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OTA & Direct Booking: Finding The Right Balance

STAAH

Finding the right balance between OTAs and direct bookings is a crucial strategy for hotels and accommodation providers for success. On one side, you have OTAs (online travel agents) that are vital distribution partners to liquidate unsold inventory and put heads in beds. There are some distinct advantages of partnering with OTAs.

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Difference between a Hotel PMS, Channel Manager, OTAs and Booking Engine

Hotelogix

Your front desk staff can use a Hotel PMS to accept, cancel, and modify reservations based on your guests’ requirements. It analyses several factors including demand, season, occupancy forecast, and competitor pricing, etc. For example, you sell your rooms on 5 OTAs. This would lead to overbooking and double booking.

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Expedia cancellation policy: Guide for hosts

Little Hotelier

What is the Expedia cancellation policy? Expedia provides a cancellation policy that allows users to cancel or modify their reservations without any charges or penalties within the first 24 hours. This can help to mitigate potential revenue losses from cancellations.

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Manage Embedded OTA Fees Without Exasperating Your Guests

TravelNet

Managing fees on online travel agencies (OTAs) can be a real headache for property managers. According to a new Forbes report, Airbnb customers in summer 2023 face a whopping average of 36% in added charges above the nightly rate, and the same is probably true for other OTAs. Damage Deposit Airbnb: No damage fee for hosts!

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Occupancy vs ADR, the Never Ending Discussion in Revenue Management

Xotels

What drives more value to the business, ADR, average daily rate, or occupancy? Occupancy or ADR? So what is it, Occupancy or Average Room Rate (ARR)? In a formula it is expressed as follows: Occupancy x ADR = RevPAR In the end, it is not about occupancy or ADR, average daily rate, but about how much money is made by the hotel.

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Occupancy vs ADR, the never Ending Discussion in Revenue Management

Hotel Speak

What drives more value to the business, ADR, average daily rate, or occupancy? So what is it, Occupancy or Average Room Rate (ARR)? In a formula it is expressed as follows: Occupancy x ADR = RevPAR In the end, it is not about occupancy or ADR, average daily rate, but about how much money is made by the hotel. Which is it?

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What is a hotel overbooking strategy? +4 ways to avoid overbookings

Cloudbeds

While for some hoteliers it’s best to avoid overbookings altogether, for others, a good strategy can increase revenue, improve the occupancy rate and mitigate losses. Additionally, you may distribute your hotel rooms across multiple third-party channels such as OTAs , GDS providers , or meta-search providers.