AskSuite

APRIL 28, 2025

Despite that, nearly 45% of independent hotels still operate with partially integrated or disconnected platforms, leading to challenges such as overbooking, inconsistent pricing across channels, and lack of real-time visibility of interactions with travelers. This minimizes overbookings, billing mistakes, and service delays.

Operations 52

Operations Upsell Overbooking Hotels 52

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 52

OTA Hotels Travel Services 52

STAAH

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Tip for Hoteliers: Look for a cloud-based PMS that allows real-time updates, offers mobile access, and can easily scale as your business grows. Channel Manager Managing multiple distribution channels, from Online Travel Agents (OTAs) to direct bookings, can be complex without the right tools.

Operations 110

Operations Overbooking OTA Revenue 110

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 52

OTA Management Overbooking Revenue 52

STAAH

APRIL 16, 2024

Integration with Distribution Channels: Seamless integration with distribution channels such as online travel agents (OTAs) , global distribution system (GDS) , and direct booking channels is essential for efficient inventory management and distribution.

Revenue Management 109

Revenue Management Revenue Management Forecasting 109

Hotelogix

MAY 1, 2025

Rate parity restricts hotels from offering lower prices on their own website than on OTAs, limiting pricing control for independent and mid-scale properties. Integrating your booking engine with a cloud-based PMS ensures real-time updates in availability and pricing across all channels, preventing overbookings and rate mismatches.

OTA 52

OTA Hotels Occupancy Overbooking 52

STAAH

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Tip for Hoteliers: Look for a cloud-based PMS that allows real-time updates, offers mobile access, and can easily scale as your business grows. Channel Manager Managing multiple distribution channels, from Online Travel Agents (OTAs) to direct bookings, can be complex without the right tools.

Overbooking 52

Overbooking OTA 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

Cloudbeds

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

These channels may include the hotel’s website booking engine, online travel agencies (OTAs), the global distribution system (GDS), wholesalers, and metasearch sites. Most OTAs don’t share guest contact details when forwarding a booking. Build guest relationships before arrival. Automate your credit card payment processing.

Revenue Management 98

Revenue Management Hotels Revenue Operations 98

Fuel Travel

JULY 11, 2024

It also prevents overbooking and keeps everything in sync, allowing guests to tailor their stay preferences and enhance their experience. A secure, seamless connection ensures that this data is shared in real time, preventing overbooking and cancellations. Reduced Dependency on OTAs Create a more balanced distribution strategy.

Upsell 52

Upsell Overbooking Hotels OTA 52

Clock Software Hospitality

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Here are some of the ways in which hotel PMS solutions can aid a hotel in improving daily operations: Increase RevPAR via Direct Bookings Online travel agencies (OTAs) allow hoteliers unlimited access to a large pool of potential guests, charging a commission for every booking made through them.

Hospitality 52

Hospitality OTA Revenue Management Hotels 52

Hotelogix

MAY 1, 2025

In today’s digital-first hospitality environment, OTAs (Online Travel Agencies) play a major role in how guests discover and book stays. More importantly, it explains why hoteliers—especially independent and mid-scale operators —should understand its workings, leverage its reach, and align it with their overall.

Travel 45

Travel OTA Hotels Cancellation 45

StayNTouch

JUNE 1, 2022

Our multi-property upgrades allow us to provide the same mobile flexibility and accessibility that we deliver to individual properties, now scaled up to the chain level. Similarly, hoteliers are now more easily able to determine brand revenue from companies or production from various OTAs or distribution channels.

Operations 52

Operations Hotels Scale Occupancy 52

Hotelogix

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Scalability : Cloud-based systems can be easily scaled up as the hotel grows. It should simplify reservations and integrate with a channel manager for real-time OTA distribution. They can also take requests for booking cancellation/modification and room upgrades, etc, with ease.

Management 52

Management Revenue Management Hotels Operations 52

SiteMinder

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Automated booking imports : Tourplan automatically captures reservations from ITOs and DMCs, eliminating the need for manual input and preventing overbookings. Tourplan system Tourplan helps you scale your operations by managing large volumes of group bookings efficiently.

Operations 59

Operations Revenue Hotels Management 59

Little Hotelier

MARCH 10, 2024

Learn more Little Hotelier Little Hotelier is a management software crafted specifically for small-scale hotels, providing a comprehensive suite of tools to simplify daily operations and featuring a range of third-party integrations to enhance functionality.

Hotel Sales 52

Hotel Sales Sales Revenue Management Revenue 52

Hotelogix

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

  Online distribution Managing online distribution across various channels (OTAs, direct bookings, GDS) without an integrated system is arduous in today's digital age. Plus, it leads to complexities such as rate parity/inventory disparity, overbookings, and guest dissatisfaction. 

Management 59

Management Hotels Revenue Management Revenue 59

Cloudbeds

APRIL 30, 2024

Given the stratospheric rise of online bookings, in tandem with online travel agencies (OTAs) and metasearch sites , the hotel pricing and distribution environment began evolving at an extraordinary pace, and more agile pricing strategies transitioned from a nice to have to an essential instrument. Maximizing occupancy. Usability.

Revenue 52

Revenue Revenue Management Occupancy Hotels 52

SiteMinder

AUGUST 29, 2023

Don’t put all your eggs in one basket Statistics from HSMAI show 76% of independent hotel room nights are reserved through OTAs, costing hotels billions in commissions every year. In order to increase direct bookings , hotels need to think about their overall web presence, not just OTAs. Proactive Cost Analysis and Reporting.

Revenue 52

Revenue Hotels OTA Operations 52

SiteMinder

OCTOBER 11, 2022

From the large OTAs and GDSs to individual retail travel agents, you’ll be able to instantly provide real-time booking information to your agents that will help drive bookings. A PMS also significantly reduces the risk of overbooking your rooms, directly improving the guest experience at your property. Manage your revenue.

Hotels 52

Hotels Management Revenue Management Revenue 52

MediaBoom

MARCH 14, 2024

Additionally, videos can serve as reassuring final nudges for guests who are deciding between accommodations, tipping the scales in your favor. Driving Direct Bookings and Reducing Dependence on OTAs A strategic loyalty program significantly influences a property’s reservation process, motivating guests to book directly.

Digital Marketing 85

Digital Marketing Services Marketing Market 85

Hotelogix

OCTOBER 18, 2023

This prevents overbookings, eliminates misunderstandings, and ensures that guests receive precise information when making reservations. Provides Multi-channel Distribution Integration with various distribution channels like online travel agencies OTAs and global distribution systems GDS expands your hotel's reach to a worldwide audience.

Business 40

Business Global Distribution System Cancellation Hotels 40

Hotelogix

APRIL 25, 2025

Many guest house owners face low occupancy even when listed on all major OTAs. 👉 Read Also - Hotel Entertainment Strategies for 2025 Guests OTA bookings, while broadening your reach, come with high commission fees (typically 15-25% per booking) and limited guest engagement.

OTA 40

OTA Overbooking Scale Revenue 40

Hotelogix

MAY 9, 2025

Better Occupancy Control: Maximize sold rooms without overbooking or rate dumping. To stay competitive and profitable, hoteliers must integrate both—starting with yield, then scaling with a full revenue strategy. Improved Profit Margins: Focus on the most profitable channels and guest segments.

Yield Management 40

Yield Management Management Occupancy Forecasting 40