Financial figures from Expedia Group, Booking Holdings, Airbnb and Trip.com Group - four of the largest online travel agencies in the world - show the companies spent a record amount of money to promote their brands and attract customers in 2023, as pent-up demand from the pandemic is still driving spending.
Australia's accommodation organisation, Tourism Accommodation Australia (TAA), has expressed concerns about the recent agreement between the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and Online Travel Agencies (OTA) - Booking.com and Expedia - in regard to restrictive price practices.
Online bookings for online travel agents, airlines, hotel, and car rental services have reached an all-time high, setting up this summer to be a record-breaking travel season. This latest Adobe Digital Index report, which looked at 51.5 billion visits, reveals overall trends that illustrate the movement toward booking travel online and provides insight into the seasonality of online reservations.
Growth on Online Channels Still Steady
New service further connects hotels and travel websites
RateGain is conducting a workshop on how hoteliers can monitor social media networks, analyze the comments & reviews and use it to enhance the quality standards of their properties.
Listings on third-party sites increase bookings on a hotel’s own website
As the relationship between hotel operators and electronic distribution channels continues to develop, a new proceedings from the Cornell Hospitality Research Summit (CHRS) examines the dimensions of that relationship.
The hotel channel manager wins recognition for its ‘Marketing of Innovation’
RateGain has appointed renowned hospitality industry professional Ali Kansou as its business representative in the Middle East region.