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India vs. China vs. Japan: Who Leads in Online Travel and Hotel Loyalty

Asian Travelers’ Booking Preferences looks at the digital behaviors and loyalty patterns of outbound travelers. read more

The Key Technologies Online Travel Agencies Need To Succeed - Forbes

Hotel Aggregation Platforms. OTAs have agreements with individual hotels, wholesale suppliers and global distribution systems (GDSs), which allow them to sell different travel products at specific ... read more

Online Travel Platforms’ Positive Impact on Profitability of Hotels

A 2022 study entitled “The Indirect Distribution Dilemma: Assessing the Financial Impact of Participation in Booking.com for Hotels,” published in the Tourism Review, explored how using Online ... read more

Are OTAs Really Killing Brick And Mortar Travel Agencies? - Forbes

When the first online travel agency (OTA) emerged on the newly minted World Wide Web in 1994, many travelers shunned it. The prospect of entering a credit card number into an online booking site ... read more

China's biggest online travel agency to pay employees 1 billion yuan to have kids | Reuters

Trip.com Group said on Friday it would pay 50,000 yuan ($6,897.69) to employees for each child they have starting July 1 - the first such initiative by a large private company in China as the ... read more

FlightHub and JustFly on Online Travel Agencies (OTAs), metasearch engines and airlines - VentureBeat

Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) An online travel agency focuses on three things: customer convenience, products, and services. Some OTAs specialize in niche sectors of travel, ie: adventure tours. read more

Cloudbeds Publishes Second Annual 'Big Book of OTAs' Unveiling 2023 Trends in Online Travel Agencies Along with a Directory of 90+ OTA channels - Marketing Dive

The annual report dives into the evolving landscape of Online Travel Agencies (OTAs), offering lodging businesses strategic insights to enhance their distribution strategies and maximize revenue in a ... read more

What hospitals can learn from travel industry upheaval | STAT

But that has changed with the rise of online travel agencies (OTAs) like Booking.com and Expedia. Since the late 1990s, these OTAs have dramatically reshaped the travel industry. read more

Online Travel Agencies Are a Safe Investment | The Motley Fool

OTAs are growing In 2012, the online travel business in the US crossed the $100 billion threshold. Since that monumental year, hotel bookings via OTAs have risen 12%. read more

Top Reasons U.S. Lodgings Use Online Travel Platforms

The top reasons revealed by the U.S. Accommodation Barometer survey for hoteliers to list on online travel agencies (OTAs) were: gaining more bookings (76%), simplifying the booking process (74% ... read more

China’s Internet Giants Get Online-Travel Bug - WSJ

BEIJING—China’s booming online travel business is getting increasingly cutthroat, as Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and other Chinese Internet giants look to tap the surging ranks of Chinese ... read more

China’s regulatory oversight of booming online travel platforms will include censorship of ‘illegal’ content - South China Morning Post

China has included censorship of content as part of sweeping new regulations targeting online travel agencies and platforms as the ruling Communist Party moves to extend its grip on cyberspace ... read more