Hotelogix

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Online Travel Agents for hotels or OTAs serve as important distribution channels for hotels. OTAs are online platforms or websites that sell hotel rooms to customers. An excellent marketing strategy incorporates OTAs to boost sales and revenue. These statistics show why OTAs are essential for hotels.

OTA 59

OTA Hotels Online Sales Marketing 59

SiteMinder

JUNE 29, 2023

What is an OTA channel manager? An OTA channel manager is a tool used to manage online travel agents (OTAs) in a single platform. The OTA channel manager syncs your hotel prices and availability across your property management system (PMS) and all connected OTA channels such as Booking.com, Expedia, and Airbnb.

OTA 52

OTA Management Revenue Occupancy 52

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 90

Overbooking OTA Revenue Upsell 90

STAAH

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Drip Feed feature allows you to strategically control inventory across OTAs to maximise revenue and booking conversions. The primary advantage of Drip Feed is you do not sell an overwhelming majority of rooms at a single price point or to a single OTA. Sending zero inventory to channels when fully booked avoids overbooking.

OTA 91

OTA Overbooking Cancellation Closing 91

STAAH

JANUARY 22, 2024

Connectivity challenges Prior to STAAH managing connections with multiple OTAs, ensuring correct inventory allotment and rates was challenging. In addition to this keying in bookings from OTAs into the PMS was cumbersome and prone to errors. Direct bookings are on the rise with the deployment of STAAH’s SwiftBook.

Resorts 89

Resorts OTA Overbooking Revenue 89

SiteMinder

DECEMBER 12, 2023

As the largest hotel in Dalat with many room types, Terracotta Resort was in a situation where inventory management on more than 10 OTA channels became increasingly difficult,” said Mr. Triết, “The inability to update rooms and rates immediately is a potential obstacle to revenue flow and a constant obstacle for employees.

Resorts 105

Resorts OTA Overbooking Hotels 105

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 83

Operations OTA Overbooking Revenue 83

STAAH

JUNE 11, 2023

Prior to joining the STAAH network, the hotel staff spent endless hours updating availability and rates on OTAs. The manual nature of updates limited the OTA partners they could work with as the risk of overbooking and other errors was very high, especially as they frequently have connectivity issues.

Overbooking 89

Overbooking OTA Revenue Hotels 89

SiteMinder

MAY 21, 2023

With a two-way connection between the hotel and online travel agents (OTAs), the PMS automatically updates reservations made through any online booking channel. This eliminates manual updates, increases bookings and revenue, and eliminates concerns about overbooking or missing bookings.

Resorts 98

Resorts Overbooking Yield Management OTA 98

Little Hotelier

JULY 25, 2023

Since using Little Hotelier , bookings are going directly into their PMS via the property’s website and coming in from OTAs via the channel manager feature. It’s such a relief to know we’re not accidentally overbooking our property. The two owners are planning to connect to additional OTAs in order to reach more markets.

OTA 98

OTA Overbooking Consumer Management 98

STAAH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Coordinating availability across multiple channels was a cumbersome task, often leading to overbooking or missed opportunities. Thanks to the channel manager’s real-time and automatic inventory management, issues related to price differences between each online travel agents (OTA) were quickly resolved.

Overbooking 88

Overbooking Revenue Management Hotels 88

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.

Resorts 100

Resorts Operations Shopping Revenue 100

STAAH

JUNE 18, 2024

The more intuitive and easier your booking process is, the easier it will be for hotels to compete with online travel agents (OTAs) for direct bookings. Booking process Display accurate, up-to-date information on room availability and pricing to avoid overbooking and ensure transparency.

Cancellation 87

Cancellation OTA Overbooking Accommodation 87

Inn Quest

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

By implementing an inventory tracking system, hotels can minimize underbooking, reduce overbooking risks, set competitive prices and provide a seamless guest experience, ultimately leading to increased revenue and improved operational efficiency. This prevents overbooking and rate disparities, enhancing the guest experience.

Management 87

Management Overbooking Revenue Hotels 87

Hotel Speak

AUGUST 13, 2024

A popular and cost-effective way to optimise this visibility is to leverage the Billboard Effect – where hotels can advertise for free on third-party websites, like Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) and metasearch platforms.

Revenue 82

Revenue Sales OTA Average Daily Rate 82

Little Hotelier

JULY 20, 2023

Channel automation and integration to manage different bookings Since the beginning of its activity, SoloQui B&B has focused on the online presence, thus being available on several OTAs. With the booking engine, we guarantee guests all the simplicity offered by OTAs with lower accommodation costs.

Management 75

Management Overbooking OTA Small Business 75

Little Hotelier

AUGUST 8, 2023

” When asked about his experience with connecting to OTAs, Saban expressed that “It’s remarkably simple. Once you have registered with a new OTA, simply locate the OTA on the channel manager and control your rooms. It’s a straightforward process that can be completed in just a few simple steps.”

OTA 98

OTA Overbooking Management Operations 98

SiteMinder

JANUARY 21, 2024

The ultimate challenge for us was to maximise our occupancy rate each month and reduce our overbookings as much as possible.” “Moreover, managing OTA inventory and data insights with quality and completeness to further develop the analysis of our target customers was important but also difficult.”

Resorts 52

Resorts Overbooking OTA Occupancy 52

SiteMinder

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

“SiteMinder creates a seamless reservation process that saves us several hours of manual work every week and drastically reduces the risk of unwanted overbookings,” Jon highlights. It’s way easier to try additional channels now because SiteMinder connects to so many OTAs”, he said. But adding partners used to be challenging.

Revenue 98

Revenue OTA Overbooking Online Sales 98

STAAH

MAY 5, 2024

Coordinating availability across multiple channels was a cumbersome task, often leading to overbookings or missed opportunities. Setting up new online travel agents (OTA) channels during and after the initial set-up was simple.

Management 90

Management Overbooking Revenue Hotels 90

STAAH

JULY 23, 2023

The hotel struggled with overbooking during peak seasons and rate disparities leading to errors and irate customers. We were easily able to connect all our booking channels including OTAs and direct booking websites through a single interface.

General Manager 87

General Manager Overbooking Resorts Hotels 87

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. While the OTA owns the customer in the first instance, hotels can put in place systems to win over the customer and earn more revenue from each guest’s stay.

OTA 75

OTA Hotels Revenue Revenue Management 75

SiteMinder

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Agoda, being one of the leading online travel agencies (OTAs), provides a vast and valuable audience. In the cases of the best hotel channel managers , this availability is then synced across all other OTAs as well, such as Booking.com – a channel manager is OTA agnostic.

Management 59

Management Overbooking OTA Hotels 59

STAAH

MARCH 31, 2024

Delayed and failed updates to rates and availability was a common occurrence resulting in overbookings. For Sunshine Hotels & Resorts it was a matter of mapping rates and inventory for connected channels via STAAH and configuring new ones to leverage STAAH’s combination of local and global OTAs.

Resorts 92

Resorts Overbooking Hotels Revenue 92

SiteMinder

MAY 2, 2023

We used to manually manage our profiles and rates across different OTAs and our website. At the same time, availability is adjusted across all channels, which reduces the risk of overbookings. “We That took up an enormous amount of time. We save two hours a day using SiteMinder.

Overbooking 97

Overbooking Online Sales Hotels OTA 97

SiteMinder

MARCH 20, 2024

Learn more Revealing the transformation that SiteMinder inspired Understanding the challenges faced prior to implementing SiteMinder, Fon recalled the chaos of manual sales operations, especially when managing room allotments across multiple OTAs. “Without SiteMinder, managing room inventory manually was a cumbersome task.

Revenue 98

Revenue Branding Overbooking Operations 98

eZee Absolute

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Channel Manager : A robust channel manager like eZee Centrix ensures that all your hotels rooms are synchronized across multiple online travel agencies (OTAs) and booking platforms, minimizing overbookings and maximizing visibility.

Overbooking 52

Overbooking Accommodation Events Revenue 52

Cloudbeds

APRIL 8, 2024

Many hoteliers question if it’s worthwhile investing in a direct booking strategy or if they can solely rely on online travel agencies (OTAs) like Airbnb, Booking.com, or Trip.com to fill occupancy. Integrating with these engines and offering real-time pricing and availability ensures that guests book directly instead of with an OTA.

OTA 98

OTA Upsell Average Length of Stay Revenue 98

STAAH

JULY 7, 2024

This has not just saved countless hours but has also reduced the risk of errors and overbookings , providing a seamless booking experience for guests. STAAH’s unified platform also allowed rates and inventory to be managed from a single dashboard for all properties.

Revenue 97

Revenue Overbooking Hotels Marketing Strategy 97

STAAH

OCTOBER 3, 2023

By providing real-time updates , it ensures that all connected channels reflect the most accurate and up-to-date information , preventing overbooking or underbooking while maintaining rate parity. Channel Managers connect to hundreds of OTAs, allowing you to reach more people through one platform. Greater market reach.

Accommodation 84

Accommodation Management Global Distribution System OTA 84

Cloudbeds

JULY 15, 2023

And even then, manually-managed distribution is risky: any delays in updating rates and availability on a channel’s extranet could mean selling a room that isn’t available or selling at a lower rate, which can lead to overbooking and sub-optimal yield management. The same happens with a cancellation.

Management 76

Management OTA Cancellation Overbooking 76

SiteMinder

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Similarly, Phocuswright found that 30% of searches are on online travel agent (OTA) mobile websites, and nearly one in four on hotel mobile sites are for same-day or next-day check in. There are several drawbacks to this approach… Preventing last minute overbookings Firstly, you may overbook your rooms.

Overbooking 98

Overbooking Occupancy Revenue Hotels 98

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.

OTA 52

OTA Overbooking Revenue Management Revenue 52

Hotelogix

APRIL 18, 2024

A common trend with novice hotels and hoteliers is to sign up with as many OTAs - Online Travel Agents (like booking.com , Expedia, etc) as possible. This is a fine strategy to start at, however, the problem is managing the hotel on all these OTAs. We used it to automate this rigmarole of updating inventories on OTAs.

OTA 52

OTA Overbooking Cancellation Business 52

STAAH

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

This reduces the risk of overbookings and guarantees accurate information for potential guests. As other OTAs, you can take inspiration from these enhancements to improve your own services and offerings. Empower your hotel partners and elevate your marketplace by exploring similar integrations!

Overbooking 52

Overbooking OTA Management Services 52

Inn Quest

AUGUST 15, 2023

Hotels face a daunting challenge as travelers seek convenience and competitive prices: how to efficiently manage their room inventory across multiple online distribution channels while maintaining real-time updates and avoiding overbooking. This is where a hotel channel manager comes into play. What Is A Hotel Channel Manager?

Management 52

Management Global Distribution System Overbooking OTA 52

Little Hotelier

MAY 12, 2024

When we first started the business, we didn’t know which channels to sell through and what to do if overbooking occurs when selling through multiple channels at the same time,” said Licha. It helps us manage our rooms to prevent overbooking. As a new business, it was vital to attract customers and create business turnover.

Overbooking 52

Overbooking Cancellation Accommodation Intent 52