Xotels

AUGUST 6, 2025

However, with trends ever evolving and Covid-19 impacting booking behaviour, it is important to take factors such as booking windows, cancellations trends, increasing room rates, and inflation into account. How will you manage to keep a healthy balance between direct and indirect (third-party) sales online?

Revenue

STAAH

MARCH 3, 2024

The vibrant city hotel’s revenue strategy, driven by STAAH’s OTA connections, resulted in a remarkable 300% year-on-year increase in direct bookings since the transition. However, IDEAS was struggling to achieve this with constant connection issues with multiple online travel agents ( OTAs ).

OTA

Cloudbeds

JULY 15, 2023

Channel Management is the process of actively managing the distribution of rates and availability onto multiple online distribution sites. And when you receive a new booking from an OTA, it will show up in your Channel Manager (and PMS /CRS), and that room’s availability will be closed automatically across all distribution channels.

Management

SiteMinder

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Some hoteliers love using this strategy to boost their revenue and protect their property from losing out due to last-minute cancellations. Many hotels do this deliberately to offset last-minute cancellations or no-shows and avoid losing revenue and occupancy. Check your data to see how many cancellations and no-shows you can expect.

Overbooking

Cloudbeds

APRIL 1, 2025

In the battle for direct bookings, hotels face intense competition from OTAs marketing power in the online space. billion on sales and marketing. Googles Performance Max for Travel Goals offers an AI-powered solution that automates ad placement and spend, allowing hotels to compete with OTAs and drive more direct bookings.

Travel

Hotelogix

MAY 8, 2025

It’s crucial for hoteliers to actively monitor online reputation across OTAs , Google, TripAdvisor, and social media. Transparent rate structures , special packages, and clear inclusions (like breakfast, parking, free cancellations) add value in the eyes of prospective guests and help justify pricing tiers.

Hotels

Hotelogix

DECEMBER 25, 2023

  More online room sales A cloud-based PMS can easily integrate with other third-party hospitality solutions like a hotel channel manager. The integration allows real-time rates and inventory updates across multiple online sales channels, including OTAs and metasearch engines.

Revenue