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Articles tagged “hotel distribution”

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Strategies for Hospitality Recovery: Spotlight on Europe

Oracle and Skift’s 2021 report, Back to Hospitality: Getting Smarter and More Profitable in a Post-Covid World, offers a playbook for the industry to come back better and stronger. In this article, we take a closer look at the report’s findings regarding the hotel environment in Europe.

Oracle Hospitality + Skift | 3 years ago

Strategies for Hospitality Recovery: Spotlight on Europe
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Strategies for Hospitality Recovery: Spotlight on Latin America

Oracle and Skift’s 2021 report, Back to Hospitality: Getting Smarter and More Profitable in a Post-Covid World, offers a playbook for the industry to come back better and stronger. In this article, we take a closer look at the report’s findings regarding the hotel environment in Latin America.

Oracle Hospitality + Skift | 3 years ago

Strategies for Hospitality Recovery: Spotlight on Latin America

Coronavirus

Hotel Direct Bookings Remain a Challenge: New Skift Research

Despite years of marketing campaigns to drive direct bookings, our look at hotel distribution shows that little has changed for most hotels and that driving room nights via first-party channels remains a difficult uphill battle.

Seth Borko | 3 years ago

Hotel Direct Bookings Remain a Challenge: New Skift Research

Hotels

Understanding the Hotel Direct Booking Landscape in 2021: New Skift Research

Despite years of hotels pushing direct booking campaigns, third parties remain a crucial part of hotel distribution strategy. Learn how many bookings each distribution channel delivers, at what cost, and the outlook for direct bookings in this report.

Seth Borko, Skift Research | 3 years ago

Understanding the Hotel Direct Booking Landscape in 2021: New Skift Research

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First and Only Leader of Hotelbeds Steps Aside for New CEO Charged With Amping Up Digitization

It's an occasion to pause and appreciate the accomplishment of Joan Vilà, who created Hotelbeds and led it to become the world's largest bedbank. But looking ahead, Hotelbeds must rev up its digital metabolism.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 3 years ago

First and Only Leader of Hotelbeds Steps Aside for New CEO Charged With Amping Up Digitization

Online Travel

Hotels Switch to Next-Gen Tech to Sell Rooms Via Online Partners

It's taken years for hotels to adopt an array of new technologies and business practices to improve selling travel online. The metaphor is like shaking a bottle of ketchup. Little appears until a lot suddenly comes out. Similarly, hotel digital innovation may come rapidly after a long wait.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 3 years ago

Hotels Switch to Next-Gen Tech to Sell Rooms Via Online Partners

Online Travel

Expedia, Others Poised for Hotel Market Share Battle Over Wholesale Sales

Hoteliers sent about $50 billion of rooms a year through wholesalers in normal times. Expedia Group and WebBeds want to take larger shares of that market. But private equity-backed companies like Hotelbeds and Fastpayhotels see an opportunity, too.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 3 years ago

Expedia, Others Poised for Hotel Market Share Battle Over Wholesale Sales

Online Travel

How Artificial Intelligence Could Reshape How Travelers Book Hotels

Imagine there's no distribution. It's easy if you try. Imagine there's no commission. All bookings, peer-to-peer. You may say Fetch.Ai is a dreamer. But it's not the only one. This startup hopes someday you'll join it, and hotels will sell as one.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 3 years ago

How Artificial Intelligence Could Reshape How Travelers Book Hotels

Hotels

Hotel Direct Bookings Hold Strong During Pandemic: New Skift Research

Early data shows that hotels' direct bookings are gaining market share during the pandemic, with both brand.com and phone making ground during this time of lower demand. Is this permanent, and if so, which other channels will lose out?

Wouter Geerts, Skift Research | 3 years ago

Hotel Direct Bookings Hold Strong During Pandemic: New Skift Research

Coronavirus

Setting Out the Tech Landscape for Hotel Distribution: New Skift Research

Getting your hotel tech demands right is never an easy process. Why should tech for hotel distribution be any different? Hoteliers end up working with many vendors to help grasp demand, set rates. and get rooms on the right channels. Here's some clarity to figure out that morass.

Wouter Geerts, Skift | 3 years ago

Setting Out the Tech Landscape for Hotel Distribution: New Skift Research