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5 Proven Strategies to Maximize Your Hotel’s Outdoor Space Bookings This Spring and Summer

Smart Meetings

Sign up for the monthly Behind the Bookings newsletter here But how do you stand out in a competitive market and position your outdoor spaces as the go-to choice for clients this spring and summer? Here are five proven strategies to help you market your outdoor spaces, attract bookings, and elevate your revenue potential for the 2025 season.

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Booking.com Partnership and Affiliate Programs: Extranet, Pulse App, BookingSuite, Demand API, and Connectivity APIs

AltexSoft Travel

Booking.com offers solutions for: OTAs and destination websites, hotel channel managers, property owners, affiliates like travel bloggers and media outlets. Using this API, you can integrate Booking.com data into your website and earn commissions for every booking. Demand API for booking websites. Hotel Booking Systems.

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The 3 Attendee Questions: What They Want to Know About Each Other

Endless Events

The actual mechanics of this again are described in more detail in my books and on conferencesthatwork.com, my website. And you also at this point give your name and affiliation, where you’re from. Who this person is, what their affiliation is, which may mean something. What’s important to them. Conclusions.

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Loyalty Points and the Death of Independent Hotels

Smart Meetings

And of the hotels currently in the pipeline of development, 90% of them are chain affiliated.” When booking direct at a Stash Hotel property—which the company encourages—guests receive their points like any other property, but its perks system differs in three major ways. Now, just 20% are independent. TripAdvisor rating.

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ARVO Conference in Seattle Opened Eyes to Lingering International Travel Challenges

Smart Meetings

It’s hard because we have 16 international chapters organized as loosely affiliated groups of members. Still, Cowan is booked in Canada two more times for future years. In India and Egypt and some other countries, if they’ve never had a U.S. visa before, it can take over a year to get an appointment,” Cowan reported.

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Hotel Booking APIs: Wholesalers, Channel managers, and GDS

AltexSoft Travel

About half of all hotel bookings happens indirectly, meaning that travelers book rooms at Booking.com, Expedia, Orbitz, and other online travel agencies (OTAs). So, where do these bookings come from? Book hotel rooms. Hotel booking requests are free! Booking, booking cancellations, and modifications.

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Host Travel Agencies: Why You Need Them and How to Choose the Best Option

AltexSoft Travel

All agents belonging to a particular host use the same accreditation numbers or IDs to book travel. In fact, ARC and IATAN duplicate each other, so ARC-affiliated companies don’t need IATAN credentials. A travel agency may book cruises, no matter the type of professional accreditation it has. Host travel agency business model.

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