Hotel Speak

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

With international travel heating back up, and the prospect of returning Chinese tourism, 2023 promises to be the most successful year for travel since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Easy inventory management that enables you to list every room on every channel, with automatic updates and reduced risk of double bookings.

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STAAH

JANUARY 8, 2024

Booking.com and Expedia are the most popular OTAs in the region. Travellers showed a strong preference to book directly with hotels in 2023, despite OTAs regaining ground. Equally inbound tourism is on the rise. Direct bookings via STAAH SwiftBook also in top 3.

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Hotelogix

JANUARY 16, 2024

With the construction of the Ram Mandir and the post-consecration ceremony on 22 January, Ayodhya is set to witness a transformation that will reshape the city's infrastructure, economy, and tourism industry. It will help them manage online distribution to reservations - everything with centralised control.

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SiteMinder

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Travellers are now predominantly booking their accommodation online, making it more crucial for hotels to focus on capturing bookings via their own website, OTAs, metasearch, and other online channels. A channel manager will allow your hotel to connect to as many channels as you like and list your entire room inventory at the same time.

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Global Distribution System OTA Revenue Hotels 59

STAAH

JANUARY 7, 2024

With their huge reach in the Indian subcontinent and beyond, these online booking channels are well placed to capture their share of the burgeoning Indian travel and tourism market,” says Shoaib Ali, National Sales Head – STAAH. TravelGuru jumped up two spots to number four while Expedia came down one spot to number five.

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eZee Absolute

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Pilgrimage tourism is a significant aspect of India’s tourism sector. They needed a tool to manage their inventories while simultaneously capturing the attention of the pilgrims seeking a comfortable stay. At the same time, it eliminated the risk of manual errors in inventory management.

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Experience Hotel

JUNE 8, 2015

Les OTA sont un “mal” qu’il faut simplement savoir gérer. Le problème des OTA ne trouve pas sa source dans ce phénomène, il se produit bien plus tard sur la chaîne. Ne rachetez pas deux fois les mêmes clients Vous perdez de l’argent lorsque vos clients deviennent des habitués mais réservent toujours via les OTA.

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Cloudbeds

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Women in Travel and Hospitality is an event designed for women in travel, tourism, and hospitality where they will share tools, strategies, and ideas for business development. This includes hotel owners, franchisees, hotel management companies, financiers, consultants, designers, and lawyers. Who should attend? Who should attend?

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SiteMinder

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

In other news: By 2030, China will be the largest outbound tourism group with 126 million trips. Google says “ …not now, not ever ” will it become an OTA (Online Travel Agent). By 2026, travel and tourism is expected to support 370 million jobs , equal to one in nine jobs globally.

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Hotel Management

MAY 10, 2023

South Australian Minister for Tourism and Multicultural Affairs, Zoe Bettison Following the emotive Welcome to Country ceremony, emcee Jess Adamson introduced South Australian Minister for Tourism and Multicultural Affairs, Zoe Bettison, enthusiastically talked up the impressive growth of her state. You need to fix that.”

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Tourism Hotels Real Estate Construction 130

SiteMinder

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

And when Angélique Fagot, director of the hotel, discovered the platform at the FHT fair in Nice, she immediately understood the interest of associating the SiteMinder channel manager with the hotel management system (PMS) and the booking engine of Thaïs. Within days, SiteMinder was up and running and the hotel never looked back.

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STAAH

AUGUST 22, 2023

With a little creativity and lots of data and insights, low occupancy periods can be more efficiently managed Low occupancy is largely driven by seasonality with off-peak times being marked by fewer bookings and even lower forward bookings. Spend time to optimise your listing on OTAs.

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Hotel Business

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

OTAs, wholesalers and destination management companies reasserted their dominance across SiteMinder’s Top 12 booking channel lists in most markets as international travel returned, with Booking.com remaining the most popular. Travelers showed a continued openness to book directly with hotels in 2022, despite OTAs regaining ground.

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AskSuite

MAY 10, 2024

Managing the growth of seven resorts is not a simple task, especially when they are situated in the most beautiful parts of South Africa and offer unparalleled hospitality. Comparing international tourism in South Africa between 2022 and 2023 reveals a staggering increase of almost 50%, totaling 8.5

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STAAH

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

STAAH hosted its most anticipated conference The Big Connect in Kolkata & Udaipur along with leading tech partners from the Hospitality space – Webbeds, OTA Insight, and Airpay. The events were extremely successful with over 150 participants which included Owners, General Managers and Departmental Heads of Hotels and Hotel Groups.

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Social Tables

JANUARY 14, 2022

Attendees will also learn how Cvent’s end-to-end event technology platform is helping to reinvent hospitality and event management. . Exchanges focus around meeting face-to-face with a wide array of vendors, buyers, and mountain tourism suppliers from around the world. HFTP Mid-South Atlantic Regional Conference .

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Cloudbeds

APRIL 30, 2024

It’s the bedrock of hotel revenue management , and for good reason. The glaring issue with older revenue management strategies like these is that by selling at flat rates for the majority of the time, you are ignoring market conditions, competitor rates, market data, and variable demand. But it’s not solely about revenue.

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Hotel Business

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Hotel management system provider RoomRaccoon has unveiled its annual global report, RoomRaccoon Report 2022, “A Year of Impact: What’s Next?” Domestic tourism is still going strong. ” The report analyzed the booking data of thousands of independent properties in 54 countries around the world.

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Inn Quest

MARCH 23, 2023

The contribution to GDP of the tourism industry on the whole is currently 1.6% (Statista). Other figures from Statista are as follows: Australia’s hotel segment specifically is forecasted to see revenues of US $6.75 According to Tourism Australia, there were 2.2 billion and is expected to grow by 13.3% in 2023 (IBISWorld).

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Little Hotelier

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Over 30 awards have been awarded for every aspect of their guest experience, including green tourism efforts. More control with the Mobile App Using the Little Hotelier mobile app , proprietors like Jonathan can instantly manage the important daily tasks right from their smartphone or tablet. “We We love the Little Hotelier app.

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SiteMinder

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

This group has become a significant force in the global tourism industry due to China’s large population, growing middle class, and increasing disposable income. China is home to one of the most massive outbound tourism sectors globally. Table of contents Why should you capture the attention of Chinese travellers?

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Boutique Hotel News

OCTOBER 28, 2022

While not without controversy, Qatar’s hosting of the 2022 FIFA World Cup is a significant milestone on its journey to becoming a premier league tourism destination. Berthold Trenkel, COO of Qatar Tourism, says: “2022 has been an extraordinary year in Qatar with so many major new hotel and tourism openings.

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SiteMinder

JANUARY 29, 2023

It will bring together OTAs, management companies, hoteliers, and solution providers across three packed days. Get an in-depth view of Indonesia’s travel and tourism sector, and why not chat to SiteMinder while you’re at it?

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SiteMinder

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

OTAs, wholesalers and destination management companies reasserted their dominance across SiteMinder’s Top 12 booking channel lists in most markets as international travel returned, with Booking.com remaining the most popular. Travellers showed a continued openness to book directly with hotels in 2022, despite OTAs regaining ground.

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Average Length of Stay Average Daily Rate Travel Global Distribution System 52

STAAH

JULY 25, 2023

Do you have questions about how to manage extended stays and make them lucrative? What’s your strategy for this segment? Is it for you?

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SiteMinder

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Travel statistics refer to data and information related to various aspects of the travel industry, such as travel trends, traveller behaviour, tourism spending, accommodation metrics, and more. Family travel makes up 30% of global outbound tourism trips. The US tourism sector is worth almost $8 billion.

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Cloudbeds

JANUARY 17, 2024

Some great use cases for AI include: Writing social media captions Writing website copy Writing OTA channel descriptions Writing ad copy Creating images for social media Writing SEO-optimized blogs (do section by section vs. the whole article at once for best results) 3.

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Hotel Speak

JULY 28, 2023

Do you have questions about how to manage extended stays and make them lucrative? What’s your strategy for this segment? Is it for you?

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Travel OTA Accommodation Tourism 74

Little Hotelier

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

But this is an investment that can drive an incredible return, by creating a website that works as a 24/7 salesperson and booking manager. In-depth knowledge of the hospitality industry and local tourism market. Website development informed by revenue management strategies. In-depth revenue growth analysis and forecasts.

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SiteMinder

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Travel wholesalers are B2B companies that purchase hotel room inventory in bulk at a discounted rate and sell it to OTAs, travel agents, tour operators, airlines, and other travel or accommodation sellers. What are travel wholesalers? It got to the point where hoteliers were extremely cautious about engaging them.

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SiteMinder

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Seasonal hotel promotions Most destinations experience a low season, where tourism is not as active as other parts of the year. Direct booking promotions Placing exclusive promotions within your booking engine on your website will give travellers an incentive to book directly instead of via an OTA.

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Xotels

JULY 5, 2022

However, as a hotel management company , we have seen that with the right approach, tech stack, and process streamlining, hotels can drive their success in 2022 and beyond. However, with an informed strategic approach, hotel managers can meet these challenges head on and drive their business’s performance to new heights.

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SiteMinder

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Research from Bjorn Hanson, a clinical professor at New York University’s School of Professional Studies Tisch Center for Hospitality and Tourism, revealed that hotels in the US have been collecting record amounts of fees, with the upward trend showing no signs of slowing down. SiteMinder is here to help you unlock this untapped potential.

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Revenue Hotels Services Cancellation 105

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.

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MediaBoom

MARCH 14, 2024

This includes claiming your Google My Business listing, managing online reviews, and ensuring your hotel’s name, address, and phone number (NAP) are consistent across the web. Here’s why reputation management should be a priority and how it can significantly impact your success.

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SiteMinder

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

This seamless process is powered by sophisticated yet user-friendly online booking systems, hotel websites, and online travel agencies (OTAs). This captures all of the guest information, integrates it with the hotel’s property management system, and blocks out that room for the booked period in the hotel’s scheduling. The bottom line?

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Travelboom Marketing

MARCH 21, 2024

This channel plays a crucial role in reducing OTA reliance and commissions, as well as earning highly-coveted SERP real estate. Paid search campaigns also allow you to compete for business that may otherwise be earned by OTAs, helping to reduce or eliminate high fees.

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