Demand Calendar

APRIL 9, 2024

In reality, many hotels, especially independent hotels, rely heavily on online travel agencies (OTAs) and seem hesitant to shift towards direct booking strategies. Although many in the hotel industry agree that direct bookings are valuable, there is still a significant gap between advocacy for this approach and its implementation.

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Demand Calendar

AUGUST 28, 2023

In the highly competitive hotel market, automated pricing systems have involuntarily joined forces with the OTAs to drive down the price, leading to the commoditization of overnight accommodation.

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Hotel Management

MARCH 11, 2025

At the upcoming AHICE Asia Pacific conference in Adelaide, INN Tech will be held from 8:25am to 9:50am on Thursday May 8 and will include power sessions on Revenue Management, the Intelligent Guest Journey, On-Property Technology, Serving Your Guests More Effectively and Boosting Profitability, and an OTAs Outlook for the year ahead.

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STAAH

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

STAAH hosted its most anticipated conference The Big Connect in Kolkata & Udaipur along with leading tech partners from the Hospitality space – Webbeds, OTA Insight, and Airpay. The events were extremely successful with over 150 participants which included Owners, General Managers and Departmental Heads of Hotels and Hotel Groups.

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Demand Calendar

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Travel agents bring in a wealth of client preferences and booking patterns; corporate clients offer insights into specific business traveler needs; and distribution channels, including Online Travel Agencies (OTAs), serve as vital conduits for guest bookings.

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Little Hotelier

JULY 2, 2024

The most popular are the likes of Airbnb, Vrbo and Pulse by Booking.com, which allow property owners to manage their online presence within specific booking platforms. But most B&Bs offer their rooms through multiple booking channels, which has led to the rise of OTA-agnostic bed and breakfast apps like Little Hotelier.

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Hotel Speak

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

It has also garnered excellent ratings and guest reviews on almost all top OTAs. Speaking about their decision to migrate to the cloud with Hotelogix, Pema Dorji, General Manager at Namgay Heritage Hotel said, “The earlier server-based solution may have been functional at one point, but it quickly became a burden, hindering progress.

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Hotel Speak

OCTOBER 27, 2023

It has garnered top-notch guest reviews on almost all leading OTAs and review platforms. Before adopting Hotelogix, the management was running daily operations manually. “Manually managing reservations, housekeeping, and other processes was pretty challenging. It led to errors and even loss of revenue.

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Cloudbeds

APRIL 8, 2024

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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Hotel Management

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Channel management partners have come a long way, and they do provide an interesting solution to distribution. In an unbranded environment, youre relying more heavily on OTA partners, which comes at a higher cost of distribution. And create real dynamism through our general managers who have come from larger organisations.

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Hotel Business

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

As we forge new client partnerships, I look forward to helping them create something new and unique, something the OTAs cant deliver, that will really differentiate their business and have a direct impact on the guest experience. Do you have any advice for past hoteliers looking to branch into working in the tech sector?

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SiteMinder

JUNE 6, 2024

According to De Ponga, hotel software solutions such as channel managers and revenue management systems (RMSs) have democratised the practice, owing to the rise of online travel agencies (OTAs). “I I can’t imagine our job without a channel manager given all the OTAs out there.

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SiteMinder

APRIL 1, 2024

Challenges before SiteMinder Before integrating SiteMinder into its operations, Wonderstone Glacier encountered difficulties in expanding its reach through online travel agencies (OTAs). The hotel aimed to connect with a wider array of OTA platforms, including smaller players, to maximise its visibility and bookings.

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Amadeus Hospitality

MAY 20, 2024

In 2023, the Sleeping Lady Mountain Resort experienced an 18% revenue increase across all channels over 2022, thanks to the implementation of RevenueStrategy360™ to ensure rate parity, enabling Member Rates Merchandising and Amadeus’ Guest Management System for Full Marketing Automation bundle.

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Cloudbeds

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

From conversations with general managers to PR professionals and restauranteurs – we’ve compiled a list of the top hospitality podcasts today to help hoteliers boost their industry knowledge and take away practical tips for success. No matter what role or interest you have in hospitality, there’s a podcast for you. Who’s it for?

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Little Hotelier

AUGUST 12, 2024

A channel manager , for example, can connect with all of your OTAs and booking channels, and can block dates across all your listings as soon as a new reservation comes in. Mick Comerford, General Manager The Mercantile Hotel Read more Leveraging technology for hotel efficiency How do you run a hotel effectively?

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Social Tables

JANUARY 14, 2022

Meet with hoteliers, general managers, F&B directors, owners, operators, procurement managers, and other hospitality professionals to discuss industry developments, demonstrate services, shop for new products, and even showcase your own. .

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Catala Consulting

MARCH 17, 2023

Table of Contents In this blog post “The Battle for Fair Prices: Solving Hotel Rate Disparity for Owners and Managers,” the author explores the complex issue of hotel rate disparity, which occurs when the same room type at a hotel is sold at different prices across various distribution channels.

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Little Hotelier

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

For us, offering quality services and a personalized experience is essential and the foundation of our project,” said Matteo Marocco, General Manager at La Dama del Porto. “We While OTAs played a crucial role for La Dama del Porto, initially, over time, the property has experienced a rise in direct bookings.

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Little Hotelier

APRIL 23, 2024

Mick Comerford, General Manager The Mercantile Hotel Read more How to implement a hotel availability calendar Ready to make the switch to a rental availability calendar? When a new booking is made on any of these channels, it is placed in the Little Hotelier calendar straight away.

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SiteMinder

DECEMBER 20, 2023

It is overflowing with best-in-class functionality, offering all that ThinkReservations offers and much, much more: business intelligence , marketing assistance, OTA partnerships and a powerful booking engine, to name but a few key features. SiteMinder , meanwhile, is the world’s largest open hotel commerce platform.

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Hotel Speak

JULY 12, 2023

Apart from being rated highly on several leading OTAs, top-notch travel and hospitality communities have acknowledged the group, including Mr & Mrs Smith and Secret Retreats for its famed guest service. As a group, Maduzi Hotels operates popular high-end and premium properties across Thailand.

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Little Hotelier

JULY 3, 2024

A Booking.com receipt or Booking.com invoice is a summary of the commission fees you owe Booking.com for all of the completed reservations that the OTA has facilitated over the course of a month. Booking.com hotel receipts are generated in the first week of the following month. What is a Booking.com receipt?

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SiteMinder

MARCH 25, 2025

With the support of tools like SiteMinder, reservations managers can manage high volumes of inquiries efficiently, allowing your hotel to capture more revenue while delivering a seamless booking experience. What does a hotel reservations manager do?

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Hotelogix

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

General Management: General Managers take care of the overall administration of a hotel. It should simplify reservations and integrate with a channel manager for real-time OTA distribution. Hotel PMS for Hotel Chains Hotel groups need a PMS to manage multi-property operations with a centralized dashboard.

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Amadeus Hospitality

JULY 6, 2023

Saurabh Mehta, General Manager, One King West Hotel & Residence : “After having the pleasure of working with Amadeus to integrate iHotelier onto our website, we faced challenges with our channel mix.

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Cloudbeds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Multi-language and multi-currency support Whistle for Cloudbeds now supports multiple languages and currencies. Guests will be able to see the guestbook, digital registration card, and upsell marketplace in 29 languages and 160 different currencies.

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SiteMinder

AUGUST 1, 2024

Sales channels: How you will determine your distribution strategy , whether it’s direct bookings, online travel agents (OTAs), or a combination of both. Pricing strategy: How you will set competitive room rates and consider implementing revenue management strategies to maximise occupancy and revenue.

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SiteMinder

APRIL 25, 2024

Stuart-Hill points out that revenue management initially fell into the hands of the reservation manager, particularly in the early 1990s, when reservation managers took on the special task of explaining the emerging idea of dynamic pricing to consumers.

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SiteMinder

MAY 21, 2023

Benjamas Kitsaengklai (Assistant General Manager). “Every service we provide is carefully crafted to engage all the senses – from captivating sights and sounds to delightful tastes and aromas” The ultimate aim is to create lasting memories for our guests during their time at Ping Nakara.

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Little Hotelier

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

This feature enables guests to make bookings through the hotel’s website, increasing direct bookings and reducing reliance on third-party booking platforms and avoiding OTA fees. One popular feature includes tracking how rooms are sold across major OTAs and how rates stack up against competitors. Cancel anytime.

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Little Hotelier

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Anak Agung Ari Trisna, General Manager, highlighted the benefits of other features, such as the channel manager , which connects with three OTAs and the direct booking engine which enables direct online reservations. . “The system is great, and we’ve had no issues so far.

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Boutique Hotel News

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

BHN speaks to two hospitality professionals who graduated from the General Managers Program (GMP) at Cornell University a decade ago, to understand their career progression and how the industry has evolved in that time. . It’s been 10 years since you enrolled on the General Managers Program at Cornell University.

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Little Hotelier

JUNE 27, 2024

Booking.com, the world’s largest online travel agency (OTA), forms a primary booking channel for a vast number of hotels and accommodation providers. As such the OTA has made a wealth of country- and region-specific payment solutions available, such as iDeal, Trustly, Blik, Vipps, Venmo, and WeChat.

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SiteMinder

JANUARY 8, 2024

Types of hotel management If we zoom in on accommodation management, it too can be divided into a few different categories, which reflect the broad range of tasks and challenges that hotel management presents. The majority of travellers will visit your hotel website even if they discover your property on an OTA.

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Little Hotelier

APRIL 14, 2024

The benefit of a ‘virtual’ front desk Since David and Arielle manage Haven Hall without a traditional reception or general manager, it is crucial to have an admin system that can provide a simple and central control hub. There’s no better solution than Little Hotelier’s front desk system.

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Little Hotelier

JULY 18, 2024

When a hotel room is booked through an online travel agent (OTA) like Booking.com or Expedia, ‘tax recovery charges’ and ‘service fees’ are often added to the bill. The listed room rate includes the OTA’s markup, usually 15-25%. So if the wholesale rate for the room is $80, the OTA might charge $100 and make a profit of $20.

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