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Guest Post: Why the direct booking battle has only just begun

By: Asad Dhunna on 6/25/16 13:00

This is a guest post from Triptease, a provider of digital tools for hotels and guests. There’s a battle out there. Direct bookings against OTAs. Which one will win the minds and ...

Welcome Home - Shinta Mani Rising from the Ruins

By: Helena Murphy on 3/28/16 18:42

The travel industry has been one of the fastest growing industries in the past twenty years in spite of crises and strained political relations around the globe. To date, ...

Old School Systems Vs New Technology for Hoteliers

By: Johnny Childress on 7/27/15 8:30

As a hotelier, which one do you prefer to be? Old School or New School? The decision by many hotels to embrace the ‘old-style’ way of doing things has as much to do with financial ...

Following in the Footsteps of TripAdvisor, Google Now Provides Instant Booking for Hotels

By: Joe Kiernan on 7/24/15 8:30

Just like TripAdvisor, Google users can now book a hotel room without ever leaving google. Whether consumers are searching for lava lamps or hotel rooms, Google has always been ...

10 Reasons Millennials Are Not Staying At Your Independent Hotel

By: Ardalan Zandian on 7/2/15 8:30

They're demanding, the most difficult to please, and can be annoying; but Millennials represent a staggering amount of buying power and wealth that cannot be ignored. With a ...

Improving the Hotel Online Distribution Mix With GDS

By: Ardalan Zandian on 6/10/15 9:00

Over the last 20 years the Internet has transformed the travel industry, creating a home for a vast number of travel websites and online travel agents. Websites such as ...

Measuring the Costs and Benefits of Direct Hotel Bookings vs OTA's

By: John Shortall on 6/4/15 8:30

The distribution landscape for hotels is changing and becoming more complex with each passing day. In January of 2015, Expedia purchased Travelocity and agreed to purchase Orbitz ...

Frontdesk Anywhere Announces New Responsive Online Booking Engine

By: John Shortall on 3/31/15 10:11

Frontdesk Anywhere, an award winning leader in cloud based property management software for the hotel industry today announced the release of its third generation, mobile ...

Frontdesk Anywhere Integrates with SiteMinder to Maximize Online Exposure and Revenue for Hotels

By: Thomas Lyle on 8/27/14 11:38

We are proud to announce our partnership with SiteMinder. As one of the global hotel industry's leading providers of online distribution technology, SiteMinder partnership is ...

TripConnect for Specialty Lodging: Is it worth the price?

By: Deb Kohls on 5/30/14 6:34

With TripAdvisor’s recent certification of PMS booking engines through their TripConnect feature, many independent properties are assessing the value of this feature and if it’s ...

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