Hotel industry is growing ever more tired of giving a cut to the OTAs

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The hotel industry is trying to figure out how it can turn consumers on to its own hotel sites as opposed to OTAs.

Hotels and motels are inching their way back to financial health, but they’ve still got a headache they can’t shake – the Expedias and Pricelines of the world.

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