Expedia beats profit estimates on soaring travel demand Expedia Group saw major growth in its vacation rental business HomeAway and higher travel bookings in the third quarter. Lodging revenue increased 12%. Source: Hotel Marketing Expedia beats profit estimates on soaring travel demand
For independent hotels, relationships with OTAs have never been more tense More trust has been eroded by shady tactics, from breaking parity to basic, uncoupling of package rates being sold independently to members-only rates. Source: Hotel Marketing For independent hotels, relationships with OTAs have never been more tense
Emergence of ‘urban hotel fees’ propels increase in surcharges Fees and surcharges at U.S. hotels are expected to increase 8.5% to a record $2.93 billion this year. Source: Hotel Marketing Emergence of ‘urban hotel fees’ propels increase in surcharges
Travelport claims a first in GDS NDC booking Travelport says it is the first GDS operator to manage the live booking of flights using IATA’s New Distribution Capability (NDC) technical standard. Source: Hotel Marketing Travelport claims a first in GDS NDC booking