Little Hotelier

OCTOBER 30, 2024

For example, if your PMS is integrated with a channel manager , the interface will ensure that when a room is booked through an OTA, your PMS updates automatically. Your PMS should simplify day-to-day tasks by connecting all your systems—whether it’s handling guest check-ins, updating pricing in real-time, or syncing with OTAs.

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Little Hotelier

APRIL 28, 2023

The Paradise Motel, a family-run business in Australia, knew that they needed to move on from manual processes. We have a 100% occupancy rate, and we’re fully booked every week, so we used to try and not put all of the motel rooms online, just in case of overbooking. But it needn’t be. Here’s how they did it in 3 simple steps.

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SiteMinder

OCTOBER 19, 2022

To answer this question, I took a deeper dive into our report data, uncovering the core differences between the travellers planning for their next stay to be at a hotel group or chain and the travellers planning for their next stay to be at another property type, i.e. a B&B, vacation rental, boutique hotel, camping site, motel or hostel.

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Cloudbeds

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

We’ll also show you how to harness this powerful technology to capture more reservations, streamline booking processes, save time and costs, and increase guest satisfaction – whether you operate a hotel, hostel, motel, B&B, or vacation rental company. Most OTAs don’t share guest contact details when forwarding a booking.

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Cloudbeds

MARCH 16, 2023

Booking Source In 2019, OTA-sourced bookings made up 57% of all reservations, while non-OTA bookings made up the remaining 43%. During the pandemic, there was a significant shift toward direct bookings due to decreased advertising budgets for OTAs.

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Cloudbeds

JANUARY 10, 2024

For instance, when a hotel receives a reservation, whether it’s through the booking engine or via an online travel agency (OTA) , staff must manually enter payment details into the property management system (PMS). Sounds simple enough; however, many variables are at play. Take payments virtually anywhere. More revenue.

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Cloudbeds

JUNE 8, 2023

No matter what type of property you run, from a large or small hotel, motel, hostel, or campground, there’s always something that needs to be done: a candidate to interview, a guest to greet, a marketing campaign to launch, or a maintenance issue to fix. That way, several OTA channels can base their pricing on your established rate plan.

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Little Hotelier

JULY 18, 2024

Georgia, which charges a $5/night ‘hotel/motel fee’ on all accommodations across the state, is also home to some of the nation’s highest municipality hotel taxes, with the cities of Marietta, Macon, Decatur and Columbus taxing at over 20%. The listed room rate includes the OTA’s markup, usually 15-25%. Here’s why.

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Cloudbeds

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

OTAs have their own payment processes and policies, which must be managed on a per-channel basis, something that “adds complexity to the payment ecosystem.” Jasmin Wilson, Front Desk Manager at Dahl’s Motel , for example, saves over 8 hours a month in reconciliation time with Cloudbeds Payments, while Thomas K. Online travel agencies.

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Cloudbeds

OCTOBER 15, 2024

HAC’s members include: Hotels, motels, and resorts across Canada Industry professionals Suppliers and vendors 10. Mexican Association of Hotels & Motels (AMHM) The Mexican Association of Hotels & Motels, or Asociación Mexicana de Hoteles y Moteles (AMHM) , is an organization representing the hotel industry in Mexico.

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eZee Absolute

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Whether you’re running a charming boutique hotel, a sunny vacation rental, or a cozy motel, the holiday rush can be both thrilling and overwhelming. With eZee Centrix Channel Manager , you can easily manage pricing across multiple OTAs, ensuring that all your listings are updated in real time. But fear not!

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Little Hotelier

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

They recognise that maximising visibility by listing their cabins on numerous OTAs is crucial to driving bookings. With Little Hotelier, Atte and Alexa now have access to 450+ different online travel agents – the world’s largest network of online booking channels.

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Little Hotelier

AUGUST 19, 2024

The other properties include Holbrook Motel , and Woomargama Hotel – a classic country pub venue dating back to 1881. Additionally, we’ve seen a drastic reduction in errors, such as double bookings or issues with payments not being recorded correctly, which used to occur due to faulty channel connections with OTAs.

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Xotels

APRIL 3, 2024

Also, gone are the days of selling the majority of your rooms through OTAs. Making sure you get your fair share of direct bookings allows you to compete with OTAs and avoiding to pay the hefty commissions on those bookings. Bring customers to your website: thinking multi-channel here is important.

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Little Hotelier

MAY 11, 2023

Our software includes: A channel manager with 450+ OTAs Cloud-based reservation management Front desk system Automated guest communications Competitor pricing insights Reports and analytics And more! Airbnb management software is all about streamlining the running of your property, and that’s exactly what we’ve designed Little Hotelier to do.

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Inn Quest

MARCH 23, 2023

Current Trends We recently discussed some trends the industry could expect this year – below are several more. Direct Bookings Are on the Rise Consumers expressed a lot of dissatisfaction with OTAs during the pandemic and this has caused an uptick in direct bookings. Contact us today to book a free demo!

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Cloudbeds

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Anyone looking to get in front of the world’s largest hotel owners and operators – from one-property motel owners to ownership groups with hundreds of properties. Owners and operators of hotels, motels, resorts, serviced apartments, or other accommodation properties with business in Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia.

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Xotels

APRIL 3, 2024

Also, gone are the days of selling the majority of your rooms through OTAs. Making sure you get your fair share of direct bookings allows you to compete with OTAs and avoiding to pay the hefty commissions on those bookings. Bring customers to your website: thinking multi-channel here is important.

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Travel Media Group

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

I started working for my father and my grandfather in a small motel, in a little mining town, Wallace, Idaho, up on the Montana border when I was eight years old, I think I just said. We were the first company to bring complete global GDS, OTA, global distribution, central reservation services on a wide scale, two small independence.

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Hotel Business

MARCH 16, 2023

Booking source In 2019, OTA-sourced bookings made up 57% of all reservations, while non-OTA bookings made up the remaining 43%. During the pandemic, there was a significant shift toward direct bookings due to decreased advertising budgets for OTAs.

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Skift Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Skift Take: As Oyo takes the wheel at Motel 6, its not just revamping operations. By expanding beyond OTAs and focusing on direct bookings and corporate demand, Oyo looks to cut commissions, boost margins, and build loyalty through better control of customer data. Peden Doma Bhutia Read the Complete Story On Skift

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Hotelogix

APRIL 16, 2025

👉 Read Also - Motel vs. Hotel: 7 Key Factors for Smart Travelers The cloud-based PMS market for small and medium hotels is experiencing remarkable growth, with adoption rates increasing by 8.2% annually from 2024 to 2030. Success also depends on data-backed decisions.

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