Channel Management

Interview / Distribution

Europe Travel Launch 2018: WIHP Hotels

By PhocusWire | June 13, 2018

Seven years work has led WIHP Hotels to the launch of its Meta I/O product - a hub between hotel reservation systems and metasearch engines. Read More

News / Distribution

VIDEO: Deep dive on hotels and online travel agencies

By PhocusWire | June 11, 2018

Some say the online travel agency vs. hotel debate moves in cycles, depending on who has the biggest to axe grind during a particular period in time. Read More

Distribution

Connectivity Fatigue

By Phocuswire | June 6, 2018

The unspoken challenge that’s crippling hotel technology innovation Read More

Opinion / Distribution

Coming soon to your hotel: The integrated revenue generation team

By Max Starkov, HEBS Digital & Scott Dahl, Ecole Hôtelière de Lausann | May 31, 2018

The hospitality industry is enjoying its longest expansion and healthiest growth in decades, yet there are some troubling trends beginning to surface that threaten profitability and overall performance. Read More

News / Distribution

Amadeus to roll out NDC-led online travel agency platform

By Kevin May | May 31, 2018

Travix is the latest intermediary to be recruited by Amadeus to help build out services based on New Distribution Capability protocols. Read More

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News / Online

VIDEO: Activities web agencies on a hot 2018 for the sector

By PhocusWire | May 29, 2018

This year has been a fascinating one for a sector that, pre-April, was already billed as one of the most interesting in the industry. Read More

News / Technology

VIDEO: AccorHotels on facing up to digital and not dying

By PhocusWire | May 24, 2018

A string of acquisitions into new areas of hospitality and a focus on digital services have made AccorHotels one of the chains to watch in recent years. Read More

News / Online

VIDEO: The secrets behind Secret Escapes

By Kevin May | May 17, 2018

Secret Escapes is the runaway success story from the plethora of travel brands that emerged at the turn of the decade with the idea of online discounted hotel sales. Read More

News / Distribution

Only three in ten French hotel bookings will be direct by 2022

By Kevin May | May 16, 2018

Hotel bookings in France are dominated by third party sites - and growth of the direct channel is tipped to slow over the next five years. Read More

News / Distribution

Hotel direct distribution benefits "debunked"

By Kevin May | May 10, 2018

"No measurable impact" is the headline-grabbing finding from a study looking at whether direct bookings have any impact on the cost of distribution for hotels. Read More

Interview / Online

In The Big Chair - Amiad Soto of Guesty

By Jill Menze | May 9, 2018

Amiad Soto co-founded Guesty alongside his twin brother in 2013. He has been named to Forbes Israel’s 30 under 30 list. Read More

Opinion / Distribution

Dissecting the dark world of travel search engines, hotels and online agencies

By Pablo Delgado - Mirai | May 3, 2018

We have always defended the notion that the value online travel agencies have is to provide visibility to hotels and help them generate new sales, sales that otherwise would be impossible to access. Read More

News / Technology

Hotels investing in growing direct bookings, mobile upgrades for 2018

By Jill Menze | May 2, 2018

Hotels view their own websites as equally as effective at driving direct bookings as Google or TripAdvisor, a new report from SiteMinder shows. Read More

Opinion / Technology

Past, present and a bright future for revenue management

By Dan Skodol - Rainmaker | April 26, 2018

In 1972, an employee of British Overseas Airways Corporation by the name of Ken Littlewood provided the genesis of what has become today's revenue management discipline. Read More

News / Startups

Guesty raises nearly $20M to grow rental property management platform

By Mitra Sorrells | April 25, 2018

Guesty, a cloud-based system to simplify management of vacation rental properties across multiple distribution channels, has raised $19.75 million in series B funding. Read More

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