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Busting Today’s Hotel Distribution Myths

Hotel Speak

Effective hotel distribution strategies enable hotels to target the right audience, optimise occupancy rates, and enhance revenue management. Hotels have worked with third parties such as airlines, travel agents, online travel agents (OTAs) and the Global Distribution System (GDS) for decades.

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What is a Hotel Channel Manager? A Comprehensive Guide

Inn Quest

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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Advanced distribution strategies for hotels

Cloudbeds

A hotel distribution strategy involves selecting and managing the different channels through which a hotel sells its rooms to potential guests. 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.

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What is a distribution strategy? The 2024 guide

Hotel Speak

For example, a leisure traveler’s distribution channel may go through a wholesaler and a tour operator, or an online travel agency and an affiliate online travel agency. A business traveler’s channel may include a DHISCO switch, a global distribution system, and a corporate self-booking channel.

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Guide to Choose the Optimal Channel Manager for Property Proficiency

eZee Absolute

A hotel channel manager is a software that allows hotels like yours to manage their online inventory and rates across multiple booking channels, such as online travel agencies (OTAs), global distribution systems (GDSs), and your website as well. It’s a win-win! Still not convinced?

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5 Tech Trends Redefining Hotel Distribution and Guest Experience

eZee Absolute

This boosts visibility and drives direct bookings by attracting price-sensitive travelers who are ready to book Imagine a tool that allows hotels to create exclusive offers for metasearch users, such as a limited-time discount or a complimentary room upgrade for bookings made through a specific platform.

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Discover How Hotel Katra Residency Mastered Bookings and Inventory with eZee

eZee Absolute

They sought a solution that not only increased visibility on Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) and Global Distribution Systems (GDS) platforms but also sold the rooms at the best price and managed their inventories seamlessly. At the same time, it eliminated the risk of manual errors in inventory management.