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Maximizing ROI: A Guide for Hotel Sales Directors

Smart Meetings

Sign up for the monthly Behind the Bookings newsletter here The Importance of Data in Event Marketing When you track ROI, you can see which marketing efforts are working and which ones aren’t. Without proper measurement, it’s impossible to determine which marketing efforts drive bookings and which merely consume resources.

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

AltexSoft Travel

If you have anything to do with the travel business, you may have considered partnering with such hospitality giants as Expedia and Booking.com. Booking.com offers solutions for: OTAs and destination websites, hotel channel managers, property owners, affiliates like travel bloggers and media outlets. Demand API for booking websites.

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What hotels can learn from TripAdvisor’s new program

EHL Insights

And as we will see, the result of this year-long brainstorming throws a lot of our past assumptions regarding the hospitality market out of the window… Prior to the pandemic, TripAdvisor’s business model revolved almost exclusively around advertising.

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Hotel Booking APIs: Wholesalers, Channel managers, and GDS

AltexSoft Travel

These three will be in your face from the moment you crack open the door to enter the hospitality industry. 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? Who uses GDSs.

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2019 ASAE Preview: 8 Ways to Enjoy Columbus, Ohio

Smart Meetings

They estimate that 20 percent of the nearly 6,000 attendees will book their own group’s convention there within five years. If you haven’t already, it’s time to get to the drawing board to book off-site activities and venues for next August 10 to 13. Smith of Franklinton Board of Trade in an online testimonial.

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How to Choose a GDS: Amadeus vs Sabre vs Travelport

AltexSoft Travel

Global Distribution Systems are responsible for providing booking websites with unified access to a massive inventory of flights, hotel rooms, car rental companies, cruises, and much more. This is a beginner-friendly guide to starting your travel booking business or at least its online part. What is a GDS?

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Closed User Groups in Travel: Benefits, Examples, and Best Practices to Enable a CUG Strategy

AltexSoft Travel

Many companies have closed user groups for employees to book travel for business purposes, often at discounted rates. Some common preconditions to become a member of a CUG include: membership in a specific organization or affiliation (e.g., Members of corporate travel programs. Group travelers. Higher revenue. Marketing efficiency.