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- Crafting and planning a hotel pricing strategy is not a layman’s task. To sell your rooms at the best available price you need to go beyond cost and profit. Read in the first news below to know how to set the best price for your hotel.
- The architects, hoteliers, space pioneers and designers shaping what travel looks like in 2022 and beyond.
- The relationship between hoteliers and online travel agencies has improved, what’s different now and the ways new technology is improving the guest booking experience.
- U.S. retains its position as the world’s biggest Travel & Tourism market despite lengthy travel restrictions by boosting domestic travel.
- Google asked more than 7,000 travelers from six countries how they plan a trip from beginning to end, starting with what inspired them to travel. Know more how to earn more valuable bookings.
- TravelTime World launched a marketing campaign recently called ‘The Heat Is On’ highlighting the low cost per day of long-stay holidays.
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Room Rate API to Set the Best Price for Your Hotel
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Meet 9 people who are changing the future of travel
It’s tempting to see the future as bigger, and bolder, but in many ways, we see the next era as gentler: more sensitive, more diverse and community-oriented – less about grand.
https://www.cntraveller.com/article/people-who-are-changing-the-future-of-travel
Hotel, OTA relationship has improved
The relationship between hoteliers and online travel agencies had been fraught for many years, but that has changed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
US remains world’s biggest travel & tourism market
Research by Oxford Economics for WTTC shows there has been no change in the top three countries – with China second and Germany third.
Google on how to earn more valuable bookings
Needs-based bookings are more valuable than price-based ones, lifting revenue across major categories.
https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/feature/travel-customer-journey-in-2020
Is energy tourism a new travel trend?
A UK company is encouraging travelers to book a winter holiday to avoid high energy bills.