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At its annual partner event, EXPLORE, Expedia Group debuted a three-tiered strategy to redefine its place in travel.
RateTiger publishes featured partners for April with Expedia, Hotelbeds and tiket.com making to the list.
Airbnb announced a big earnings quarter that hinted at a big change coming : a complete redesign of how people search on its service.
Booking Holdings has just delivered its highest quarterly tally of travel planning in the company’s history, it’s racing to fill a specific hole in its stable of flight, hotel, car rental and other vacation and leisure reservation offerings: alternative accommodations.
Travel demand has “soared” but beware of new challenges also the travel landscape has changed, and customer behaviours have too. It’s time for hotel marketers to shake up their strategy and adapt accordingly.
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Expedia’s three-pronged approach to serve traveler needs.
At its annual partner event, EXPLORE, Expedia Group debuted a three-tiered strategy to redefine its place in travel, including a new technology platform to power the industry called Expedia Group Open World; a reimagined marketplace that rewards partners for delivering great traveler experiences
https://www.webintravel.com/expedias-three-pronged-approach-to-serve-traveller-needs/
RateTiger publishes featured partners for April – Rewarded Elite Status on Expedia & offers OBP on Hotelbeds
RateTiger has achieved Elite Connectivity status with Expedia Group. Further the company is the 1st hotel channel manager to offer Occupancy Based Pricing (OBP) on Hotelbeds. RateTiger has also featured tiket.com, one of the leading channels in APAC for attracting more demand for hotels in the region. If you are looking to expand online distribution for better visibility and improving room occupancy for your property, then contact RateTiger today.
Airbnb’s next big change: Search
Searching for travel online has worked the same way for the past 25 years: you enter a location and dates into a search box. But the world has changed.
https://skift.com/2022/05/03/airbnbs-next-big-change-search/
Booking.com’s alternative accommodation push
The company is launching new marketing campaign and continued investment in the alternative accommodation space.
Travel agent business is booming
The complexity around travel has presented an opportunity for agents across business and leisure travel that has led to a “phenomenal increase in new to agent business”.
The future booking landscape: What hotel marketers need to know.
The travel landscape has changed, and customer behaviours have too. It’s time for hotel marketers to shake up their strategy and adapt accordingly.
https://www.triptease.com/blog/the-future-booking-landscape-what-hotel-marketers-need-to-know/