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Metasearch in Hospitality: an Overview of Hotel Search Engines

Altexsoft

In April 2020, the hotel occupancy in the US dropped to its lowest level ever — the bewildering 24.5 The annual average was roughly 44 percent, which means that more than half of hotel rooms were empty during the whole year. This means a hotel is charged every time the ad is clicked and redirection occurs.

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Direct Booking Success: How Hilton, Marriott, La Quinta, and More Hotels Boost Direct Sales

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Hotels have been experiencing a surge of direct bookings during the pandemic. Yes, while the overall number of bookings dropped due to COVID-19, hotels’ brand.com websites became the third most popular booking channel , in some cases even surpassing Expedia traffic. Direct booking strategies for hotels. Why is that?

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Hotel Booking Engine: How to Boost Direct Bookings

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In 2021, the biggest challenge hotels face is successfully recovering from the COVID-19 impact. Even before the pandemic, when travel was booming, hotels — especially of middle and small sizes — experienced difficulties of another sort. What is a hotel booking engine and how it makes you competitive.

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Guide to Digitizing Hotel Upselling and Cross-Selling: Strategies and Tools

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Upselling and cross-selling provide hotel owners and managers with the ability to drive greater profit from the same guest by timely offering valuable services. This post aims at explaining the key hotel upselling and cross-selling strategies, ways to digitize them effectively, and examples of existing software serving that purpose.

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Hotel Channel Managers: Key Providers and How to Choose a Channel Manager

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In one Hotel Hell episode, lodge guests had to search for a front desk employee by themselves. What is a hotel channel manager? If you’re new to the hotel distribution, we have a video explainer to provide you with a broad picture. Every channel manager provides analytics and reporting. Consistency across channels.

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How To Create A Successful App For Hotel Booking and Flight Search In 2020

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So, to satisfy the needs of tech-savvy travellers without breaking the budget for an exciting adventure, you need to partner with a trusted app development company. Here, I am sharing some technology trends for online booking to answer the most frequently asked questions: How sustainability is driving hotel decisions? Machine Learning.

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B2B Travel Platform For Corporate Travel Management

Altexsoft

It’s a systematic approach to handling various travel operations such as hotel bookings, flight tickets, travel policies, and reporting with the aim of cost control, adherence to corporate policies, and employee comfort and safety. Their interaction is centered around reporting, analytics, and oversight features.

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