SiteMinder

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The technological progress around faster internet speeds, mobile technology, apps, and numerous intuitive online technologies like virtual assistants has given consumers an unbridled sense of freedom and convenience. Now online travel agents (OTAs), hotel websites, and social media dominate the travel landscape.

Travel 52

Travel Hotels Services OTA 52

Little Hotelier

MARCH 10, 2024

Features Streamlined booking management : Little Hotelier’s intuitive system simplifies booking and reservation management for small hotels, ensuring easy tracking of availability and confirmations, thus minimising overbooking and enhancing guest check-in experiences.

Hotel Sales 52

Hotel Sales Sales Revenue Management Revenue 52

SiteMinder

JUNE 29, 2023

What is an OTA channel manager? An OTA channel manager is a tool used to manage online travel agents (OTAs) in a single platform. The OTA channel manager syncs your hotel prices and availability across your property management system (PMS) and all connected OTA channels such as Booking.com, Expedia, and Airbnb.

OTA 52

OTA Management Revenue Occupancy 52

SiteMinder

AUGUST 29, 2023

Don’t put all your eggs in one basket Statistics from HSMAI show 76% of independent hotel room nights are reserved through OTAs, costing hotels billions in commissions every year. In order to increase direct bookings , hotels need to think about their overall web presence, not just OTAs. Proactive Cost Analysis and Reporting.

Revenue 52

Revenue Hotels OTA Operations 52

SiteMinder

OCTOBER 11, 2022

From collating data in one place to automation processes – these are key to ensuring time-consuming activities are completed quickly, boosting overall efficiency. A PMS also significantly reduces the risk of overbooking your rooms, directly improving the guest experience at your property. Manage your revenue. Revenue management.

Hotels 52

Hotels Management Revenue Management Revenue 52

STAAH

MARCH 17, 2024

The Indian hotel no longer struggles with the aftermath of manual inventory and rate management, including overbookings and loss of staff efficiency. This activity was time-consuming for the team and opened the door to issues such as unintentional overbooking or lost revenue due to delayed rate updates.

Overbooking 87

Overbooking OTA Upsell Revenue 87

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. What Is A Hotel Channel Manager?

Management 52

Management Global Distribution System Overbooking OTA 52

MediaBoom

MARCH 14, 2024

A staggering 75% of consumers admit to judging a business’s credibility based on its website design. In a world where consumers crave engaging and authentic content, video marketing allows accomodation to connect with potential guests on a deeper level, inspiring them to book a stay.

Digital Marketing 64

Digital Marketing Services Market Marketing 64

SiteMinder

MAY 21, 2023

With a two-way connection between the hotel and online travel agents (OTAs), the PMS automatically updates reservations made through any online booking channel. This eliminates manual updates, increases bookings and revenue, and eliminates concerns about overbooking or missing bookings.

Resorts 98

Resorts Overbooking Yield Management OTA 98

Xotels

APRIL 3, 2024

Also, gone are the days of selling the majority of your rooms through OTAs. Making sure you get your fair share of direct bookings allows you to compete with OTAs and avoiding to pay the hefty commissions on those bookings. Bring customers to your website: thinking multi-channel here is important.

Revenue Management 76

Revenue Management Revenue Management Ancillary Revenue 76

SiteMinder

MAY 17, 2023

A new chapter with SiteMinder’s channel manager Prior to using SiteMinder, the hotel had difficulty managing availability, inventory, task management and OTAs. We no longer have to individually contact each OTA to make adjustments. Previously, we had to cautiously decide where to sell our last two rooms to avoid overbookings.

Revenue 52

Revenue Overbooking Operations Online Sales 52

Little Hotelier

APRIL 28, 2023

This meant that keeping room inventory up to date across all distribution channels was difficult and time-consuming. Overbooking was a common occurrence. There was always the risk of overbooking. We still had overbookings all the time,” said the motel owner-operators.

Motels 52

Motels Overbooking Hotels OTA 52

Cloudbeds

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

These channels may include the hotel’s website booking engine, online travel agencies (OTAs), the global distribution system (GDS), wholesalers, and metasearch sites. If the components aren’t integrated, the revenue manager must perform these tasks manually, a time-consuming and error-prone process.

Revenue Management 98

Revenue Management Revenue Hotels Operations 98

Cloudbeds

JUNE 8, 2023

When you don’t have an organized system or use complicated technology, the training process can be time-consuming and frustrating for everyone. Reservations made on your website should automatically sync with your hotel property management system and across all your OTA channels so you don’t get overbookings.

Management 98

Management Hotels Revenue Digital Marketing 98

Cloudbeds

JULY 15, 2023

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. The same happens with a cancellation.

Management 76

Management OTA Cancellation Overbooking 76

Hotelogix

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Here are a few essential integrations: Channel Manager: With a two-way seamless connectivity, it helps hotels with real-time update of rates and inventories across OTAs and metasearch engines. It improves a hotel's online visibility and sales while eliminating overbooking. 

Hotels 52

Hotels Revenue OTA Management 52

Cloudbeds

APRIL 15, 2024

The hospitality industry is notorious for the number of time-consuming and tedious tasks that must be completed every single day. Distribution Distribution continues to get more complex—from hundreds of online travel agencies (OTAs) to metasearch sites and GDSs, hotels need to properly distribute their inventory.

Revenue Management 98

Revenue Management Hotels Operations Revenue 98

SiteMinder

JULY 24, 2023

This eliminates the need for time-consuming phone calls or emails, and allows guests to book their stay in a matter of minutes. This feature allows guests to see exactly which rooms are available for their chosen dates, helping to prevent overbooking or double booking issues.

Hotels 52

Hotels Management Overbooking Services 52