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What is a booking engine? How to increase profitability and direct bookings

Cloudbeds

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.

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Cloudbeds Launches Inaugural State of Independent Lodging Report

Cloudbeds

SAN DIEGO, CA) March 16, 2023 — Cloudbeds, the hospitality management platform powering more reservations and happier guests for lodging businesses around the globe, today announced the launch of its inaugural State of Independent Lodging Report. The next most popular length of stay was 3 to 4 nights.

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HB on the Scene: Wyndham launches new owner and guest engagement platforms

Hotel Business

Slated to start rolling out in the coming weeks, it’s built around four key areas: AI-driven property messaging: Integrating directly with Wyndham’s next-gen property management systems (SynXis Property Hub and Opera Cloud), guests can text hotels directly for any needs throughout their stay.

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Hotel metrics: How to measure performance in the hotel industry

SiteMinder

In today’s competitive hospitality industry, understanding and optimising these metrics is crucial. Revenue and profit are always important, but more specific KPIs around average length of stays may not always be as integral to highlight in hotel metrics reports. With SiteMinder, you're always a step ahead.

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How to attract the right guests with hotel market segmentation (step-by-step guide)

Cloudbeds

They typically reserve directly with the hotel or through an online travel agency (OTA) or travel agent at non-negotiated rates. Some hotels break down transient business into subgroups such as OTAs, direct bookings , packages, and consortia. Properties can utilize niche OTAs to effectively target their guest demographics.

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The role of data analytics in optimizing hotel operations

Cloudbeds

For hotels, that involves collecting and analyzing data across various sources, including your hotel website, social media channels, online travel agencies (OTAs), surveys, and more. First vs. third-party data Hospitality data can be broken out into first-party and third-party data. Revenue management KPIs.

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Cloudbeds launches State of Independent Lodging Report

Hotel Business

Hospitality management platform Cloudbeds has unveiled its inaugural State of Independent Lodging Report. Booking source In 2019, OTA-sourced bookings made up 57% of all reservations, while non-OTA bookings made up the remaining 43%. The next most popular length of stay was three-four nights.