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OTAs, new entrants dominate talk of hotel distribution

This roundup of content features articles focused on the changing distribution landscape and its effect on the hotel industry in the last six months. REPORT FROM THE U.S.—The world of hotel distributi... read more

HOTELS Interview: How online booking’s evolution affects hotels

However, it’s still too soon to predict exactly which players will dominate ... OTAs react? Cindy Estis Green: I think the “metamediaries,” which is shorthard for saying they are metasearch and interm... read more

Will Google stay off the OTAs patch?

The platform evolution Recently, Okerstrom has described Expedia’s new strategic vision as “putting the ‘A’ back into OTA” - in other words ... Marco Corsi, Head of Third-Party Distribution, Sokos Hot... read more

The Priceline Group: Online Travel Industry Leader With 20% Upside

Through a series of strategic acquisitions, the Priceline Group transformed from a hotel-booking ... will deter new entrants from challenging PCLN's dominant position. Therefore, we will focus on exis... read more

The Disappointing Life of Hotel Industry Booking Site Room Key

The OTAs ... new third-party distribution channel. Humphry recalled having a conversation with marketing executives from Marriott, IHG, and other hotel brands about starting an online travel agency ag... read more

Airline disruption: it will happen in the next decade - but no one is preparing for it

At CAPA’s recent Americas Aviation Summit Paul Pessutti, SVP and GM, Travel and Transportation, SAP, outlined this potential for airline disruption in the distribution and marketing areas as new ... t... read more

Use hotel data to drive growth

Those investments have paid off, helping OTAs achieve a dominant role in travel marketing and resulting in higher distribution ... area where hotel operators can always outperform the competition, whe... read more

Are Global Distribution Systems the missing link in tours & activities?

The reality is that travel distribution is extremely consolidated. There are three primary GDSs, two dominant OTAs (Expedia & Priceline) and the airlines. The hotel industry offers ... and it is very ... read more

Disruption in the airline industry. It is coming, faster and bigger than you think: Part 2

2 Data and its use are now beginning to dominate the conversation. And it’s not just distribution ... its nearly one million hotel sites to improve their revenues. By delivering such a wide range of p... read more

Travel Tech CEO Series: DerbySoft Prepares for a Hotel Distribution Free-for-All

It needs a different mindset for its new ... distribution? Zhang: Nobody should dominate the partnership and force another side to do something they don’t want to do. That said, OTAs provide huge valu... read more

Getting up and close: “personalisation has never been more relevant”

“Today it is incredibly easy for new entrants to enter the travel ... ingredients that got it to the top of the OTA ladder is a clever move and is based on the recognition that with the proliferation ... read more

MakeMyTrip's (MMYT) CEO Deep Kalra on Q4 2017 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

During the quarter based on consumer insights, we launched the new hotels initiatives ... which is proven globally. The OTA model been proven to be very lucrative in the long run and therefore you'll ... read more