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JUNE 23, 2025

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OTA

STAAH

JULY 13, 2025

40% increase in direct bookings for Cove Bay Hotel with STAAH’s powerful channel management and tools. But while the walls may be historic, the way the hotel manages bookings is anything but old-fashioned — thanks to STAAH. The STAAH Channel Manager provided the flexibility and real-time updates the team needed.

OTA

Hotel Management

DECEMBER 19, 2024

One year on from the launch of Trilogy Hotels, the independent management company is rounding out 2024 with 13 hotels under management totalling over 2,500 rooms and overseeing $165 million in revenue. Add to that, a growing team of experienced hotel industry leaders. Tell us about how you all came together on this.

Closing

STAAH

JUNE 10, 2025

In today’s competitive travel market, bundling your offerings into creative packages isn’t just a nice touch, it’s a business strategy. Start by asking: Are your guests mostly couples, families, business travelers, or solo explorers? Great for: Business-heavy cities or hotels near conference centers.

OTA

eZee Absolute

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Here’s what to focus on: Cloud-Based Property Management Systems (PMS) : Implement a system to manage bookings, payments, and guest preferences effortlessly. Dynamic Pricing: Use revenue management tools to adjust pricing based on demand while offering competitive deals. Happy Hoteliering!

Overbooking

SiteMinder

JANUARY 8, 2025

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. Serving as intermediaries in the travel industry, bed banks enable hotels to increase occupancy without directly managing complex distribution channels.

OTA

STAAH

JUNE 15, 2025

Catering to both business and leisure travellers, the group offers a blend of modern amenities and personalised services. STAAH’s tools helped standardise booking operations, enhance OTA performance and establish a tech-forward approach to revenue management.

Hospitality

Catala Consulting

JUNE 20, 2025

Outsourced revenue management has become a strategic solution for independent and lifestyle hotels that want to grow profitably without building large in-house commercial teams. What Is Outsourced Revenue Management? Their role mirrors that of an in-house revenue manager , but without the cost or commitment of a full-time hire.

Revenue Management

STAAH

MAY 13, 2025

Managing a hotel isnt just about filling rooms; its about making your systems and operations work together seamlessly. Enter the channel manager. 1) PMS + channel manager = real-time peace of mind Your Property Management System (PMS) is your operational command centre.

Operations

STAAH

JANUARY 6, 2025

STAAHs list of top distribution channels is based on hotel reservations that have passed through its channel manager network of 500+ integrations across the world. Wielding unmatched reach and budgets, OTAs continue to dominate by influencing every stage of trip planning and booking. Vietnam is among the newest markets STAAH entered.

OTA

SiteMinder

JUNE 10, 2025

Complex systems and rising fees were causing a headache With multiple platforms powering their CRS, guest communication, and distribution, Skky was spending more on fees than it needed to – including per-reservation charges for bookings across Web, OTA, and GDS channels. for OTA, and $10 for GDS.

Business

Hotelogix

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

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.

Hotel Sales

STAAH

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

This is just what a business cash flow needs! It matters on your OTA listing and it definitely matters on your vouchers and linked promotion materials. 6) Build partnerships with other local businesses to broaden the appeal of your gift vouchers. This can help in managing occupancy rates more effectively.

Revenue

Cloudbeds

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

For years, the gold standard guiding business strategies for hotels has relied heavily on historical data, analyzed a few times a year (at best), making it difficult to swiftly respond to changing market conditions. Decision intelligence unifies the full range of pricing decision-making through both OTAs and direct bookings.

Upsell

eHotelier

JULY 23, 2025

The new program brings together the company’s comprehensive suite of business travel services under one unified program , offering personalized partnerships, competitive rates and streamlined booking solutions. “ Suppliers Research Podcast Careers Events All Insights Podcasts eLearning Tech.Ex

Travel

STAAH

JANUARY 12, 2025

Indian hotel, The Samilton Hotel, found another level of success with STAAH with a huge surge in direct bookings and reliant channel manager. It offers a comfortable and convenient stay for both business and leisure travellers. The visibility across a diverse range of OTAs has also improved, including meta search sites.

OTA

Little Hotelier

JULY 15, 2025

As you might expect, rate parity is highly beneficial to online travel agents (OTAs) that have access to a vast number of travellers and charge commission rates to property owners/operators. Wide rate parity With wide rate parity, a hotel or B&B agrees not to undercut the room prices that an OTA charges for their hotel.

OTA

STAAH

JUNE 16, 2025

STAAH has revolutionized Black Rock Hotels’ online booking process by implementing advanced technology solutions that streamline inventory management and synchronize distribution channels. By integrating STAAH’s Channel Manager, Black Rock Hotels has effectively solved this problem.

Revenue

STAAH

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Perfectly positioned, it offers effortless access to the area’s attractions and serves as a prime spot for business travellers and organisations seeking a venue for team-building activities. The seamless experience, particularly on mobile, was essential to remain competitive with online travel agents (OTAs).

Revenue

STAAH

JUNE 29, 2025

Boosting OTA performance and efficiency, RatiLanna Riverside Spa Resort thrives with STAAH’s powerful channel management solution. But as their reputation grew, so did the complexity of managing bookings across multiple platforms. The old system just wasn’t efficient anymore.”

OTA

STAAH

MARCH 3, 2025

The hotel attracts both leisure and business travellers with facilities including a swimming pool, aviary, fun bike, indoor playground, spa, sauna, steam, meeting rooms and an on-site restaurant. It was clear to the Grand Sunshine Resort team that they needed to find a better way of distributing and managing the propertys inventory.

Revenue Management

STAAH

JULY 28, 2025

STAAH, a leading global hospi-tech solutions firm, has enabled the Amer Group of Hotels in Bhopal, India , to navigate its online bookings and room inventory more efficiently, eliminating inventory disparity and the need for manual management of online channels.

Operations

eHotelier

JUNE 24, 2025

This is according to new research released today by the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), the world’s largest business travel association, in partnership with Radisson Hotel Group, one of the largest and most dynamic hotel groups, operating in EMEA and APAC with over 1,565 hotels in operation and under development in +100 countries.

Management

SiteMinder

JULY 20, 2025

What is sustainable business travel? Sustainable business travel is a hotel’s way of meeting corporate guests’ needs while actively cutting carbon emissions, preserving local resources, and supporting the communities that host those travellers. Global business-travel spending was forecast to reach US $1.48

Business

SiteMinder

JULY 22, 2025

Hotel management challenged by seasonality in the mountains When Ana Sánchez joined Snö Hotels as Revenue Manager over five years ago, she encountered an exciting challenge; helping to build a hotel chain from scratch that specialised in snow and mountain destinations – using the right technology from day one.

Overbooking

Hotel Speak

APRIL 18, 2025

But a lot of hoteliers have gotten stuck in a loop of constantly slashing prices, offering direct channel discounts, OTA promotions, and special rate packages to drive occupancy. For example, targeting people looking for a local getaway during shoulder seasons or offering special deals to business travelers for repeat bookings.

Revenue

SiteMinder

JUNE 5, 2025

A hotel commercial strategy is a coordinated business approach that integrates sales, marketing, revenue management and distribution efforts to maximise total hotel revenue. It aims to drive profitability and improve competitiveness in the market for a hotel business. What is a hotel commercial strategy?

Hotels

STAAH

JULY 20, 2025

Fewer errors, faster updates, more bookings—Jasmine City Hotel from Thailand loves the power of STAAH’s channel manager Located in the bustling heart of Bangkok, Jasmine City Hotel is a favourite for business and leisure travellers alike. Real-time control meets seamless simplicity The STAAH Channel Manager checked every box.

OTA

STAAH

APRIL 20, 2025

Located in the heart of Jakartas business district, Mangkuluhur Residences by LORIN offers a haven of tranquillity amidst the dynamic urban landscape of the Indonesian capital. Rates, inventory and reservations were manually managed, which was inefficient and increased the chances of making mistakes. Till STAAH came along.

Revenue

STAAH

JUNE 8, 2025

Within just weeks of going live, it began functioning like a standalone online travel agent (OTA) , consistently delivering strong results. Get Google drives nearly 30% of weekly bookings through the booking engine by tapping into the high-converting organic traffic without relying on OTAs. One feature that stood out?

OTA

SiteMinder

JULY 20, 2025

Consider a mid-scale hotel group that markets itself as “easy business travel”. Those details back up the promise and set the property apart from the sea of generic listings on OTAs. Use the same tone, imagery and rate descriptions on your website, OTAs, social feeds and confirmation emails. calls at reception.

Branding

STAAH

JULY 27, 2025

With STAAH, Gilmer simplified rate management, enhanced guest booking experience, and grew direct reservations through Google and GDS. Tucked into the heart of Wellington’s buzzing CBD, just steps from Lambton Quay, Gilmer Apartment Hotel is a haven for business travellers who value independence, comfort, and convenience.

Global Distribution System

STAAH

APRIL 8, 2025

With the hospitality industry adapting to evolving guest expectations and the rapid growth of online booking platforms, managing hotel operations become increasingly complex. In this blog we look at some common issues that hoteliers of any size face and where effective channel management through the right platform helps overcome these.

Management

AskSuite

JUNE 27, 2025

For hotel chains and resorts managing high service volumes across multiple properties, the pressure to respond faster — without sacrificing quality — has made automated customer service not just an operational upgrade, but a financial necessity. Upselling : Offer room upgrades, packages, or early check-in.

Services

STAAH

JANUARY 6, 2025

STAAHs list of top distribution channels is based on hotel reservations that have passed through its channel manager network of 500+ integrations across the world. OTAs continue to dominate and influence every stage of trip planning and booking thanks to their unmatched reach and budgets. Adam continues.

Global Distribution System

Hotel Speak

MAY 14, 2025

Periods of high demanddriven by holidays, festivals, or local eventscan strain resources, impact guest satisfaction, and complicate revenue and maintenance management. Preparing Amenities for Increased Demand Leveraging Data Analytics for Peak Season Management 1. Also Read: Is Your Hotel Ready for the Peak Season?

Management

STAAH

MAY 25, 2025

With offerings tailored for both leisure and business travellers including well-appointed rooms, conference facilities, swimming pools and authentic culinary experiencesSentrim is more than a hotel group. As the demand for more channels grew, so did the complexity of managing it all. Its a gateway to memorable adventures across Kenya.

Overbooking