Travel agents revenue rises in Germany The flood of online offers for people wanting to plan their holidays is driving them away from the internet and into travel agents’ offices, the German Travel Association says. Travel agent revenues climbed by 3% to a record value of 23.7 billion euros for 2015. Source: Hotel Marketing Travel agents revenue rises in Germany
Airlines’ lead over OTAs stalling Airline websites have managed major gains over OTAs in the last few years, and now account for about three quarters of online bookings. But their share will remain unchanged for the next three years. Source: Hotel Marketing Airlines’ lead over OTAs stalling
Booking.com sees loyalty programs as a burden, not an opportunity Priceline speaking at a retail tech conference in mid-March, said there is a downside to loyalty programs and its Booking.com unit would rather create a great user experience for site visitors and app users instead of paying them to be loyal. Source: Hotel Marketing Booking.com sees loyalty programs as a burden, not an opportunity
Recharge lets you book a hotel room – for minutes at a time Call it on-demand on steroids. A 10-month-old San Francisco company called Recharge has developed an app that enables users to book a stay in hotel for just for 67 cents a minute, or $40 an hour. Source: Hotel Marketing Recharge lets you book a hotel room – for minutes at a time