SiteMinder

JANUARY 14, 2025

Apollo is a global distribution system (GDS) vendor which allows travel agents to access and book inventory from hotels, airlines, car hires, and more. When a hotel connects to the GDS via a partner like SiteMinder, it becomes bookable on Apollo by travel agents around the world. What is Apollo?

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Cloudbeds

JANUARY 22, 2025

This makes it particularly relevant for businesses like hotels (but also restaurants, casinos, or airlines), which often face high rent expenses. In this article, we break down this key metric for hotels, providing tips to improve profitability and how technology can simplify reporting. Rent costs. Restructuring costs. in H1 2023.

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STAAH

JUNE 6, 2023

A hotel booking engine is a crucial tool for hotels and accommodation providers in today’s time. It plays a key role in the overall success of a hotel’s operations. By facilitating direct bookings, hotels can avoid commission fees and have more control over their pricing, promotions, and guest relationships.

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SiteMinder

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Booking channels are platforms by which your hotel can accept reservations online or offline. They can also be known as distribution channels and are crucial for ensuring your hotel maintains a healthy occupancy rate and revenue stream. Table of contents Why are online booking channels important for hotels?

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Amadeus Hospitality

APRIL 23, 2024

In order to maximize revenue across the business, hoteliers should focus their budget on elevating the guest experience using advanced reservations, distribution, marketing, and data services. Here are 5 signs a hotel tech stack is outdated, along with tips on which state-of-the-art solutions to consider instead.

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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.

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Fuel Travel

JULY 11, 2024

Hotel booking software , also known as hotel reservation software, is any technology that enables hoteliers to accept direct bookings through their website and other direct distribution channels. It is an external interface where guests schedule their stay, choose rooms, and make payments, without contacting the hotel directly.

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Little Hotelier

OCTOBER 30, 2024

PMS (property management system) integration is all about connecting your PMS with other tools you use to run your hotel. Instead of manually updating bookings or processing payments separately, a hotel PMS integration makes sure all your systems—like booking engines, channel managers, or payment gateways—are linked.

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Amadeus Hospitality

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Originally pubilshed on PhocusWire Positive momentum continues for the travel industry as global hotel occupancies rapidly return to 2019 levels, with many key destinations having already surpassed pre-pandemic performance this year, according to Amadeus’ Demand360 ® data.

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Xotels

APRIL 3, 2024

XOTELS – Revenue Management eBook In the first chapter of this eBook, we will go over the definition of what is revenue management in the hotel and hospitality industry. Why is Revenue Management Important to Hotels & Other Industries? What Makes Hotels Suitable to Apply Revenue Management?

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SiteMinder

JANUARY 8, 2024

What is hotel management? Hotel management is the practice of overseeing every operation of the business to ensure consistent growth and development. Even if you don’t have the luxury of hiring a full team of staff, it’s not impossible to run a successful small hotel business.

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SiteMinder

JANUARY 8, 2024

What is hotel management? Hotel management is the practice of overseeing every operation of the business to ensure consistent growth and development. Even if you don’t have the luxury of hiring a full team of staff, it’s not impossible to run a successful small hotel business.

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Cloudbeds

JULY 15, 2023

For growing hospitality businesses, a channel manager is a fundamental part of successful revenue management and distribution strategy. Whether you run an independent hotel, B&B, vacation rentals, or hostel, it’s critical to get your inventory in front of potential guests at all times. How does a channel manager work?

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Cloudbeds

OCTOBER 17, 2024

While you want them to choose your hotel (and ideally book through your website), you should also aim to maximize the performance of your booking channels to generate more revenue at lower acquisition costs. That’s the essence of a hotel distribution strategy. What is a hotel distribution strategy?

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