Channel Management

News / Technology

Sabre aims to break down walls as it "reimagines" business of travel

By Jill Menze | April 11, 2018

Sabre president and CEO Sean Menke has a new vision for how tech will reimagine the business of travel. Read More

Opinion / Online

Why now is the time for travel brands to go mobile-first

By Mark Rabe - Sojern | April 6, 2018

It’s popular to talk about the impact that smartphones have had and with good reason. In recent years, since smartphone introduction, there has been a dramatic shift in the way people engage with brands... Read More

News / Online

Guesty adds Agoda to its vacation rental property management platform

By Mitra Sorrells | April 3, 2018

Guesty, a cloud-based system to manage short-term and vacation rental listings across multiple channels, is expanding its offerings with the integration of Agoda. Read More

News / Technology

The state of the computer reservation system nation

By Kevin May | March 20, 2018

A major new study has shown how hotel chains are using technology to capture bookings, at the same time as illustrating how they want the ecosystem to evolve. Read More

Opinion / Online

What destinations can learn from data around March Madness

By Scott Garner - ADARA | March 19, 2018

For the NCAA basketball tournament, college loyalists are traveling in shows of support for their favorite teams. Here’s how the Arizona Office of Tourism used travel data to quantify the impact of its... Read More

News / Technology

Digital Darwinism: A concept for modern hotels

By Kevin May | March 13, 2018

"Connected consumerism and the influences of new technologies and services on human behavior disrupt markets." Read More

Interview / Online

In The Big Chair - Brian Chesky of Airbnb

By Jill Menze | February 27, 2018

The three co-founders started Airbnb with an air mattress in their apartment. Now, the 36-year-old CEO oversees a travel company worth $31 billion. Read More

News / Technology

Travel managers told to check data and hold fire on booking hotels

By Kevin May | February 26, 2018

Travel managers are missing out on getting heavily reduced rates on hotels because they are not examining pricing trends in their marketplaces. Read More

News / Online

Interview: Airbnb CEO says it's now "100%" battling online travel agencies

By Jill Menze | February 23, 2018

Airbnb views itself going all-in with a plan to compete with the giants of the accommodation world - online travel agencies. Read More

News / Startups

Hostaway secures €700K to expand distribution tool for thriving rental market

By Mitra Sorrells | February 22, 2018

Helsinki, Finland-based Hostaway has raised €700,000 in funding to grow its vacation rental channel management solution. Read More

News / Distribution

Booking.com leads the way as top hotel channel

By Kevin May | February 7, 2018

Some 72 million reservations have been analysed to discover what are claimed to be top revenue-generating booking channels for hotels. Read More

News / Distribution

Airbnb officially opens up platform to hotel distribution

By Kevin May | February 7, 2018

Airbnb is to allow hotels and other accommodation providers to list on the site for the first time through an official third party distribution network. Read More

Opinion / Distribution

Online travel agency fightback: Tactics to lure direct bookings

By Max Starkov - HEBS Digital | February 6, 2018

As the travel planning journey continues to become increasingly more complex, hoteliers need to be looking for more impactful ways to engage and retain their best potential guests. Read More

Opinion / Distribution

An insider's tale on hotel website conversion rates

By Jean-Louis Boss - Fastbooking | February 2, 2018

The conversion rate of a hotel website is determined by so many factors that one shouldn’t be fooled into trying to meet an industry average. Read More

News / Distribution

What hotels really want from reservation systems

By Jill Menze | January 25, 2018

The sustained quest for personalization underlies decisions being made all across the travel industry - including how hotels choose to approach their central reservation systems (CRSs). Read More

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