Our independent hotels are a really great outlier, as the majority of our hotels do not use OTA, and are 100% direct. What *are* & *should be* direct bookings get siphoned into different ecosystems, whether a legit bait and switch, or just being swallowed by the black hole of Google. Our metasearch has done wonders,…
The intersection of travel and virtual reality.
I am incredibly curious about Virtual Reality and how it will relate to, and impact, our industry of travel. Here’s where I am at, right now, and you can see why I am so interested! So up here at the top, the TL;DR is what real-world travel “games” or software have you seen in VR? Google Earth…
As a tech company, I bet you want an anecdotal opinion on how you can get a response to a sales email, vs it getting spammed or trashed.
I was just talking to my favorite hotel technology company. I’ve worked with them for almost a decade, and I appreciate them. They aren’t snake oil, they don’t assume they know the business better than hotel people, and they are changing the game. I won’t name them, but feel free to ask. They’re basically indispensable,…
Revenue Management tools, Yield Management, Rate Shoppers, Channel Management, Booking Engines, and some hotel tech: PRICEMATCH.FR!
As of now, the only commission free booking engine I know of is buuteeq’s, which doesn’t interface and provides a nightmare for inventory management. The only interfaced to PMS, commission free booking engine that I have ever heard of or known is Mirage Hotel Systems, who built their own that they offer with their PMS, which is also my favorite. I wouldn’t hesitate to buy it, in a heart beat. It’s astonishing more PMS don’t do this to secure more clientele.
IT BUDGETS – Hotel IT questions, and a couple answers about PMS
Someone had asked what systems of PMS are out there… and where you start. Frankly, researching, engaging, and dealing with the endless sales negotiations is daunting, and tiring. I still don’t get