Little Hotelier

MAY 12, 2024

It’s perfect for independent travellers, couples or those looking for a long vacation. When we first started the business, we didn’t know which channels to sell through and what to do if overbooking occurs when selling through multiple channels at the same time,” said Licha. It helps us manage our rooms to prevent overbooking.

Overbooking 52

Overbooking Cancellation Accommodation Intent 52

SiteMinder

JUNE 24, 2024

Cancellation fee If a guest cancels a booking, Booking.com might charge a cancellation fee to that guest. This fee policy helps protect your revenue and ensures that cancellations do not significantly impact your income. There are some scenarios in which Booking.com won’t charge a cancellation fee. Overbooking.

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Hotelogix

MAY 1, 2025

In today’s digital-first hospitality environment, OTAs (Online Travel Agencies) play a major role in how guests discover and book stays. Expedia is one of the largest online travel agencies in the world, offering hotel bookings, flights, car rentals, and vacation packages through its platform Expedia.com. What is Expedia?

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Cloudbeds

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

When travelers make a hotel reservation, they expect a seamless experience , or they may decide to stay elsewhere. For hotels, meeting this expectation means moving away from manual processes and investing in booking software that allows travelers to book a room when they want on the channel of their choice. Generate more revenue.

Revenue Management 98

Revenue Management Hotels Revenue Operations 98

Little Hotelier

JULY 31, 2023

This means you can manage your reservations, update your rates and availability, and distribute your rooms to online travel agencies (OTAs) all from one platform. This ensures that your inventory is always up-to-date, reducing the risk of overbooking.

Cancellation 52

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Inn Quest

AUGUST 15, 2023

Hotels face a daunting challenge as travelers seek convenience and competitive prices: how to efficiently manage their room inventory across multiple online distribution channels while maintaining real-time updates and avoiding overbooking. This is where a hotel channel manager comes into play.

Management 52

Management Global Distribution System Overbooking OTA 52

Hotelogix

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Your front desk staff can use a Hotel PMS to accept, cancel, and modify reservations based on your guests’ requirements. Channel Manager A channel manager is a software that helps you distribute/update your hotel’s rooms and rates on all the connected Online Travel Agencies (OTA). Now you know what a Hotel PMS is.

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OTA Management Overbooking Cancellation 52

eZee Absolute

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

It’s when a guest books a room but simply doesn’t turn up without canceling. You’ve got the solo traveler who forgets about the booking, the big group that cancels last minute, and then there’s the mysterious disappearance act – no clue why they didn’t show up. So, where do you start?

Cancellation 52

Cancellation Hotels Revenue OTA 52

Little Hotelier

OCTOBER 11, 2023

For hoteliers, peak travel season is all about making hay while the sun shines. By positioning yourself as the first choice for your target guest, you can charge a higher rates for your rooms – which guests will be more willing to pay given they are competing against so many other travellers.

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SiteMinder

JUNE 12, 2024

This can involve overbooking strategies to account for last-minute cancellations or no-shows. Distribution Management : Overseeing the various channels through which rooms are sold, such as direct bookings, online travel agencies (OTAs), or traditional travel agents. in one day, week, or month.

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SiteMinder

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Agoda, being one of the leading online travel agencies (OTAs), provides a vast and valuable audience. Control your OTA listings and earn more revenue Say goodbye to overbookings and hello to maximised revenue with real-time inventory and rate management with SiteMinder’s channel management solution.

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Management Overbooking OTA Hotels 59

Hotelogix

APRIL 4, 2025

More travelers expect digital services, eco-friendly practices, and personalized experiences. AI handles booking changes and cancellations quickly, making the process smooth. Automated check-out means guests can leave without stopping at the front desk, saving time for both travelers and hotel staff. Hotels are changing fast.

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Cloudbeds

JULY 15, 2023

After all, travelers can’t book a property they don’t find! And even then, manually-managed distribution is risky: any delays in updating rates and availability on a channel’s extranet could mean selling a room that isn’t available or selling at a lower rate, which can lead to overbooking and sub-optimal yield management.

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Management OTA Cancellation Overbooking 76

Hotelogix

MAY 8, 2025

Today’s travelers are highly informed and selective when it comes to booking accommodation. 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.

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Hotelogix

APRIL 18, 2024

A common trend with novice hotels and hoteliers is to sign up with as many OTAs - Online Travel Agents (like booking.com , Expedia, etc) as possible. One hotelier in Tanzania (now a client), would log into every OTA and update his room inventory whenever there was a booking or a cancellation.

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OTA Overbooking Cancellation Business 52

Xotels

APRIL 3, 2024

This segmentation involves identifying the purpose of the trip, differentiating between business and leisure travellers, and analysing various trends to enhance revenue performance. Focus on what leisure travellers want to add value to their stay. The graph considers cancellations and identifies peak or slow booking days.

Revenue Management 76

Revenue Management Revenue Management Ancillary Revenue 76

STAAH

JUNE 3, 2025

If your hotel site takes more than a few seconds to load, chances are guests are hitting the back button and heading elsewhere maybe to an online travel agents (OTAs) or a competitor down the street. Use real-time syncing with your channel manager to avoid showing wrong info, eliminate overbookings and avoid guest frustration.

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Fuel Travel

JULY 11, 2024

It also prevents overbooking and keeps everything in sync, allowing guests to tailor their stay preferences and enhance their experience. Properties still relying on phone or form bookings are losing revenue, especially amongst younger travelers who are less likely to reach out directly to the hotel.

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Little Hotelier

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

This feature helps streamline the booking process, reducing the risk of overbooking and ensuring a smooth check-in experience for guests. It allows for moving bookings between properties or rooms and helps in avoiding overbookings. Cancel anytime. Single calendar view to prevent overbookings or reservations being missed.

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Management Overbooking OTA Accommodation 59

eZee Absolute

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

With over 15 rooms and suites, this premier property has established itself as a haven for travelers seeking comfort and luxury in the heart of the Himalayas. Another guest complained about delayed responses to their queries, while the hotel’s management struggled to keep track of bookings and cancellations.

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Cancellation Operations Hotels Overbooking 52

eZee Absolute

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A hotel channel manager is a software that allows hotels like yours to manage their online inventory and rates across multiple booking channels, such as online travel agencies (OTAs), global distribution systems (GDSs), and your website as well. Connectivity with OTAs Not all online travel agencies (OTAs) are created equal.

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Management OTA Overbooking Global Distribution System 59

Cloudbeds

JANUARY 10, 2025

For travelers, planning a vacation can be a lot of work. To save time and money, more travelers are turning to metasearch platforms like Google Hotel Ads, Tripadvisor, and Trivago to search for hotels, conduct price comparisons, and find deals. Watch the full session from Passport 2024. Watch now What is hotel metasearch?

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SiteMinder

OCTOBER 10, 2023

As OTAs continue to outpace traditional booking methods, mastering your hotel’s online presence – and its relationship with online travel agents – is crucial. This centralisation is crucial in averting overbooking or underselling scenarios, which could tarnish your hotel’s reputation and result in revenue loss.

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Management Overbooking OTA Hotels 59

Hotelogix

MAY 1, 2025

For independent hotels, bidding platforms provide visibility among budget travelers, especially those searching for cheap hotels downtown or affordable motels near me , without the need for upfront advertising spend. Here’s Why You Need Cloud Management Software Should Independent Hotels Use Bidding Sites? despite a slight 0.6%

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Xotels

JANUARY 18, 2021

Cancellation %. BAR Indirect Commissionable – Best Available Rate sold trough commissionable online travel agencies. BAR Indirect Net – Best Available Rate sold through net rate online travel agencies. Overbooking (from another hotel). Day of Weeks stays. Total Revenue per Room, Total Revenue per Client. Promotions.

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Clock Software Hospitality

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Independent hotels have seen significant growth since online travel agencies transformed the hospitality market place. Independent hotels are the response to a growing demand for boutique hotels on the part of Millennial travellers.

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SiteMinder

MARCH 16, 2023

The risk of overbooking rooms is massively reduced, which significantly improves the smoothness of your hotel operations. The system validates the availability of the hotel’s different room types and your indicated travel dates, then displays the available rates at the time of the search.

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Overbooking Hotels Accommodation Management 52

Catala Consulting

JULY 30, 2023

Overbooking: Though counterintuitive, it helps mitigate revenue loss due to last-minute cancellations or no-shows. Channel Management: Ensures profitable utilization of distribution channels, such as online travel agencies (OTAs), direct bookings, and travel agents.

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Revenue Management Revenue Resorts Management 52

eZee Absolute

OCTOBER 16, 2023

This eco-friendly haven has been a tranquil retreat for travelers seeking a perfect blend of serenity and comfort. Increased Bookings and Revenue: eZee’s reservation management system eliminated the chaos of overbookings and cancellations, leading to increased bookings and improved revenue.

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Resorts Tourism Fair Share Operations 52

Clock Software Hospitality

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Here are some of the ways in which hotel PMS solutions can aid a hotel in improving daily operations: Increase RevPAR via Direct Bookings Online travel agencies (OTAs) allow hoteliers unlimited access to a large pool of potential guests, charging a commission for every booking made through them.

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Hotelogix

OCTOBER 24, 2024

These channels include Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) like Booking.com, direct bookings through the hotel’s website, and Global Distribution Systems (GDS).   Without it, hotel staff would have to update each room's availability manually which could lead to errors such as overbookings.

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SiteMinder

OCTOBER 20, 2022

In its early days around 2007, Airbnb appeared to be positioned in a niche for budget-conscious travellers, who did not mind sharing their accommodation with their hosts. Say hello to digital nomads or travellers who also work. Table of contents. What are the benefits of listing your hotel on Airbnb?

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Hotels Average Length of Stay Accommodation Management 52

Cloudbeds

APRIL 2, 2024

The number of booking channels lodging businesses must manage has expanded exponentially, from their website to online travel agencies , bed banks, GDS’, and metasearch engines. During the booked period, the hotel room won’t appear available to any traveler or travel agent on any reservation channel, preventing double bookings.

Revenue Management 52

Revenue Management Occupancy Revenue Hotels 52

Social Tables

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

With built-in food service available , guests never have to worry about their food getting cold as it travels from the kitchen to the event. What are your event cancellation policies ? Overbooking: Double-booking or overbooking restaurant event spaces can increase staff stress and decrease customer service.

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Hotelogix

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

They can also take requests for booking cancellation/modification and room upgrades, etc, with ease. Here are some other tasks a front office staff performs with a Hotel PMS- Guest Registration Check-in/checkout Night Audit Room management Housekeepings: Excellent housekeeping plays a vital role in ensuring guest satisfaction.

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Cloudbeds

JUNE 8, 2023

With the rise of chatbots and messaging tools across all business types, travelers expect to be able to communicate with their lodging provider before, during, and after their stay. Many travelers use Instagram and TikTok’s mobile apps for travel research, and by providing a link in your bio, you can convert these users.

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Xotels

APRIL 3, 2024

This segmentation involves identifying the purpose of the trip, differentiating between business and leisure travellers, and analysing various trends to enhance revenue performance. Focus on what leisure travellers want to add value to their stay. The graph considers cancellations and identifies peak or slow booking days.

Revenue Management 40

Revenue Management Revenue Management Ancillary Revenue 40