SiteMinder

OCTOBER 15, 2023

They can also be known as distribution channels and are crucial for ensuring your hotel maintains a healthy occupancy rate and revenue stream. OTAs and your direct website may be your main source of reservations, but metasearch is a growing channel and the GDS is still very much relevant today.

Global Distribution System 59

Global Distribution System OTA Revenue Hotels 59

SiteMinder

JANUARY 8, 2024

A core aspect of hotel management includes managing your room inventory and reaching desired occupancy rates; however, you could also be ensuring that everything is in order for your guests or organising staff and cleaning schedules. This not only encourages repeat business but also helps your hotel keep a consistent occupancy rate.

Operations 59

Operations Management OTA Hotels 59

SiteMinder

JANUARY 8, 2024

A core aspect of hotel management includes managing your room inventory and reaching desired occupancy rates; however, you could also be ensuring that everything is in order for your guests or organising staff and cleaning schedules. This not only encourages repeat business but also helps your hotel keep a consistent occupancy rate.

Operations 52

Operations Management OTA Hotels 52

Xotels

APRIL 3, 2024

Revenue Strategies & Tactics Market Segmentation Hotel Pricing Strategies Forecasting & Budgeting Properly How to Distribute Effectively? Advance Sales: The hotel product, represented by rooms, can be sold in advance, enabling revenue managers to strategically plan and optimize occupancy levels over time.

Revenue Management 52

Revenue Management Revenue Management Forecasting 52

Cloudbeds

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The information is then populated into the PMS and distributed to the hotel’s booking channels with the help of channel management software. These channels may include the hotel’s website booking engine, online travel agencies (OTAs), the global distribution system (GDS), wholesalers, and metasearch sites.

Revenue Management 98

Revenue Management Revenue Hotels Operations 98

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 76

Management OTA Cancellation Overbooking 76