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STAAH’s 2024 Channel Insights: Direct Bookings Surge in India

STAAH

Wielding unmatched reach and budgets, these mega OTAs continue to influence every stage of trip planning and booking.Expedia and Airbnb continue to feature on the top 10 distribution channel list based on bookings via STAAHs expansive 500+ integrations.

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How to Choose the Best Channel Manager for a Hotel Business

Hotelogix

Managing bookings across multiple channels has become a core part of running a successful hospitality business. A channel manager connects your property management system to booking platforms such as OTAs, GDS (Global Distribution Systems), and direct booking engines.

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STAAH unveils the top 10 booking channels for Southeast Asian region

STAAH

Reaffirming the value of having a diversified hotel distribution strategy, the list once again features a range of both B2B and household consumer channels from OTAs to hotel websites, wholesalers and global distribution systems. Expedia, Trip.com, local OTA MG Group and STAAH GDS also retained spots on the list.

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Effective Hotel Sales Strategies to Increase Revenue

Hotelogix

This blog outlines simple, actionable strategies that hotels of all sizes can use to grow their business, from direct bookings to pricing strategies and everything in between. While OTAs help bring in new customers, relying too heavily on them can hurt your bottom line. This builds trust and encourages them to avoid OTAs.

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STAAH unveils the top 10 booking channels for UK, Middle East & Sri Lanka

STAAH

OTAs continue to dominate and influence every stage of trip planning and booking thanks to their unmatched reach and budgets. However, a diversified distribution strategy is apparent looking at the mix of types of OTAs as well as global distribution systems, websites and wholesalers being relied on for online bookings.

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STAAH reveals direct hotel bookings surge for Oceania in 2024

STAAH

The data also reveals OTA dominance and influence at every stage of trip planning and booking thanks to their unmatched reach and budgets. However, a diversified distribution strategy is apparent looking at the mix of types of OTAs as well as global distribution systems, websites and wholesalers being relied on for online bookings.

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What is Sabre GDS? Learn how it works

SiteMinder

The name is actually one long acronym: Sabre stands for “Semi-Automated Business Research Environment”, and GDS stands for Global Distribution System . SiteMinder has also improved their solutions by providing business analytic tools. What does Sabre GDS do?