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Revenue optimization: Full guide for hotels

SiteMinder

Primary revenue streams Room reservations Online Travel Agencies Global Distribution System (GDS) Corporate/Group Booking’ Channel Management 2. Upselling and cross-selling: Upselling encourages guests to upgrade their room or add amenities like breakfast or parking.

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Apollo GDS: What do hotels need to know?

SiteMinder

Apollo is a global distribution system (GDS) vendor which allows travel agents to access and book inventory from hotels, airlines, car hires, and more. The simple SiteMinder GDS user experience reduces the risk of overbooking and simplifies reservation management for hotels. What is Apollo? Who owns Apollo GDS?

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PMS integration: Beginners guide for small properties

Little Hotelier

Look for a system that automates key operations like updating room availability, managing bookings, and processing payments. This will save you from the hassle of manual updates and reduce the risk of overbookings or missed payments. Upselling integrations Maximise your revenue by integrating upselling tools into your PMS.

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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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Effective Hotel Sales Strategies to Increase Revenue

Hotelogix

Streamline Distribution to Maximize Visibility Managing your distribution channels is key to maximizing your hotel's visibility. OTAs (like Booking.com or Airbnb), your website, and other platforms (like Global Distribution Systems or GDS) are the places travelers look for hotels.

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What is hotel booking software? 

Fuel Travel

It also prevents overbooking and keeps everything in sync, allowing guests to tailor their stay preferences and enhance their experience. If the hotel is using a revenue management platform, the specific rates are managed and optimized in either that system or in the PMS itself.

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What is a hotel reservation system and why is it important?

Cloudbeds

The information is then populated into the PMS and distributed to the hotel’s booking channels with the help of channel management software. These channels may include the hotel’s website booking engine, online travel agencies (OTAs), the global distribution system (GDS), wholesalers, and metasearch sites.