Booking.com and Expedia are growing in very different ways While their business models are identical in terms of their various revenue sources, there is a notable difference: Booking.com makes most of its revenues through agency bookings, while Expedia relies heavily on merchant bookings. Source: Hotel Marketing Booking.com and Expedia are growing in very different ways
A blockchain to reconcile hotel commissions Travelport working with IBM, BCD Travel and three hotel chains—has created a minimum viable product solution that uses blockchain to reconcile the commissions hotels pay travel management companies. Source: Hotel Marketing A blockchain to reconcile hotel commissions
TripAdvisor sees 'huge' opportunity to boost ad revenue TripAdvisor said it believes its revenue prospects in advertising are rosy, bolstered by new products and its deep swath of data that enables effective audience targeting. Source: Hotel Marketing TripAdvisor sees 'huge' opportunity to boost ad revenue
Roundtable: Driving the future of hospitality Participants agreed that finding the right balance between technology, labor, and guest experience is key to hotels’ ongoing success through the end of the cycle and into the next. Source: Hotel Marketing Roundtable: Driving the future of hospitality
