STAAH

JANUARY 2, 2024

As hoteliers, your commitment to guest experience, personalized service, and strategic pricing strategies have never been more critical. This blog discusses the importance of online distribution in the hospitality industry and essential components that cannot be compromised.

Global Distribution System

STAAH

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

As the markets have opened up and travel continues to rise, Hoteliers should not ignore this important market segment – Corporate clients to maximize occupancy and revenue. Did you know STAAH Provides a GDS integration service? of corporate clients. Click here to find out more

Global Distribution System

STAAH

APRIL 16, 2024

In the ever-evolving hospitality industry, staying competitive demands more than just offering great accommodations and service. An RMS should provide detailed insights into key performance metrics such as Room Revenue Per Available Room (RevPAR), Average Daily Rate (ADR), occupancy rates, booking pace, and revenue forecasts.

Revenue Management

Hotelogix

AUGUST 31, 2024

A Global Distribution System (GDS) is a computerized network used by travel agents, online travel agencies, and corporate travel managers to book travel services like hotel rooms, airline tickets, car rentals, and more. Why is a Global Distribution System Important in the Hotel Industry?

Global Distribution System

SiteMinder

JUNE 26, 2024

While revenue management is more focused on a hotel’s pricing and availability to maximize revenue, revenue optimization takes a broader approach to include a full range of revenue sources that includes food and beverage, spa services, events, classes, and other ancillary revenues. This can be divided into three categories: 1.

Revenue

SiteMinder

AUGUST 1, 2024

Key goals: State your main objectives, such as increasing occupancy rates, boosting revenue, or expanding your hotel chain. This might include unique amenities, services, or a distinctive atmosphere. Assess their pricing, services, marketing strategies, and customer reviews. based on your projected occupancy and service levels.

Business

Inn Quest

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Hotel inventory management is the process of efficiently overseeing and optimizing a hotel’s available resources including rooms, services and facilities, to maximize revenue and guest satisfaction. Food and Beverage: Restaurants, bars and room service are vital revenue streams. Firstly, What is Hotel Inventory Management?

Management

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. While airline bookings are the primary focus of Apollo, it also allows travel agents to book hotels, car hire and other travel services. What is Apollo?

Global Distribution System

Amadeus Hospitality

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Large-scale sporting events such as France’s Rugby World Cup substantially impacted hotel occupancies. Throughout it all, we’ve kept pace with the evolutions of an industry where hotel occupancies outperformed 2022 , group business in the top 25 U.S. markets has already recovered by 99.1% markets has already recovered by 99.1%

Travel

Hotelogix

AUGUST 27, 2024

This means using a mix of online and offline channels, like Online Travel Agents (OTAs), meta-search engines, direct bookings, reviews, Global Distribution Systems (GDS), and more. Hotel distribution channels are the different ways hotels sell rooms to guests.

Global Distribution System

Hotel Speak

JULY 24, 2024

Effective hotel distribution strategies enable hotels to target the right audience, optimise occupancy rates, and enhance revenue management. Hotels have worked with third parties such as airlines, travel agents, online travel agents (OTAs) and the Global Distribution System (GDS) for decades.

OTA

Amadeus Hospitality

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Originally published to Amadeus Insights By: Mirja Sickel, Vice President, Hospitality Distribution, Amadeus 2023 is proving to be an exciting year for travel sellers. Demand for trips remains strong as indicated by Amadeus Demand360 ® data, which shows that global hotel occupancies this year have largely been on par with pre-pandemic levels.

Travel

Inn Quest

AUGUST 15, 2023

A hotel channel manager is a software tool used in the hospitality industry to manage and synchronize online distribution channels. In short, it primarily streamlines the distribution of room inventory, rates and availability across multiple channels, ensuring consistency and increasing bookings.

Management

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

Amadeus Hospitality

MAY 29, 2023

Our solutions are designed to enrich every stage of the traveler journey and help hospitality providers acquire, service, and retain guests by profitably driving demand and converting them into loyal fans. About Amadeus Amadeus powers more personalized and authentic travel experiences.

Business

Little Hotelier

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Revenue management integration For properties working with global distribution systems (GDS), a property management system and GDS integration can help maximise exposure. This tool helps automatically adjust room rates based on demand, competition, and occupancy.

OTA

Hotelogix

JULY 11, 2024

By leveraging data and market insights, revenue management allows you to make informed and data-driven decisions to drive sales, occupancy, profitability, and sustainable growth. Tailor your services and packages to cater to diverse guest preferences.

Revenue Management

Hotelogix

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Save Time: Automating manual tasks like updating room availability and pricing frees up your team to focus on guest services. Optimize Pricing: Some channel managers offer dynamic pricing tools to help you adjust rates based on demand, occupancy, and market conditions. These insights can help you optimize your distribution strategy.

OTA

eZee Absolute

OCTOBER 24, 2024

In the rapidly evolving hospitality industry landscape, staying ahead of the curve requires more than just excellent service—it demands a forward-thinking approach to distribution. Simply put, hotel distribution refers to the process by which hotels make their rooms, rates, and inventory available to potential guests.

Hotels

Cloudbeds

APRIL 2, 2024

A hotel central reservation system is a core software platform that manages all reservations for a hotel and provides a centralized repository of the inventory of rooms on sale and their characteristics (e.g., room types, maximum occupancy, stay restrictions, etc.), The revenue management system (RMS).

Revenue Management

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.

Average Daily Rate

Hotelogix

OCTOBER 18, 2023

In this comprehensive guide, we delve into what a hotel reservation system entails and highlight its pivotal role in modern hotel businesses' success. Efficient Room Allocation Hotel Reservation Systems helps your hotel optimize room allocation based on real-time availability and guest preferences.

Business

Xotels

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Article Summary What Are Hotel Distribution Channels? To make OTAs work for you, maintain rate parity and use them strategically to fill gaps in occupancy. Global Distribution Systems (GDS) GDS platforms such as Amadeus, Sabre , and Travelport connect hotels with travel agents worldwide.

OTA

Fuel Travel

JULY 11, 2024

This decreases your overall number of third-party bookings and your reliance on OTAs to drive occupancy. This allows you to optimize rates and sell relevant deals to boost revenue and occupancy. Why it matters: Efficient channel management maximizes occupancy and revenue.

Upsell

SiteMinder

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The term ‘hotel’ can refer to a specific type of accommodation – a large building filled with small, serviced rooms that are used for short-term stays – or it can be more broadly applied to refer to almost all types of accommodation, from bed and breakfasts, unserviced apartments, glamping and more. Will it focus on a particular cuisine?

Business

SiteMinder

JANUARY 8, 2024

This can involve the management of anything related to the hotel industry and requires knowledge of distribution strategy, finance and accounts, customer service, staff management, marketing, catering management, hotel administration and more. It can take time to get everything right and as we can see there’s a lot to be aware of.

Operations

SiteMinder

JANUARY 8, 2024

This can involve the management of anything related to the hotel industry and requires knowledge of distribution strategy, finance and accounts, customer service, staff management, marketing, catering management, hotel administration and more. It can take time to get everything right and as we can see there’s a lot to be aware of.

Operations

Cloudbeds

JULY 15, 2023

This means that properties of all sizes can now access new, global regions and segments (corporate/leisure/group) that were difficult to access via manual channel management. This leads to higher occupancy, especially in times of low demand when it’s needed the most. It’s about adding a tool you’ll be using consistently.

Management

SiteMinder

MARCH 16, 2023

Benefits of Reservation System for Hotels A hotel reservation system software is the helping hand you need to keep your occupancy up, even during the slow times and make sure everything is running smoothly. It is the easiest way to increase productivity when you manage a hotel or any other type of accommodation.

Overbooking

Xotels

APRIL 3, 2024

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. Global Distribution System (GDS): A GDS system can be defined as a worldwide reservation system that acts as a platform to connect travel bookers or suppliers and hotels.

Revenue Management

SiteMinder

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

By tapping into this demographic, hotels can access a vast pool of potential guests, increasing occupancy rates and revenue. Finally, with millennials being so connected to the Internet, WiFi is an increasingly important service for hotels to offer, so they can keep in touch and communicate back home.

Marketing

Cloudbeds

OCTOBER 17, 2024

By strategically analyzing revenue booked, occupancy rates, acquisition costs, and guest segments, hotels can build an advanced distribution strategy that delivers real value. Distribution KPIs How do you know if your distribution strategy is really working? RevPAR – which booking sites result in the highest RevPAR?

OTA