Hotel Speak

MAY 30, 2024

The hospitality and travel industry is experiencing a spending surge, with online travel agencies (OTAs) like Expedia Group, Booking Holdings, Airbnb, and Trip.com Group collectively spending a record $4.08 Nonetheless, the OTAs are betting big and appear to remain hopeful for a bumper 2024.

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Little Hotelier

JUNE 30, 2023

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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TravelNet

JULY 20, 2023

Listing your short-term rentals on Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) can amplify your visibility and attract potential guests, a phenomenon known as the Billboard Effect. As customers come to OTAs with specific desires, it’s crucial for hosts to meet and even exceed the expectations of prospective guests.

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Inn Quest

OCTOBER 11, 2023

When it comes to planning a trip, choosing the right online travel agency (OTA) can make all the difference. In this blog, we’ll explore the top US-based OTAs of the year, helping you make an informed choice for your next adventure. Booking Flexibility: Look for options that allow changes or cancellations.

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Inn Quest

JUNE 6, 2023

When it comes to the future of online travel agencies (OTAs) and their role in the hospitality industry, there are a few key trends and factors to consider. In this post, let us focus on the reasons that will point toward the predictions and trends that have impacted OTAs.

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TravelNet

AUGUST 3, 2023

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. This increases your ranking on OTAs. More info here.

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Hotel Speak

JANUARY 25, 2024

The battle for direct bookings has entered a new phase as online travel agents (OTAs) ramp up efforts to establish ownership of hotel guests and their booking journeys, a new report from hospitality technology specialist SHR Group reveals. A knock-on effect of this is that the revenues associated with organic search have fallen 15.3%

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Hotelogix

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Whether managing a big hotel chain or a small boutique property, working with OTAs helps you reach more travelers and fill more rooms.    This blog will explain OTAs, how they work, and why they're essential for hotels. OTAs offer a platform where people can compare hotels, check prices, and book their stay instantly.

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STAAH

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Drip Feed feature allows you to strategically control inventory across OTAs to maximise revenue and booking conversions. The primary advantage of Drip Feed is you do not sell an overwhelming majority of rooms at a single price point or to a single OTA. Smartly control availability by room type or date range.

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Little Hotelier

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

These occur when the payment was originally processed by a third party, such as an online travel agency (OTA) or a booking platform. This is money that you’ve already earned for services you’ve (usually) already rendered, after all, making these losses more painful than simple cancellations. Little Hotelier.

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Cloudbeds

AUGUST 21, 2023

Additionally, you may distribute your hotel rooms across multiple third-party channels such as OTAs , GDS providers , or meta-search providers. An overbooking strategy is when a property purposefully books its inventory beyond capacity in anticipation that a certain amount of guests will cancel or not show up.

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STAAH

JUNE 18, 2024

The more intuitive and easier your booking process is, the easier it will be for hotels to compete with online travel agents (OTAs) for direct bookings. Ability to offer guests offers, demand-led rates ( dynamic pricing ) and comparing rates with OTAs. Allow guests to easily modify or cancel their bookings online.

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Hospitality Today

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The OTA is sending out warnings to cancel cards after noticing ‘suspicious activity,’ the Guardian reports

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STAAH

JUNE 7, 2023

Find out more here Cancel Booking feature (enhancement) When cancelling bookings via STAAH MAX extranet, it will now display booking cancellation policy. So the property can see the policy before cancelling. New OTA Integration Online platform offering Hourly Hotels, Homestays, Service Apartments along with F&B.

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eZee Absolute

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

It’s when a guest books a room but simply doesn’t turn up without canceling. You’ve got the solo traveler who forgets about the booking, the big group that cancels last minute, and then there’s the mysterious disappearance act – no clue why they didn’t show up. There are a few different types of no-shows.

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STAAH

MARCH 3, 2024

The vibrant city hotel’s revenue strategy, driven by STAAH’s OTA connections, resulted in a remarkable 300% year-on-year increase in direct bookings since the transition. However, IDEAS was struggling to achieve this with constant connection issues with multiple online travel agents ( OTAs ).

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SiteMinder

JUNE 24, 2024

Learn more Booking.com fees for hosts and hotel owners Like many OTAs, Booking.com charges some fees to hosts and hotel owners, and some to guests. Cancellation fee If a guest cancels a booking, Booking.com might charge a cancellation fee to that guest.

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Hotel Business

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

SiteMinder’s new Hotel Booking Trends report, a hotel commerce data analysis of more than 36,000 hotels and 450+ connected booking integrations, has revealed travelers booked their trips on average eight days earlier, and canceled their bookings 17% less year-on-year in 2022, despite a 24% increase in the average daily hotel room rate.

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STAAH

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Properties can tap into this increase in demand and secure revenue by offering targeted discounts to international travellers who tend to book earlier and cancel less. For steps on how to Add Country Rates via STAAH click here OTA Promotions OTA promotion feature allows a property to set up promotions on Booking.com via the MAX extranet.

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Cloudbeds

MAY 8, 2024

It also shows what type of guests are staying at your hotel and even what booking channels (direct, online travel agencies (OTAs), etc.) You will have a better understanding of who is your guest and the percentage you are selling to each segment (ideally per month) such as: direct bookings (transients etc), corporate, groups, long stay, OTAs.

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STAAH

JUNE 6, 2023

If you are a smart hotelier or any type of accommodation provider, you would not want to miss the chance of converting your website visitors from an OTA (or any other source) and bag the commission-free direct bookings. You can easily set up your booking cancellation policy on STAAH Booking Engine.

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SiteMinder

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The platform works in a similar way to OTAs like Booking.com and Expedia , making money by charging an Airbnb commission on the reservations it facilitates. Stop paying OTA fees, start earning more Airbnb and other booking channels charge commission fees of 15%-25% which seriously eat into your bottom line. What are Airbnb fees?

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Hotelogix

APRIL 18, 2024

A common trend with novice hotels and hoteliers is to sign up with as many OTAs - Online Travel Agents (like booking.com , Expedia, etc) as possible. This is a fine strategy to start at, however, the problem is managing the hotel on all these OTAs. We used it to automate this rigmarole of updating inventories on OTAs.

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STAAH

MAY 30, 2023

By incentivizing forward bookings with flexible cancellation policies, hotels can secure revenue and manage visibility effectively with the help of a comprehensive tech stack, including a channel manager and property management system (PMS). By using OTAs, hotels can increase their visibility and reach a wider audience of potential guests.

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Cloudbeds

MAY 15, 2024

With rate parity in the hotel industry, if you sell a room on Booking.com for $100 per night, you will have to set the same rate on all other booking platforms, whether it’s other online travel agencies (OTAs) , metasearch engines, brick-and-mortar travel agents or your own website.

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Cloudbeds

OCTOBER 17, 2024

A basic strategy might involve listing your property on a few key online travel agencies (OTAs) like Airbnb and Booking.com and leaving it at that. A specific OTA may help increase occupancy , but it might not actually be profitable for your hotel. Instead of trying to outbid large OTAs, focus on finding the right balance.

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Little Hotelier

JUNE 29, 2023

Once they hit “search”, Expedia spits out a long list of available listings, along with details about pricing, ratings, amenities, cancellation policies, and so on. Expedia’s cancellation and refund policies Expedia bookings have two types of cancellation policies: Fully refundable. Expedia OTAs. Non-refundable.

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Hotelogix

OCTOBER 24, 2024

These channels include Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) like Booking.com, direct bookings through the hotel’s website, and Global Distribution Systems (GDS). Increased Visibility : A CRS lists your hotel on more booking platforms (like OTAs and GDS), helping you reach more potential guests.

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STAAH

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Properties can tap into this increase in demand and secure revenue by offering targeted discounts to international travellers who tend to book earlier and cancel less. For steps on how to Add Country Rates via STAAH click here OTA Promotions OTA promotion feature allows a property to set up promotions on Booking.com via the MAX extranet.

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Little Hotelier

JUNE 5, 2023

However, Airbnb’s commission can go up to 14% or more for hosts who have a Super Strict cancellation policy. Hosts who are in certain countries (such as Italy) and those who have Super Strict cancellation policies may pay more than 3%. Cancellation fees Cancellation fees apply if a guest cancels a reservation during certain periods.

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Little Hotelier

MAY 12, 2024

It’s very easy to understand and you can always see when customers make reservations or cancel them. But we’re seeing a steady increase in bookings, which is clearly evident from every online channel that we connect to. “If We can also receive payment easily and quickly,” explained Licha.

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Inn Quest

AUGUST 15, 2023

Understanding the Hotel Channel Management Landscape Managing hotel bookings and distribution across multiple online travel agencies (OTAs) and booking platforms is becoming an increasingly complex and time-consuming task for hoteliers. This is why hotel channel manager software is in demand nowadays.

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Hotel Management

MAY 22, 2024

But if you break it down in terms of the players – OTAs, travel agencies, hotel websites and other players – all of them will be growing at a rate of somewhere between 6-10%. OTAs at the higher end of the range, 10%; hotels’ own websites, somewhere in the 8% range, but a really robust rate of growth.

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Little Hotelier

JULY 31, 2023

This means you can manage your reservations, update your rates and availability, and distribute your rooms to online travel agencies (OTAs) all from one platform. You can access reports on your bookings, cancellations, and revenue, helping you to understand trends and make informed decisions.

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Cloudbeds

JULY 15, 2023

These sites may vary to include online travel agencies (OTAs) such as Booking.com , Expedia, Tripadvisor, or Agoda; travel metasearch engines such as Google, Kayak, and Trivago; GDSs such as Amadeus and Sabre; bed banks such as Hotelbeds, or online marketplaces such as Airbnb, Vrbo (former HomeAway), etc. The same happens with a cancellation.

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TravelNet

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Introduction Hopper is an award winning OTA with over 80M captive users in North America and was the most downloaded travel app in 2021. Hopper is an award winning OTA with over 80M captive users in North America and was the most downloaded travel app in 2021. Their Homes/Vacation Rental marketplace launched in Jan 2022.

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SiteMinder

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Travellers are now predominantly booking their accommodation online, making it more crucial for hotels to focus on capturing bookings via their own website, OTAs, metasearch, and other online channels. Online booking channels are important for hotels because they greatly increase your reach and visibility to potential guests.

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