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Mercoledì 24 Febbraio 2010 00:00 |
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I recently caught up with Ciaran Delaney founder of Meetingsbooker.com, this innovative website allows businesspeople to book or receive instant quotes for hotel meeting and conference rooms, book refreshments and even reserve their equipment requirements. They offer a real sales channel for hotel meeting rooms and charge based on performance.
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Mercoledì 11 Novembre 2009 00:00 |
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Many hoteliers that are part of a hotel franchise complain about their representation company. The fees and costs are astronomically high, there are many rules to adhere to, and not enough freedom for own marketing initiatives. More and more hotels resort to outsourcing to experts in hotel distribution and marketing to fill their rooms and other alternatives, achieving astonishing results. Hence the franchise model as we know it is dead.
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Giovedì 03 Settembre 2009 00:00 |
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The GDS still is, and will probably always remain, a significant source of reservations and income for hotels. Both leisure and corporate travel agents use it to search and book hotels. Many OTA websites also use the GDS for inventory. Hence it is extremely important that you GDS Hotel Description (HOD) is as good as it can be.
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Mercoledì 26 Agosto 2009 11:32 |
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I am surprised by the number of hotels that are still trying to market themselves selling standard rooms. What is so special about that ‘Standard Room’ that it will persuade potential guests to buy? How is one standard room different from a standard room in another hotel?
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Martedì 02 Giugno 2009 17:06 |
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In our Travel 2.0 workshop last week in Barcelona we have been looking into online distribution in a bit more detail, which made us come across the following practice by Yellow Pages in Spain and the Netherlands. It seems they are charging hotels twice.
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