Meituan taps SiteMinder to explore overseas hotel market Meituan, China’s leading e-commerce platform for services, has appointed SiteMinder, the global hotel industry’s leading guest acquisition platform, as its online distribution partner. Source: Hotel Marketing Meituan taps SiteMinder to explore overseas hotel market
Asia: Online travel agents facing disruption Brands that build their services to connect tourists to their immediate surroundings and people rather than just providing digital connectivity will fare much better as travelling trends change. Source: Hotel Marketing Asia: Online travel agents facing disruption
Egencia is building its own hotel rate assurance technology The company in the process of building its own technology solution which uses machine learning for hotel rate assurance rather than relies on third-party technology. Source: Hotel Marketing Egencia is building its own hotel rate assurance technology
The Booking.com saga in Germany A new Court ruling agreed with Booking.com that its ‘narrow’ parity clauses are necessary to avoid customers from free-riding on Booking’s online booking portal. Source: Hotel Marketing The Booking.com saga in Germany
