Hotels might finally be wresting back some control from OTAs. After years of ceding ground to the online giants, hospitality's online supplier-direct channel is now slightly outpacing OTA bookings, ...

For a long time, I defaulted to booking hotels the “right” way: directly through the brand. As someone who plays the points and miles game seriously, it felt almost instinctual. Book direct, earn ...

Third-party booking websites that offer travelers a one-stop shop for hotel reservations, airline seats, and other services are almost as old as the Internet itself. They save the work of slogging ...

Skip your travel agent and those comparison booking sites. That's what more hotels want you to do, and they're pulling out all the stops to persuade you to do it. But should you? Travelers like Tom ...

Photo Credit: Hilton's newest consumer marketing campaign was designed to stress the benefits of booking direct as a Hilton Honors member and stars actor Anna Kendrick. Hilton And today, more than two ...

As the region’s consumers increasingly move online to make their purchasing decisions, hoteliers are scrambling for the latest online reservations technology. The growth figures reported by hoteliers ...

CEO of Lodgify, a vacation rental software that allows rental owners and managers to easily build and grow their own online booking channel. One of the things vacation homeowners love about the rental ...

In 2020, many companies will open direct booking channels, which will benefit all corporate stakeholders. While the commonly held belief is that direct bookings open the door to absolute chaos, ...