OTAs Auctioning Search Results Bad News for Hotels
Just weeks after I wondered whether the OTAs lost some ground to hotel groups in the industry’s balance of power, Expedia Inc. disclosed a...
The Rise of Indirect Bookings
Prior to the digital age, hotels viewed their competitive landscape in a very traditional manner. Their primary competition was with other hotels, generally those...
Roundup: Technology Can Take Hotels to Post-Pandemic Profitability
COVID-19 isn't disappearing, but many people are more willing to travel as vaccines become more readily available and COVID case numbers decline. In fact,...
How Hotels Can Take Advantage of Hospitality’s Continued Consolidation
The hotel industry consolidation of the past few years might have made dominant players even bigger, but that doesn’t mean it’s anywhere close to...
Hotel-OTA Relationships a Hot Topic at AAHOA Convention
The hotel industry’s love-hate relationship with online travel agencies was a hot topic during a CEO panel at the Asian American Hotel Owners Association...