STAAH

APRIL 1, 2025

Managing online bookings is one of the biggest challenges for hotels today, especially when they work with multiple Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) like Booking.com, Expedia, and Agoda. It acts as a central hub that syncs your hotels availability, pricing, and bookings across all your connected OTAs in real time. Heres how it helps: 1.

Overbooking

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.

Hotel Sales

STAAH

MAY 28, 2025

trillion by 2028, with online travel agencies (OTAs) like Booking.com contributing a significant chunk to hotel bookings – accounting for nearly 40% of all online hotel reservations in some regions (Statista, 2023). To stay competitive, hoteliers must optimize their OTA operations for better efficiency and guest experience.

OTA

Little Hotelier

JULY 15, 2025

As you might expect, rate parity is highly beneficial to online travel agents (OTAs) that have access to a vast number of travellers and charge commission rates to property owners/operators. Wide rate parity With wide rate parity, a hotel or B&B agrees not to undercut the room prices that an OTA charges for their hotel.

OTA

STAAH

JULY 20, 2025

Behind the scenes, however, the team faced a growing challenge: keeping up with OTA management without sacrificing valuable staff time or accuracy. Easy to use, fast to implement, and packed with features, it brought automation and clarity to Jasmine City Hotel’s online distribution.

OTA

STAAH

JUNE 16, 2025

This seamless integration has not only minimized errors and enhanced booking accuracy but also played a pivotal role in driving revenue growth for the hotel chain, positioning it for continued success in a competitive market. By integrating STAAH’s Channel Manager, Black Rock Hotels has effectively solved this problem.

Revenue

Hotelogix

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

They have big budgets and entire teams dedicated to marketing, making it tough to stand out. The Online Marketing Maze Picture this: You're running a small welcoming hotel that guests love. Here's what many independent hotel owners worry about: Not enough money for big marketing campaigns. What’s the problem?

Online Marketing

STAAH

JULY 8, 2025

Guests hop from your Instagram page to online travel agents (OTAs) , skim through Google reviews, and might finally land on your website to book. Channel manager – Keeps your availability and rates synced across OTAs and your direct channels, avoiding double bookings and inconsistencies. Sounds easy, right? Those days are long gone.

OTA

SiteMinder

JULY 14, 2025

Established in 2016, RevenYou is a specialist consultancy firm supporting accommodation businesses across Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific with revenue management, sales, marketing, and systems integration. Let’s look at five examples. This enabled direct bookings to be taken online at any time of day.

Business

STAAH

MAY 13, 2025

Hotel management can often feel like youre spinning plates – online travel agents (OTAs) sending bookings, guests booking directly on your site, and your front desk needing real-time updates to avoid the dreaded overbooking. The engine is fed data through multiple sources, whilst relying on its own intelligence based on market.

Operations

eZee Absolute

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Dynamic pricing isnt just about increasing ratesits about pricing smartly based on real-time demand, market trends, and competitor rates. If youre still relying heavily on OTAs, now is the time to push direct bookings with exclusive deals. Some guests overbook, others change their plans last minute, and some simply forget to cancel.

Revenue

Hotel Business

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Unified reservations handling: The enhanced connection facilitates seamless booking updates between Cloudbeds and Sabre, ensuring that every reservationwhether from OTAs, direct bookings or GDSis immediately logged in the Cloudbeds PMS.

Global Distribution System

STAAH

APRIL 8, 2025

Running a hotel in todays competitive market involves more than just offering comfortable rooms and great service. Hoteliers face several challenges that include juggling between online travel agents (OTAs) to maintain rate parity and ensure smooth operations without overbookings or missed opportunities.

Management

SiteMinder

JUNE 5, 2025

In this blog, we’ll look at the core differences between hotels and motels to help you position your property clearly in the market. Learn more Why knowing the difference between hotel and motel matters For hotel operators, understanding the distinction is fundamental for defining your market position and making smarter operational choices.

Motels

SiteMinder

JULY 17, 2025

By listing your property on Tryp.com, you appear where these younger travellers are already researching trips, without relying solely on the usual OTAs. Plus, when you connect Tryp.com to SiteMinder’s channel manager, inventory and rate updates flow through automatically, preventing mismatches and accidental overbooking.

Average Daily Rate

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? Alternative Channels – Social media, WhatsApp, and influencer marketing. Why use niche OTAs?

OTA

Hotelogix

MARCH 27, 2025

Channel Management Real-time inventory syncing across OTAs and direct booking platforms enhances accuracy and reduces overbooking. 👉 Read Also - Small Hotels, Big Dreams: Beating Online Marketing Challenges Payment Processing Integrated payment solutions offer secure, multi-currency options and reduce errors in billing.

Revenue

Cloudbeds

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Unified reservations handling : The enhanced connection facilitates seamless booking updates between Cloudbeds and the Sabre CRS, ensuring that every reservation – whether from OTAs, direct bookings, or GDS – is immediately logged in the Cloudbeds PMS.

Hospitality

AskSuite

APRIL 28, 2025

Running a hotel today involves managing a complex network of systems from reservations, sales operations, communication channels , marketing tools, and distribution. This minimizes overbookings, billing mistakes, and service delays. Its a strategic move to streamline customer service across all touchpoints. Are you in the know?

Operations

Xotels

MARCH 3, 2025

Instead of relying on guesswork, revenue tools analyze: Market demand How many people are looking for rooms in your area? Guest actions Who makes direct bookings versus through OTAs, and how can you influence them? Channel Management System Managing multiple OTAs, your website, and other channels manually?

Revenue Management

Hotelogix

JANUARY 19, 2025

Essential Features of a Good PMS Integration with OTAs and Channel Managers An effective PMS integrates seamlessly with Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) and channel managers, ensuring real-time updates for room availability and pricing across platforms.

Management

Hotelogix

APRIL 11, 2025

​ - Integrated Channel Manager: Synchronizes room availability across online travel agencies (OTAs) to prevent overbookings.​ 👉 Read Also - Hotel Content Marketing: Tips for Guest Acquisition Utilize Data - Harness guest data to tailor services, personalize communication, and anticipate needs.

Overbooking

Hotelogix

APRIL 4, 2025

Stand out by exceeding expectations in the crowded hospitality market. The Digital Landscape in 2025 Market Boom and Traveler Surge Our industry's cooking up a storm, hitting a mouth-watering $4.9 It's like having an army of unpaid marketers shouting about your property from the rooftops! trillion in 2024.

Revenue

SiteMinder

MARCH 25, 2025

For example, during peak travel periods, an efficient reservations manager using a modern property management system (PMS) can swiftly allocate room blocks for group bookings or special events, maximising occupancy without overbooking. Efficiently managing OTAs and direct bookings is key to maintaining high occupancy rates.

Management

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.

OTA

Hotelogix

APRIL 16, 2025

Opportunity—but only if you can navigate this red-hot market with the right strategies and tools. 👉 Read Also - Motel vs. Hotel: 7 Key Factors for Smart Travelers The cloud-based PMS market for small and medium hotels is experiencing remarkable growth, with adoption rates increasing by 8.2% annually from 2024 to 2030.

Management

STAAH

JUNE 11, 2024

Finding the right balance between OTAs and direct bookings is a crucial strategy for hotels and accommodation providers for success. On one side, you have OTAs (online travel agents) that are vital distribution partners to liquidate unsold inventory and put heads in beds. There are some distinct advantages of partnering with OTAs.

OTA

Hotelogix

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The advent of Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) has revolutionized the hospitality sector. This is the primary reason why as a hotelier, you should know how to select the right OTAs for your hotel. This is the primary reason why as a hotelier, you should know how to select the right OTAs for your hotel.

OTA

STAAH

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Channel Manager Managing multiple distribution channels, from Online Travel Agents (OTAs) to direct bookings, can be complex without the right tools. A channel manager automates this process, syncing room rates and availability across all platforms, reducing the risk of overbookings or pricing discrepancies.

Operations

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. This prevents overbookings and reduces manual work.

OTA

SiteMinder

OCTOBER 26, 2022

In the digital age managing hotels has a new set of challenges, especially the need to stay alert with room availability & price adjustment while managing online travel agents (OTA). Things get harder when everything needs to be done manually, and the chance of overbooking is high. Establishing room rates is no longer a problem.

Resorts

Hotelogix

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Online Travel Agents for hotels or OTAs serve as important distribution channels for hotels. They play a pivotal role in marketing and selling rooms. OTAs are online platforms or websites that sell hotel rooms to customers. An excellent marketing strategy incorporates OTAs to boost sales and revenue.

OTA

Hotelogix

OCTOBER 24, 2024

There are several types of hospitality technology solutions that are available in the market. Channel Manager A channel manager is a software that helps you distribute/update your hotel’s rooms and rates on all the connected Online Travel Agencies (OTA). For example, you sell your rooms on 5 OTAs.

OTA

STAAH

MARCH 17, 2024

The Indian hotel no longer struggles with the aftermath of manual inventory and rate management, including overbookings and loss of staff efficiency. This activity was time-consuming for the team and opened the door to issues such as unintentional overbooking or lost revenue due to delayed rate updates.

Overbooking

SiteMinder

DECEMBER 12, 2023

SiteMinder recently spoke with Mr.Lê Tấn Triết, Director of Sales & Marketing of Terracotta Hotel & Resort. This meant there was a limited opportunity to escape OTA commission fees for each booking.” Therefore, we will have an overall view of the market and customer tastes and begin implementing future orientation plans.

Resorts

Hotel Speak

JULY 24, 2024

Hotels have worked with third parties such as airlines, travel agents, online travel agents (OTAs) and the Global Distribution System (GDS) for decades. The dynamic landscape of hotel distribution offers numerous opportunities for hotels to maximise their market presence and profitability.

OTA

SiteMinder

MAY 21, 2023

Although the target market has since changed, what remains constant is the hotel’s standards and work ethic. Silavadee Pool Spa Resort emphasises that “since implementing SiteMinder, we have experienced a significant increase in online bookings, up to 60%, through effective yield management strategies based on market trends.

Resorts