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Metasearch in Hospitality: an Overview of Hotel Search Engines

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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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Hotel Online Payments: How and Why to Transform Your Payment Process

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Let’s be honest, for many hotels, payment functionality is not a priority. Once integrated, the payment gateway or processing solution isn’t customarily upgraded or reviewed. Hotel payments challenges. Currently, there are four main areas where hotels experience shortcomings with their payment technology.

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PMS API Data for Third-Party Apps: How to Become an Integration Partner of Leading PMSs

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That’s why most hotel management systems today are open to partnerships with independent software vendors to easily expand their capabilities and satisfy clients. Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are pieces of code connecting two software tools together. Typically, via APIs.

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Tour Operator Software: Itinerary Creator, Booking Engine, and Other Handy Technologies

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In today’s digital world, it’s practically impossible without the right software. Often, the tour operator functions as a wholesaler, buying tickets, hotel rooms, and other travel products in bulk at discounted rates, combining them, and selling those packages in significant quantities directly or indirectly.

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Sustainable Travel: Opportunities Digital Technology Provides for a Greener Business

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Greenhouse gases (tourism is responsible for around 8 percent of global carbon emissions, three-quarters of which is due to aviation), local resource overuse (e.g., It means that people want to travel responsibly, so hotels, airlines, and tour companies have to keep up and satisfy their customers (and attract new ones).

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Short-Term and Vacation Rental Data: Sources and Analysis

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According to the Global Vacation Rental Report 2022 , 40 percent of property managers rely on market business intelligence (BI) or analytics services, a big leap compared to just 13 percent before the COVID-19 outbreak. Vacation rentals usually offer guests more attractive prices than hotels along with a more private setting.

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Vacation Rental Revenue Management: Dynamic Pricing Tools by Beyond, PriceLabs, Airbnb, Vrbo, and More

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From sharing a corner in your living room with an air mattress to running a whole hotel-like operation with multiple properties, alternative accommodation hosts today can make bank. Hotels want to be like Airbnbs, investing in unique, homey properties where people come to live, rest, and work. Hotels and vacation rentals, compared.

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