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The Hotelier’s Guide to Profitable Direct Booking and OTA Management

Hospitality Net

Balancing distribution channels between Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) and direct bookings is essential for maximizing revenue and maintaining control over the guest experience. While OTAs can drive significant traffic and bookings, relying too heavily on them can lead to increased distribution costs and diminished profit margins.

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Cloudbeds Reveals Highest Revenue-Generating OTAs for Independent Properties

Hospitality Net

Cloudbeds, the hospitality management platform powering more reservations and happier guests for independent lodging businesses around the globe, has today revealed rankings of the highest revenue-generating Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) worldwide, as well as by various countries and regions.

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6 ways to increase your property’s ranking in OTA searches

Hospitality Net

Online travel agency (OTA) search rankings can often leave hotel revenue and channel managers perplexed. It’s not always apparent why one hotel is placed above another in the rankings. And to complicate things even more, the algorithms that determine the listings are always changing

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Case Study: Breaking Free from OTAs with Paid Search

Hospitality Net

Hotels face a constant challenge with the dominance of Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) taking share in every market. And then paying 18-23% of their net revenue back for the privilege of getting these bookings.

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Lighthouse acquires Berlin-based HQ revenue to accelerate commercial strategy for the travel & hospitality industry

Hospitality Net

Lighthouse (formerly OTA Insight), the leading commercial platform for the travel & hospitality industry, today announced the acquisition of Berlin-based HQ revenue.

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Cloudbeds Publishes Second Annual ’Big Book of OTAs’ Unveiling 2023 Trends in Online Travel Agencies Along with a Directory of 90+ OTA channels

Hospitality Net

SAN DIEGO, December 20, 2023 — Cloudbeds, the hospitality management platform powering more reservations and happier guests for lodging businesses around the globe, today announced the release of its highly anticipated ’Big Book of OTAs: A Hotelier’s Guide to Top Distribution Channels’ for 2023.

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From OTAs to Open APIs: Embracing Hospitality's Next Inflection Point

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The most significant inflection point in recent history was the rise of online travel agencies (OTAs). Many in the hotel industry underestimated this change, leading to a reliance on OTAs that continues to impact profitability and customer relationships today.

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