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Beyond Occupancy: Alternative Revenue Streams for Saturated Markets

TravelNet

Solid occupancy isnt enough anymore. While occupancy is still a core metric, relying on it too heavily can leave your property management business vulnerable to seasonal swings, economic uncertainty, and a volatile demand environment. Why You Cant Rely on Occupancy Alone First, lets state the obvious: you dont control demand.

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What is a bed bank? List of bed bank examples for hotels

SiteMinder

A bed bank is a business-to-business (B2B) travel provider that connects hotels with travel distributors, such as online travel agencies (OTAs) and tour operators. Serving as intermediaries in the travel industry, bed banks enable hotels to increase occupancy without directly managing complex distribution channels.

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Maximizing Hotel Revenue: Advanced Channel Manager Strategies for 2025

STAAH

GDS and Niche OTA Power b. With consumer behaviours evolving, and the lines between tech platforms, marketing, and operations blurring, a modern strategy goes far beyond just listing rooms on online travel agents (OTAs). Pooled Inventory: Smart Inventory Distribution Forget manually allocating rooms to different OTAs.

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OTA & Direct Booking: Finding The Right Balance

STAAH

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. This dominance comes at a cost.

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Report: Independent hotels see record-breaking occupancy

Hotel Business

The data covers key hotel performance indicators such as occupancy, RevPAR, booking lead time, length of stay, international and domestic travel, direct and OTA bookings, as well as upsell performance to forecast trends shaping the hotel industry in 2023. Some of the findings: Direct bookings are on the rise.

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Bookings rise beyond expectations for boutique UK property

STAAH

Facing integration challenges Before using STAAH, they had no way of integrating all bookings which limited the team at Lackford Lakes Barns to increase online visibility by joining more online travel agents (OTAs). A three-step booking process combined with its mobile responsiveness ensure guest enjoy a seamless experience.

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How decision intelligence unlocks hotel data for better insights

Cloudbeds

This scalability is especially valuable for hotels – as more information is collected about guest behavior, booking trends , and occupancy patterns the more precise rate adjustments, inventory management, and marketing strategies will be in the future. Why it’s important for hotels? Why it’s important for hotels?

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