UK’s House of Lords report calls for urgent OTA investigation A House of Lords report is demanding an urgent investigation into anti-competitive practices in the online travel sector. The report says the sector lacks accountability and transparency and should be scrutinised by competition authorities. Source: Hotel Marketing UK’s House of Lords report calls for urgent OTA investigation
Ctrip makes an odd diversion Ctrip is buying a $463 million stake in China Eastern Airlines. The company’s investors probably did not expect to own a minority stake in a state carrier. But this may be the only way it can avoid a damaging boycott by big airlines. Source: Hotel Marketing Ctrip makes an odd diversion
How the travel industry in India is poised to grow by leaps and bounds Research shows that the Indian consumer’s path-to-purchase of anything travel-related online is driven by the best deals. 95 percent of consumers search online before making a purchase. Source: Hotel Marketing How the travel industry in India is poised to grow by leaps and bounds
For Expedia, hotels are the losers in direct-booking push In a chart provided to Skift, Expedia lays out what it calls a conservative estimate on how hotel owners would be taking a revenue hit of around 8% because of chains’ decisions to publicly offer hotel loyalty program members lower rates on hotel websites than they give to Expedia. Source: Hotel Marketing For Expedia, hotels are the losers in direct-booking push