STAAH

MAY 6, 2025

Diversify Your Distribution Channels Relying on one or two online travel agents (OTAs) puts your revenue at risk. A future-proof hotel spreads its presence across OTAs, metasearch engines, global distribution systems (GDS) , and even niche travel platforms.

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Hotelogix

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Maximize Direct Bookings to Reduce Dependence on OTAs When guests book through Online Travel Agents (OTAs) like Booking.com or Expedia, hotels often have to pay hefty commission fees, sometimes up to 20%. While OTAs help bring in new customers, relying too heavily on them can hurt your bottom line.

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Hotel Sales Revenue Sales OTA 52

SiteMinder

JANUARY 14, 2025

Sabre is a travel distribution company that utilises the GDS to allow travel agents and corporations to search, book and manage reservations for flights, hotels and car rentals. Sabre allows GDS users real-time access to travel inventory, so they can efficiently search, compare and book travel services for their clients.

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Hotel Business

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

SiteMinder’s new Hotel Booking Trends report, a hotel commerce data analysis of more than 36,000 hotels and 450+ connected booking integrations, has revealed travelers booked their trips on average eight days earlier, and canceled their bookings 17% less year-on-year in 2022, despite a 24% increase in the average daily hotel room rate.

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Travel Average Length of Stay Average Daily Rate Cancellation 102

Hotel Business

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Hotels can now manage their pricing strategies more effectively, using real-time data to capitalize on demand fluctuations while ensuring full inventory exposure across global distribution channels.

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STAAH

JUNE 16, 2025

STAAH Empowers Black Rock Hotels to Optimize Online Distribution and Drive Revenue Growth In today’s fast-paced hospitality industry, effective inventory management and seamless integration with online travel platforms are key drivers of success.

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Hotelogix

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

A channel manager connects your property management system to booking platforms such as OTAs, GDS (Global Distribution Systems), and direct booking engines. Compatibility with Major PlatformsA good channel manager integrates with OTAs like Booking.com, Expedia, and Airbnb.

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STAAH

JANUARY 2, 2024

Importance of Online Distribution: Online distribution is crucial for hoteliers in the digital age and cannot be ignored. With the majority of travelers turning to online platforms to research, compare, and book accommodations, a robust online distribution strategy becomes indispensable.

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Hotel Business

APRIL 17, 2024

The global distribution system (GDS) continues to perform for independent accommodation providers with reservations up 34.5% Channel Connect is the company’s alternative to a channel manager, allowing the central reservations system (CRS) to connect properties to more than 600 premium travel websites.

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SiteMinder

JANUARY 22, 2025

higher than the prior year and more than 60% above the value-per-booking via OTAs (US$320); more than 35% above global distribution systems (US$380); and more than 15% above wholesalers, DMCs and tour operators combined (US$446). This figure was 8.5%

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Hotelogix

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Introduction: The Hidden Revenue Killer for Hotels Did you know that hotels utilizing a mix of OTAs, metasearch engines, and direct booking strategies experience significantly higher revenue growth than those relying on a single channel? Global Distribution Systems (GDS) – Used mainly for corporate travel bookings.

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SiteMinder

JUNE 10, 2025

Choctaw’s core gaming guests are typically travelers aged 55+ with higher disposable incomes, including many retirees. Narrow distribution lens was limiting potential Prior to adopting SiteMinder’s technology, the Choctaw team did not prioritize, or even consider, opening their properties to wider distribution channels.

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SiteMinder

JANUARY 16, 2025

Galileo is a travel distribution platform that utilises a global distribution system (GDS) to allow travel agents to book hotels, flights and other travel services. The GDS offers a way for travel professionals to book travel services flights, hotel rooms, car rentals, tours for their clients.

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STAAH

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The strategic adoption of channel management technology has become essential for hotels to remain visible to modern travelers. Let’s explore the various types of online distribution that every hospitality industry should embrace to maintain their prominence in the eyes of potential guests.

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Guest Centric

JUNE 29, 2023

Reading Time: 4 minutes In the vast realm of hotel distribution, where technology reigns supreme, one pillar has stood the test of time: the Global Distribution System (GDS). The post GDS and the Changing Face of Hotel Distribution appeared first on GuestCentric.

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MEWS

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Booking channels or distribution channels are different platforms, whether that is your own website, OTAs (online travel agents), global distribution systems or metasearch engines like Google. They represent a hugely important part of distribution for hotels. What are booking channels?

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Hotelogix

OCTOBER 4, 2024

For small and mid-size hotels, having the right OTA ( Online Travel Agencies ) channel manager is critical. Choosing the right OTA channel manager can streamline your hotel’s online distribution strategy, prevent overbookings, and boost overall profitability. What is a Channel Manager? 

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SiteMinder

JUNE 11, 2024

Learn more Smart solutions make difficult work easy Brady Hotels has been particularly impressed by a few of SiteMinder’s most powerful features; the Channel Manager , Insights , and Global Distribution System (GDS).

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Global Distribution System Revenue Hotels Cancellation 98

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.

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Hotelogix

JANUARY 12, 2025

Whether it’s a well-crafted website, partnerships with OTAs, or engaging social media, creating a strong online footprint is how you turn searches into bookings. Online Travel Agencies: Expanding Your Reach When travelers search for a place to stay, they usually turn to Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) like Booking.com, Expedia, or Agoda.

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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?

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Hotel Speak

MARCH 13, 2024

For example, a leisure traveler’s distribution channel may go through a wholesaler and a tour operator, or an online travel agency and an affiliate online travel agency. A business traveler’s channel may include a DHISCO switch, a global distribution system, and a corporate self-booking channel.

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Hotel News Resource

APRIL 4, 2024

With two-way seamless connectivity, this collaboration between Hotelogix PMS and the SynXis CRS enhances hoteliers' ability to centrally monitor and manage room rates, availability, and restrictions across all their distribution channels, including Global Distribution Systems (GDSs), Online Travel Agencies (OTAs), and booking engines.

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Global Distribution System Management OTA Travel 45

SiteMinder

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The modern, community-oriented, Ariv Apartments in Zug, Cham, offer an option for expats and business travellers looking for flexible stays ranging from one night to three months. Thanks to automated updates across all channels, the booking process now runs smoothly, contributing to a steady increase in reservations.

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STAAH

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Channel Managers connect to hundreds of OTAs, allowing you to reach more people through one platform. STAAH MAX Channel Manager connects with 200+ global channels. By updating information on the OTAs through an automated connection – no manual process here. Greater market reach. Find all integrations here Reduction in errors.

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STAAH

JUNE 6, 2023

If you are a smart hotelier or any type of accommodation provider, you would not want to miss the chance of converting your website visitors from an OTA (or any other source) and bag the commission-free direct bookings. To make this possible having a robust online booking system is really important to help you reach your revenue goals.

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Little Hotelier

JULY 20, 2023

Hotel distribution channels are the places that accommodation providers can sell rooms to guests. Hotel distribution channel examples include online travel agencies (OTAs) like Expedia and Booking.com, global distribution systems (GDS), metasearch engines and direct bookings made through hotel websites, or over phone and email.

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Global Distribution System OTA Hotels Revenue 52

MEWS

OCTOBER 24, 2024

You need a system that can seamlessly manage bookings from OTAs, traditional travel agents, wholesalers, global distribution systems, and direct website bookings. Because reservations today are coming from multiple sources - not just direct channels.

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Global Distribution System OTA Hotels Operations 52

STAAH

APRIL 16, 2024

Integration with Distribution Channels: Seamless integration with distribution channels such as online travel agents (OTAs) , global distribution system (GDS) , and direct booking channels is essential for efficient inventory management and distribution.

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Revenue Management Revenue Management Forecasting 107

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. Examples of booking channels include your own website, online travel agents like Booking.com, metasearch sites like Google, traditional travel agencies, global distribution systems (GDS), and more.

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Global Distribution System OTA Revenue Hotels 59

Hotel Business

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

While consumer spending remained strong, competition from other lodging sources like short-term rentals and cruise lines, as well as increased outbound international travel, stifled hotel demand and pricing power in Q3. decrease in online travel agency (OTA) demand. Global distribution system (GDS) demand grew the most at 6.3%.

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SiteMinder

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Many parts of the world are excited about the prospect of travellers from mainland China returning to their shores but, while your hotel can certainly benefit from the opportunity, there are no simple answers when it comes to planning and preparing for this. It also allowed citizens to travel during the Lunar New Year celebrations.

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Hotelogix

AUGUST 27, 2024

Online travel distribution is growing fast—faster than the overall travel market. Today’s digital travelers have many booking options. While this offers new opportunities for your hotel, it also challenges you to cut distribution costs while expanding your brand in a highly competitive market.

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Boutique Hotel News

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

By partnering with GIATA, HotelPORT will be able to offer its hotel clients a broader overview of hotel information across key global digital touch points, including OTAs, tour operators and more. ” GIATA, headquartered in Berlin, provides distribution solutions for non-bookable content.

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Global Distribution System OTA Operations Services 52

Amadeus Hospitality

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Originally published to Amadeus Insights Building on its longstanding partnership, the newly expanded agreement will support Trip.com Group’s global growth strategies for its OTA and Trip.Biz TMC (Travel Management Company) in two key opportunities.

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Global Distribution System Hospitality OTA Accommodation 52

SiteMinder

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

SiteMinder’s new Hotel Booking Trends report, the only hotel commerce data analysis of more than 35,000 hotels and 450+ connected booking integrations, has revealed travellers booked their trips on average eight days earlier, and cancelled their bookings 17% less year-on-year in 2022, despite a 24% increase in the average daily hotel room rate.

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Average Length of Stay Average Daily Rate Travel Cancellation 52

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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