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Opinion / Distribution

A country where leadership is born from innovation and resistance

By Clemens Fisch - SiteMinder | December 14, 2017

There’s a dichotomy that exists in a country that brought the world Einstein, Porsche, Siemens and Adidas, and also bred a culture inherent with a certain resistance to change and technological... Read More

Notated News / Technology

Paysafe, Airbnb and other news briefs today...

By PhocusWire | December 4, 2017

In our latest wrap-up of news in brief: Ethiopian Airlines on PaySafe; Air Canada opts for Flyiin; SiteMinder unites with Cloud-Hotel; Airbnb launches split bookings. Read More

Interview / Distribution

In The Big Chair - Mike Ford of SiteMinder

By Kevin May | November 5, 2017

The man who helped get SiteMinder off the ground in 2006 has plenty to say about the direct-booking debate, intermediaries becoming tech vendors and his style as a boss. Read More

News / Distribution

BridgeStreet partnership with SiteMinder signals mainstream shift for alternative stays

By Kerry Medina | September 28, 2017

BridgeStreet is that rare transformative business that most every company in the hospitality space aspires to. Ten year ago it was one more European serviced apartment companies. Today, BridgeSt Read More

News / Distribution

Direct bookings and web presence beat mobile and personalisation as hotel priorities

By Kevin May | March 28, 2017

Game on - the top business focus for hotel owners this year is to increase their direct bookings and improve their online presence. The finding, indicated in the annual Global Hotel Business Index Read More

News / Distribution

The Airbnb effect on hotels - experiences, tech provision and convergence

By Viewpoints | February 17, 2017

In less than a decade the twenty-something founders of Airbnb have gone from selling politics-themed cereal, back in 2007, to raising $850 million on a $30 billion valuation. In short: Airbnb is th Read More

News / Distribution

Hospitality distribution and technology in just four years (if hotels have the guts)

By Kevin May | December 28, 2016

Hotels lack a pioneering spirit when it comes to pushing the barriers of technology and how to engage with guests, with few willing to lead the market. That is one segment of analysis from an indus Read More

Webinars / Distribution

VIDEO: How hotels can simplify today's complex revenue management strategies

By PhocusWire | October 4, 2016

With so many different approaches to revenue management, today’s hotelier can find the best practice confusing. And we know it can get very complex, very quickly. The key to implementing a succe Read More

From Our Partners / Distribution

Is your hotel using universal tactics to drive revenue from domestic and global tourists?

By Sponsored Content | September 27, 2016

Domestic tourism is booming all over the world. Combine that with a resilient and buoyant global tourism industry and hoteliers are presented with a solid opportunity for attracting new guests and sec Read More

News

StayNTouch touts its mobile hotel tech integration at MGM's Aria Las Vegas

By Sean O'Neil | August 23, 2016

One of the big hotel industry themes lately has been the transition from server-based property management systems (which are not designed for touch and tablet devices) to ones that are cloud-based, mo Read More

News / Distribution

Direct hotel booking value almost double that of third parties

By Linda Fox | August 9, 2016

SiteMinder says its numbers show the booking value hotels are getting via their own websites is nearly double that of third party booking channels. The hotel distribution specialist is chiming in o Read More

News

SiteMinder's CEO on the hotel tech stack and light revenue management

By Sean O'Neil | July 11, 2016

A couple of years ago, SiteMinder, the Australia-based hotel technology provider, targeted North America as a market, having already expanded to receive a majority of its revenue from hotels in Europe Read More

News / Distribution

The hotel tech Trojan horse

By Viewpoints | May 19, 2016

Oh yes, a horse is on its way to Troy as you read this. Or, has it arrived? NB: This is a viewpoint by Mike Ford, managing director of SiteMinder. As most hotel industry folk know, there are a n Read More

News / Distribution

How SiteMinder's VC sees hotel distribution now

By Sean O'Neil | May 9, 2016

In January 2014, Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV) invested $30 million in SiteMinder, a hotel distribution platform based in Sydney. To put the Series B round together, Dave Yuan, a general part Read More

News / Distribution

Hotel sector is in turmoil, but not due to the sharing economy

By Kevin May | March 1, 2016

One might assume (if you read only the kowtowing Airbnb-friendly media) that hoteliers are running scared from threat of the sharing economy. That may be true in some quarters, but there are equall Read More

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