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5 OTA Mistakes That Could Be Hurting Your Hotel Revenue (and How to Fix Them)

STAAH

Hotels rely on OTAs like Booking.com, Agoda, and Expedia to stay visible and fill rooms. Here are 5 overlooked online travel agent (OTA) mistakes — and how to fix them. The OTA adds a member discount on top. The OTA adds a member discount on top. Here’s what happens: You run a mobile rate or country discount.

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Step-by-Step: How to Use “Get Google” for Maximum ROI

STAAH

Whether youre exploring Google connectivity for the first time or fine-tuning your strategy, this guide will show you how to use Get Google effectively and achieve maximum ROI. If ROI isnt hitting your targets, analyze pricing and adjust accordingly. Direct Bookings : Drive more direct bookings without relying heavily on OTAs.

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5 OTA Mistakes That Could Be Hurting Your Hotel Revenue (and How to Fix Them)

STAAH

Hotels rely on OTAs like Booking.com, Agoda, and Expedia to stay visible and fill rooms. Here are 5 overlooked online travel agent (OTA) mistakes — and how to fix them. The OTA adds a member discount on top. The OTA adds a member discount on top. Here’s what happens: You run a mobile rate or country discount.

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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). If youre only using it to manage availability, you’re missing out on serious ROI. No more repetition.

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Is Your Hotel’s Marketing Team Doing Too Much—and Getting Too Little?

BCV

The next, it’s reconciling OTA dashboards, agency invoices, and influencer mood boards. The modern hotel marketing team is overburdened, under-integrated, and way too dependent on vendors who can’t prove ROI. Make ROI a Vendor Requirement Every vendor should report against business outcomes, not vanity metrics.

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The Budget Paradox: Why Do Hotels Have Unlimited Budgets for Expensive Reservations?

The Hotels Network Blog

For OTAs, however, they negotiate a commission on bookings. Additionally, short-term focus drives hotels to rely more on OTAs when there’s an immediate need, as direct channels cannot drive demand as quickly. It is also worth noting that commission isn’t the only cost associated with OTAs. But is this really the case?

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OTAs ramped up their marketing investments in Q1 2025

Hospitality Today

Key takeaways Marketing spend keeps rising OTAs spent $4.5B CFO emphasized growing ROI from social channels and improved performance in traditional channels. billion into marketing, continuing a trend that saw them spend $17.8 billion in 2024. in Q1 2025 alone, with full-year 2024 reaching $17.8B.

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