AskSuite

JULY 16, 2025

This means they can handle complex requests, understand traveler intent, and adapt to different communication styles, making them far more effective in delivering seamless service. AI handles it all automatically, freeing up your team’s time for: Lead qualification Upselling Complex booking negotiations This impact is measurable.

Hospitality

Social Hospitality

MAY 8, 2025

Dynamic pricing and upselling : Based on browsing and past behavior, AI can show tailored room upgrades or experiences that match a guests preferences and budget. OTA Sync is one of the software solutions on the market that focuses on booking engine excellence. It should be seamless , showing real-time prices and availability.

Digital Marketing

BCV

MAY 16, 2025

No endless scrolling through OTAs. Gen Z spends—with intention. Here’s how to level up your messaging strategy—and your reputation—before your next high-intent guest slips through the cracks. Make it fluent in upsell. They’re cancelling the ones that fail to meet them with energy, immediacy, and intention.

Cancellation

Hospitality Tech

JUNE 9, 2025

Later this year, brands will also gain AI-powered tools like chatbots for data insights for loyalty, ordering, and developer support, personalized upselling and offers, plus new app-less loyalty and payment features, including wallet passes, QR codes, and auto-reloading gift cards.

Operations

Hospitality Tech

JUNE 9, 2025

and kitchen operations tech company QSR Automations LLC, announced their intention to merge. It enables schedule and rule enforcement, over-the-air (OTA) firmware and setting updates, notifications, as well as analytics and reporting for smarter energy management.

Operations

Hospitality Tech

JUNE 9, 2025

Later this year, brands will also gain AI-powered tools like chatbots for data insights for loyalty, ordering, and developer support, personalized upselling and offers, plus new app-less loyalty and payment features, including wallet passes, QR codes, and auto-reloading gift cards.

Operations

eHotelier

JULY 30, 2025

From scientifically-backed therapies to soulful retreats, we curate every journey with intention, personalization, and care.” “We’ve created a platform where wellness is not a commodity, but a conscious lifestyle choice. TES’ wellness services also include direct-to-location IV drip therapies provided by certified vendors.

Events

Cloudbeds

MARCH 15, 2023

Direct bookings are reservations guests confirm directly with a property without using an online travel agency (OTA) or 3rd party intermediary. Direct bookings are beneficial because they connect lodging businesses directly with potential customers and increase hotel revenue through money saved from OTA commissions.

OTA

Cloudbeds

AUGUST 12, 2024

This new technology not only reduces administrative tasks for front desk staff (and lost room keys) but also increases upsells with messaging automation and offers. Conversational commerce More messaging options translate to more interactions with guests and more opportunities to upsell.

Hotels

MediaBoom

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Travelers are booking smarter than ever, using search engines, OTAs, and social media to shape their journeys. Effective PPC Strategies for Hotels: High-Intent Keyword Targeting : Bid on phrases specific to your offerings, such as oceanfront suites in Miami, to capture the right audience. What are the ways of marketing hotels?

Marketing Strategy

Cloudbeds

JANUARY 10, 2025

And yet, many hotels overlook metasearch in their digital marketing strategy , missing out on opportunities to reach a broader segment of travelers, compete for business with online travel agencies (OTAs), and drive direct bookings. Much like with OTAs, the search results then display a list of available hotels and rates in the destination.

Cost Per Click

Hotelogix

MAY 1, 2025

In today’s digital-first hospitality environment, OTAs (Online Travel Agencies) play a major role in how guests discover and book stays. From a business perspective, Expedia also supports upselling opportunities, offers visibility to mobile travelers, and provides you with market data that can shape your hotel revenue strategy.

Travel

SiteMinder

JUNE 12, 2024

The use of yield management should factor in the costs of channels – from GDSs, OTAs, wholesalers, meta search sites and property websites to direct calls – and therefore how to better yield your inventory by channel, customer and more. What are the elements of hotel yield management? This strategy aims to ensure maximum occupancy.

Yield Management

Up Hotel

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The Golden 20% I seriously think the OTAs are like heroin for hotels and its a pretty tough habit to kick. Please dont misunderstand, I do genuinely feel that OTAs have a part to play in the marketing mix. However, if you are able to sell rooms for the hotel direct for less than that OTA commission of 20% then why not?

ROI

Xotels

APRIL 3, 2024

In the context of revenue management, the goal isn’t only to sell a room at a low price today with the intention of selling it at a higher price tomorrow. The Hotel’s Own Website (and Booking Engine) Online Travel Agencies (OTAs): Booking.com, Expedia, Airbnb, etc.

Revenue Management

Cloudbeds

OCTOBER 21, 2024

This approach unifies the full range of pricing decision-making, including room rates, upsell opportunities , and promotions, both through OTA and direct bookings. Optimizing discounted rates. This allows hotels to attract price-sensitive guests without offering unnecessary discounts. Evaluating campaign performance.

Hospitality

Cloudbeds

OCTOBER 17, 2024

A basic strategy might involve listing your property on a few key online travel agencies (OTAs) like Airbnb and Booking.com and leaving it at that. A specific OTA may help increase occupancy , but it might not actually be profitable for your hotel. Instead of trying to outbid large OTAs, focus on finding the right balance.

OTA