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Knowland adds Account Alerts feature 

Hotel Business

Knowland , a provider of data-as-a-service insights on meetings and events for hospitality, has added Account Alerts, an enhancement to its core platform. Consolidated email notifications will be pushed to the user anytime recent account activity matches the individual filters set by the user.

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Report: Independent hoteliers see GDS bookings rise 34.5%

Hotel Business

The report also found direct booking continues to experience high growth rates—up 22.5% For HotelREZ clients, mobile direct booking has more than doubled since 2019—up from 15% of all direct bookings to 32% in 2023. The GDS is often—incorrectly—regarded as a relic of travel booking. against its pre-pandemic standing.

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Spain’s Labor Day holiday triggers 34% jump in hotel bookings

SiteMinder

Barcelona, Spain – Spanish hotel bookings have jumped 34% ahead of the upcoming Labor Day holiday, compared to the same period last year. Compared to 2022, hotel booking momentum has grown 55%, as travellers take the opportunity to secure a five-day weekend.

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Surge in international arrivals sees Vietnamese hotels booked further ahead by 70%: SiteMinder

SiteMinder

New data from SiteMinder, the name behind the only software platform that unlocks the full revenue potential of hotels, reveals a 70% rise in the average booking lead time for hotels in Vietnam, following a sharp rise in international arrivals in 2023. The data was revealed by SiteMinder at the 7th Hospitality Vietnam Conference.

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Seage joins SITU as business travel account director

Serviced Apartments

UK: Jake Seage, formerly head of sales and reservations at STAY, has joined corporate accommodation booking agent SITU as an account director of business travel. The post Seage joins SITU as business travel account director appeared first on Serviced Apartment News.

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Checkmate OTAs: 3 Winning Strategies to Drive Direct Bookings

Revenue Hub

Fortunately, there are a few strategies that hoteliers can use to checkmate OTAs and encourage more hotel direct bookings. These strategies will help you boost direct bookings, reduce reliance on OTAs, and increase your hotel’s profitability. But, what can you do to increase your direct bookings and reduce your OTA dependency?

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The Prosperous Hotelier Book – Foreword by: Heather McCrory

Hospitality Net

Who would have thought that two junior accounting clerks working in Food and Beverage Control (a department that doesn’t even exist anymore) would be writing a book—and a Foreword for said book? Yet, here we are, with career paths that intersected through CP Hotels and Fairmont Hotels over the last forty years.

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