Inn Quest

MARCH 23, 2023

Current Trends We recently discussed some trends the industry could expect this year – below are several more. Direct Bookings Are on the Rise Consumers expressed a lot of dissatisfaction with OTAs during the pandemic and this has caused an uptick in direct bookings. Contact us today to book a free demo!

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Cloudbeds

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

OTAs have their own payment processes and policies, which must be managed on a per-channel basis, something that “adds complexity to the payment ecosystem.” Jasmin Wilson, Front Desk Manager at Dahl’s Motel , for example, saves over 8 hours a month in reconciliation time with Cloudbeds Payments, while Thomas K. Online travel agencies.

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Little Hotelier

APRIL 28, 2023

The Paradise Motel, a family-run business in Australia, knew that they needed to move on from manual processes. We have a 100% occupancy rate, and we’re fully booked every week, so we used to try and not put all of the motel rooms online, just in case of overbooking. But it needn’t be. Here’s how they did it in 3 simple steps.

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Cloudbeds

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Anyone looking to get in front of the world’s largest hotel owners and operators – from one-property motel owners to ownership groups with hundreds of properties. Owners and operators of hotels, motels, resorts, serviced apartments, or other accommodation properties with business in Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia.

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Cloudbeds

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

We’ll also show you how to harness this powerful technology to capture more reservations, streamline booking processes, save time and costs, and increase guest satisfaction – whether you operate a hotel, hostel, motel, B&B, or vacation rental company. Most OTAs don’t share guest contact details when forwarding a booking.

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Cloudbeds

JUNE 8, 2023

No matter what type of property you run, from a large or small hotel, motel, hostel, or campground, there’s always something that needs to be done: a candidate to interview, a guest to greet, a marketing campaign to launch, or a maintenance issue to fix. That way, several OTA channels can base their pricing on your established rate plan.

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Cloudbeds

MARCH 16, 2023

Booking Source In 2019, OTA-sourced bookings made up 57% of all reservations, while non-OTA bookings made up the remaining 43%. During the pandemic, there was a significant shift toward direct bookings due to decreased advertising budgets for OTAs.

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Xotels

APRIL 3, 2024

Also, gone are the days of selling the majority of your rooms through OTAs. Making sure you get your fair share of direct bookings allows you to compete with OTAs and avoiding to pay the hefty commissions on those bookings. Bring customers to your website: thinking multi-channel here is important.

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Little Hotelier

MAY 11, 2023

Our software includes: A channel manager with 450+ OTAs Cloud-based reservation management Front desk system Automated guest communications Competitor pricing insights Reports and analytics And more! Airbnb management software is all about streamlining the running of your property, and that’s exactly what we’ve designed Little Hotelier to do.

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Travel Media Group

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

I started working for my father and my grandfather in a small motel, in a little mining town, Wallace, Idaho, up on the Montana border when I was eight years old, I think I just said. We were the first company to bring complete global GDS, OTA, global distribution, central reservation services on a wide scale, two small independence.

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