogix’s booking engine allows guests to book directly on your website, reducing commission costs from OTAs.

Hotels

SiteMinder

JUNE 5, 2025

A hotel ad is any paid placement used by a hotel to promote its rooms, offers or brand, typically through online platforms like Google Hotel Ads , OTAs (online travel agents), metasearch engines, and social media channels. OTAs like Expedia and Booking.com may reject your listing if your ad copy or images don’t meet their standards.

OTA

SiteMinder

JULY 20, 2025

Bidding platforms give you a quiet back door to move those vacant rooms, protecting the rates guests see on OTAs while topping up revenue that would otherwise slip away. Lift occupancy on slow dates Mid-week lulls and shoulder seasons often hurt RevPAR. Learn more How do hotel bidding sites work?

OTA

SiteMinder

JULY 14, 2025

Unlocking profit for its clients has become synonymous with the brand over the years. Now the property is attracting a wide range of guest segments, operating at 75% occupancy, and turning a profit that the owners can use as leverage to sell the business and move onto new challenges. Let’s look at five examples.

Business

STAAH

MAY 25, 2025

With STAAHs Channel Manager , the team gained a single command centre to manage rates, inventory, and availability across all online travel agents (OTAs). The pooled inventory model ensures that every room is available to sell across all platforms simultaneously maximising occupancy and reducing spoilage.

Overbooking

Cloudbeds

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Suite Success: Masters of Hospitality Hosted by Katie Cline, Suite Success tries to unlock the secrets behind the world’s most successful hotel and hospitality brands. The Boostly Podcast is for hospitality business owners, managers, and marketers looking to enhance their direct booking strategies and gain independence from OTAs.

Hospitality

Cloudbeds

JANUARY 22, 2025

These expenses represent the allocated cost of assets that are either tangible (such as buildings, furniture, and equipment) or intangible (such as brand rights and permits) over their useful life. Depreciation and amortization. Although they are non-cash expenses, they can have an impact on the bottom line. Rent costs.

Revenue

STAAH

MAY 18, 2025

Facing integration challenges Before using STAAH, they had no way of integrating all bookings which limited the team at Lackford Lakes Barns to increase online visibility by joining more online travel agents (OTAs). SwiftBook is highly customisable to fit the propertys brand.

OTA

Amadeus Hospitality

APRIL 8, 2025

Every hotelier dreams of high occupancy, steady revenue, and a thriving business year-round. Theres a tendency to rely on one-off discounts, flash sales, or online travel agencies (OTAs) to fill rooms quickly without building a sustainable demand pipeline. And if you ask, theyll all agree demand generation is the key to success.

Revenue

SiteMinder

JUNE 5, 2025

It helps define your property’s value, clarify your brand positioning, and attract the right type of guest. Being clear about where your property sits helps you: Attract the right travellers; Price rooms more effectively; and, Build a stronger, more consistent brand. Hotels have more room to build a brand.

Motels

Hospitality Tech

JULY 9, 2025

Independent operators have long lacked access to the kind of loyalty infrastructure and technology that branded hotels receive when they join a major flag. Brand loyalty is fading, especially among 18–34-year-olds, and younger buyers place less importance on legacy brand reputation, prioritizing peer reviews and visual content instead.

Operations

Hospitality Tech

JULY 9, 2025

Hospitable sends professional, branded messages to prompt deposit payments, issue reminders, and confirm the deposit’s release, keeping the guest experience clear and consistent without adding extra work for hosts. This verification is built into the deposit flow, so hosts don’t need to chase guests or use separate screening tools.

Hospitality

Hotelier Magazine

MAY 13, 2025

The event brought together thousands of owners, operators and industry partners for nearly 100 educational sessions, a trade show to connect owners with qualified vendors and brand sessions to hear from Choice leaders about recent performance success and where the company is investing to help drive revenue and lower costs.

Average Length of Stay

SiteMinder

MARCH 24, 2025

This blog will break down what Visito does, how it works, and why its becoming the go-to AI solution for modern hospitality brands. By integrating these two advanced capabilities into their tech stack, hotels can drive higher booking conversions, maximise occupancy, and unleash greater revenue potential effortlessly.

Upsell

Hotelogix

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The answer lies in its branding which creates a unique identity that connects with guests, ensuring your hotel stays top-of-mind when they decide where to stay. This blog highlights why hotel branding matters and shares practical strategies to help your property stand out. Read More : Tips to improve hotel occupancy   1.2.

Branding

Cloudbeds

APRIL 8, 2025

Failing to stay top-of-mind means you risk losing them to online travel agencies (OTAs) or competitors. It uses cookies to track and target these visitors, ensuring your brand stays top of mind even after they’ve left your site. Retargeting keeps your brand visible while remarketing encourages repeat visits.

Revenue

Hospitality Tech

JUNE 16, 2025

Hotels can configure the solution at the chain, brand, or property level for brand consistency and control. Available in 50+ languages, it delivers fast, personalized responses that drive higher conversions , reduce booking abandon rates, and capture direct bookings that may otherwise go to OTAs.

Upsell

TravelNet

MARCH 19, 2025

Say you convinced a couple of owners to add nice desks and faster WiFi, promoted those properties to remote workers, and saw an uptick in occupancy. For a brand, it can create loyalty. Connect the dots Great experiences link the elements of the overall experience so they reinforce each other and your brand. It just is.

Market

Hospitality Tech

JUNE 9, 2025

It enables schedule and rule enforcement, over-the-air (OTA) firmware and setting updates, notifications, as well as analytics and reporting for smarter energy management. Ability to leverage occupancy information through the property management system (PMS) and can optionally be expanded to deliver additional services.

Operations

AskSuite

APRIL 28, 2025

Omnichannel Communication Platforms These tools unified communications across multiple platforms such as WhatsApp, OTAs, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, and live chat in one interface. Integrated platforms enable centralized monitoring of performance, guest preferences, and brand standards without micromanaging each propertys tech stack.

Operations

Travel Media Group

MAY 15, 2025

Recently added Medallia surveys as well for some of the brands. And then from there, right, they need to know about hospitality, they need to know about different hotel brands. No matter whether it’s a big branded property or a small, independent property? Then it was, what about guest verified reviews on my brand site?

Travel

Hotelogix

APRIL 4, 2025

Keep them coming back for easier and cheaper occupancy boosts. AI tools now reflect your brand voice , ensuring responses are authentic and aligned with your hotel's unique personality. Hotelogix offers customizable response templates that maintain your brand voice while saving you precious time.

Revenue

Hospitality Tech

JUNE 9, 2025

With more than 25 years of experience leading high-performing teams and driving strategic initiatives, Secor will play a key role in accelerating the brands growth, enhancing franchisee success, and continuing to streamline system-wide operations. Secor plans to further strengthen Taco Johns "people first" culture.

Consumer

Hospitality Today

JUNE 24, 2025

Today, it combines deeply discounted travel content with financial products like cashback debit cards, credit-building tools, and cash advances—all targeted at price-sensitive consumers underserved by mainstream OTAs. Super.com is seizing the moment, often appearing with discounted offers that undercut both hotels and larger OTAs in price.

OTA

Cloudbeds

MARCH 12, 2025

Faced with persistent labor shortages, increased price sensitivity from travelers, and a rising market share for branded hotels which now represent 72% of all US hotels independent operators must sharpen their strategies to stay ahead. The findings reveal 2025 is set to be the year of optimizing performance for independent hoteliers.

Average Daily Rate

Hotel Business

MARCH 12, 2025

Faced with persistent labor shortages, increased price sensitivity from travelers and a rising market share for branded hotelswhich now represent 72% of all U.S. OTAs continue to dominate: In 2024, online travel agencies (OTAs) captured 61% of all bookings for independent properties, which are far more reliant on OTAs than branded hotels.

OTA

Hotelogix

JANUARY 12, 2025

Whether it’s a well-crafted website, partnerships with OTAs, or engaging social media, creating a strong online footprint is how you turn searches into bookings. Website: Your Digital Storefront Your hotel’s website is the first step in building your brand’s presence. How to Sign Up with OTAs?

OTA

Hotelogix

JANUARY 9, 2025

With these enhancements, we aim to tap into newer market segments where hospitality properties are increasingly looking at boosting occupancy and revenue, positioning them at the forefront of a rapidly evolving industry where guest choice is paramount. Hotelogix is now compliant with Shomoos.

Occupancy

Hospitality Tech

JUNE 9, 2025

His strategic leadership helped position the brand for long-term, sustainable growth. Earlier in his career, Cunningham held senior leadership roles at Dunkin’ and Inspire Brands , where he was instrumental in expanding the Dunkin’ and Baskin-Robbins footprint across the U.S. and Canada.

Operations

Hotelogix

APRIL 24, 2025

When thoughtfully designed and effectively managed, a loyalty program can directly boost revenue, enhance guest satisfaction , and strengthen your hotel’s brand. For hoteliers, this translates to more room-nights, improved occupancy during off-peak periods, and reduced reliance on OTAs.

OTA

Hospitality Tech

JUNE 9, 2025

Together, the combined organization will serve more than 800 restaurant brands in 150,000+ locations and 100+ countries, representing 90% of the top 50 restaurant chains in the U.S. With AI-driven tools and deep cross-product integration, PAR Engagement gives restaurant brands the control, intelligence, and speed they need to stay ahead.

Operations

Hospitality Tech

JUNE 9, 2025

With AI-driven tools and deep cross-product integration, PAR Engagement gives restaurant brands the control, intelligence, and speed they need to stay ahead. Digital engagement isnt new; most brands have done the basics, but today were entering a more competitive and more challenging time than ever. and Canada.

Operations

Hotelogix

APRIL 16, 2025

Meanwhile, nationwide hotel occupancy reached 67.5% 👉 Read Also - Motel vs. A cloud-based PMS not only streamlines front desk operations but also integrates seamlessly with tools like a channel manager to ensure real-time room availability across OTAs, reducing overbookings and manual errors.

Management

Hotelogix

MARCH 6, 2025

Sustainability Tech: Eco-Friendly Hospitality Reimagined Green initiatives are at the forefront of hotel innovation: Smart Energy Management: AI-driven systems optimize energy use based on occupancy and environmental factors. Cross-brand and cross-industry point utilization.

Hotels

STAAH

JUNE 11, 2024

Finding the right balance between OTAs and direct bookings is a crucial strategy for hotels and accommodation providers for success. On one side, you have OTAs (online travel agents) that are vital distribution partners to liquidate unsold inventory and put heads in beds. There are some distinct advantages of partnering with OTAs.

OTA