STAAH

APRIL 20, 2025

Inconsistencies across online travel agents (OTAs) was common. Being manual, a limited number of OTAs could be leveraged to reach the right audiences at he right time, limiting online visibility. As a result of poor data collection, manual distribution management and lack of integrations, revenue optimisation was poor.

Revenue 74

Revenue OTA Shopping Revenue Management 74

Hotelier Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2024

By Eric Alister It goes without saying that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has unveiled to hotel and online-travel agency (OTA) brands the hidden powers of customer data collection for increasing operational efficiency and revenue.

OTA 52

OTA KPI Hotels Branding 52

SiteMinder

JANUARY 8, 2025

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. Bed banks operate by purchasing large room allotments from hotels at a discounted bulk rate. What is a bed bank? How does the concept of a bed bank work?

OTA 96

OTA Occupancy Revenue B2B 96

Hospitality Today

JUNE 23, 2025

Key takeaways Secondary OTAs undercut rates: Small, non-major OTAs often list hotel rooms below official direct or OTA rates, leading to widespread rate disparities. OTA member rates undermine parity: Programs like Expedia’s “One Key” offer member-exclusive rates that may undercut a hotel’s best available rate.

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STAAH

JUNE 15, 2025

Since partnering with STAAH, The Citi Residenci Hotels has transformed its digital operations — unlocking efficiency, improving online visibility, and creating a future-ready booking experience for both guests and staff. Their solution: STAAH.

Hospitality 95

Hospitality OTA Overbooking Hotels 95

eHotelier

JUNE 11, 2025

As hotels and resorts face increasing competition and evolving guest expectations, the need to streamline operations while enhancing guest experiences has never been more pronounced. Operational efficiency involves minimizing waste, maximizing productivity, and ensuring that every aspect of the business operates smoothly.

Operations 52

Operations Revenue Management Services Hospitality 52

Hotelogix

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The right sales tactics can help increase revenue, boost occupancy rates , and ensure guests have a positive experience. 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%.

Hotel Sales 52

Hotel Sales Revenue Sales OTA 52

STAAH

JANUARY 12, 2025

Understanding and maintaining rate parity is crucial for hoteliers as it influences pricing strategies , revenue management , and the potential profitability of the business. This led to the team having to frequently make manual updates to prices across online travel agents (OTAs) to avoid issues with these key partners.

OTA 109

OTA Revenue Hotels Business 109

Cloudbeds

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

While better than operating without data, this approach is reactive and inefficient, resulting in missed opportunities. In this article, we explore what decision intelligence is and the transformative effect it’s bound to have across demand optimization, segmentation, operations, and training and enablement.

Upsell 105

Upsell Occupancy Revenue Management Revenue 105

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.

Overbooking 90

Overbooking Management OTA Revenue 90

STAAH

APRIL 20, 2025

Inconsistencies across online travel agents (OTAs) was common. Being manual, a limited number of OTAs could be leveraged to reach the right audiences at he right time, limiting online visibility. As a result of poor data collection, manual distribution management and lack of integrations, revenue optimisation was poor.

Revenue 57

Revenue OTA Shopping Revenue Management 57

TravelNet

MAY 19, 2025

Ancillary revenue to the rescue! For property management companies looking to expand profitability without adding inventory or dramatically increasing workload, alternative revenue streams can be a game-changer. This post will show you how to convert those opportunities into revenue. The good news?

Occupancy 59

Occupancy Revenue Marketing Market 59

Hotelogix

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Studies show that hotels lose up to 20% of their annual revenue to chargebacks caused by guest disputes, unclear cancellation policies, and OTA-related miscommunication. For hoteliers, this doesn’t just mean lost revenue—it also leads to operational inefficiencies and added pressure on staff.

Revenue 40

Revenue Cancellation OTA Hotels 40

SiteMinder

JUNE 10, 2025

Now, Choctaw operates four resorts across Oklahoma, including the flagship Durant resort near the Texas border, the Grant property, Choctaw Landing, and Pocola near Fort Smith, Arkansas. Online travel agencies (OTAs) or global distribution systems (GDS) were largely absent from their approach.

Casinos 52

Casinos Revenue Resorts Global Distribution System 52

STAAH

JANUARY 5, 2025

STAAH, a leading technology company helping hoteliers unlock their full revenue potential, has unveiled its list of distribution channels that brought the highest booking revenue to hotels across the Oceania region, including New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Islands.

Global Distribution System 109

Global Distribution System OTA Hotels Revenue 109

STAAH

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

In operations since 2015, Acappella Suite Hotel stands amidst the dynamic landscape of Selangor, Malaysia. The seamless experience, particularly on mobile, was essential to remain competitive with online travel agents (OTAs). The Malaysian hotel saw a 125% increase in direct bookings in six months since moving to STAAH.

Revenue 110

Revenue OTA Hotels Dining 110

Xotels

APRIL 2, 2025

Ive been in the revenue game for 20+ years, and let me tell you nothing grinds my gears like watching hotels leave money on the table. So, Im calling the mistakes out Here are 5 brutal revenue management mistakes I see hotels make all the time as a CEO of a revenue management consulting firm. Not because of the market.

Revenue Management 52

Revenue Management Revenue Management Average Daily Rate 52

Hotel Speak

JANUARY 28, 2025

Hoteliers face so much pressure to deliver exceptional service while streamlining operations. Gone are the days of dealing with multiple systems for reservations, revenue management, and guest engagement. Why Fragmented Systems Fall Short Managing operations with disconnected tools will just give hoteliers a huge workload.

Management 93

Management Hospitality Revenue Management Revenue 93

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 65

OTA Revenue Management Overbooking 65

STAAH

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The right software is a game-changer for hotel success, shaping everything from operational efficiency to guest satisfaction. Property Management System (PMS) A Property Management System (PMS) is the heart of hotel operations, handling everything from reservations and check-ins to billing and room assignments.

Operations 107

Operations Overbooking OTA Revenue 107

Hotel Speak

JANUARY 29, 2025

Unlike traditional booking engines that redirect users to external sites, an embedded booking engine integrates directly with the operators own website. With features like multi-property search, real-time availability updates, and upselling options, hotels can showcase everything they have to offer and capture more revenue per guest.

OTA 90

OTA Hotels Upsell Revenue 90

Demand Calendar

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The most significant inflection point in recent history was the rise of online travel agencies (OTAs). Many in the hotel industry underestimated this change, leading to a reliance on OTAs that continues to impact profitability and customer relationships today.

OTA 98

OTA Hospitality Accommodation Business 98

Hotel Speak

DECEMBER 18, 2024

And what do hotels need to do to protect their visibility and revenue? The DMA currently identifies 24 core platform services as Gatekeepers, with Google a key player, alongside online travel agency (OTA), Booking.com, designated in May 2024. And its impact on hotel marketing is being discussed in all corners of the world.

Cost Per Click 97

Cost Per Click OTA Hotels Digital Marketing 97

Little Hotelier

JANUARY 5, 2025

Challenges in managing bookings and operations As a boutique property with eight rooms and two villas, Omah Kayu Bromo initially faced significant operational challenges, particularly in managing booking schedules and room availability. Schedules for next monthand even next yearare already in the system.

Operations 52

Operations OTA Occupancy Forecasting 52

STAAH

OCTOBER 13, 2024

The need to solve a juggling act Featuring multiple room types and being connected to a number of OTAs as well as their own booking engine meant that staff at River Beach Resort & Residences spent a considerable time updating availability and rates across every channel. The result is directly evident on the bottom line.

Resorts 114

Resorts Operations Shopping Overbooking 114

STAAH

APRIL 8, 2025

With the hospitality industry adapting to evolving guest expectations and the rapid growth of online booking platforms, managing hotel operations become increasingly complex. STAAH connects to more than 500 OTAs, including niche channels.

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Management OTA Revenue Management Revenue 65

Hotel Management

DECEMBER 19, 2024

One year on from the launch of Trilogy Hotels, the independent management company is rounding out 2024 with 13 hotels under management totalling over 2,500 rooms and overseeing $165 million in revenue. I was working on the investor side and getting quite frustrated with the relationship between an investor and an operator.

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Closing Hotels Operations Branding 130

SiteMinder

JANUARY 22, 2025

Sydney, Australia A new report by SiteMinder, the worlds leading hotel distribution and revenue platform, reveals that hotel websites outperformed all other booking sources in driving revenue per booking in 2024, by as much as 60%. This figure was 8.5%

Revenue 59

Revenue Cancellation Global Distribution System OTA 59

Xotels

MARCH 3, 2025

Let’s be honestrunning a hotel while managing its revenue at the same time is a balancing act. From making sure staff, guests, and smooth operations are all attended to, we can understand why revenue management so frequently gets put on the back burners. What Are Revenue Management Tools?

Revenue Management 40

Revenue Management Revenue Management Ancillary Revenue 40

Boutique Hotel News

JUNE 9, 2025

Chapter 2 : Get more bookings without drowning in OTA fees – Discover which booking channels actually work for properties like yours. Chapter 3 : Run your hotel smoothly (even when you’re short-staffed) – Transform how you manage daily operations so you can step away from the front desk and focus on what matters.

Revenue 52

Revenue OTA Hiring Consumer 52

STAAH

MARCH 3, 2025

A typically day before STAAH involved making manual reservation updates (name/ date/ rate etc), opening and closing allotment for every online travel agents (OTA) , checking guest reviews on the extranet and checking shopping rates manually. Thank you Grand Sunshine for sharing your success with STAAH.

Revenue Management 95

Revenue Management Revenue Consumer Resorts 95

SiteMinder

JUNE 10, 2025

When award-winning boutique hotel Skky Hotel in Whitehorse, Canada, partnered with hospitality consultancy Four Sides to rethink its tech stack, the goal was clear: simplify operations and cut unnecessary costs – without sacrificing guest experience or revenue. for OTA, and $10 for GDS.

Business 52

Business OTA Revenue Hotels 52

Hotel Speak

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The annual Duetto Revenue Management Trends & Predictions Survey results are in! There was also continued investment in technology, This year, we take a closer look at how that group business might be revenue optimized, as well as identify the channel management tactics hotels are planning to invest effort in for 2024.

Revenue Management 105

Revenue Management Revenue Management Forecasting 105

STAAH

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

STAAH’s innovative channel management solutions harness the power of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to help optimize hotel revenue management and streamline operations. By running on OCI, STAAH delivers enhanced performance, scalability, and security, empowering hotels to improve operational efficiency and increase revenue.

Services 110

Services Revenue Management Business 110

Hotelogix

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

With the increasing complexity of hotel operations , having a centralized system that automates reservations, housekeeping updates, and billing processes can make all the difference. How many direct bookings are you losing to OTAs due to poor integration? How many direct bookings are you losing to OTAs due to poor integration?

Operations 40

Operations Services Hotels Revenue 40

STAAH

JUNE 10, 2025

These packages aren’t just revenue boosters, they enhance the entire guest experience by making it seamless and memorable. STAAH users benefit from tools that make showcasing and managing packages easy across OTAs and direct channels—ensuring consistency and visibility without manual hassle.

OTA 83

OTA Hotels Travel Cancellation 83

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. But when these parts dont talk to each other, the result is a fragmented operation that drains productivity and inflates costs. Whats hotel integration?

Operations 52

Operations Upsell Overbooking Hotels 52