Cloudbeds publishes ‘Big Book of OTAs’
US: Hospitality management platform Cloudbeds has released a new free guide, entitled ‘The Big Book of OTAs: A Hotelier’s Guide To Top Distribution Channels’.
JP Morgan Chase to offer full service travel agency
US: JP Morgan is putting together a full service travel business, which could make it the third largest travel agent in the world.
JLL Short Stays launches to compete with major OTAs
UK: Real estate services firm JLL has announced the launch of JLL Short Stays, a booking platform offering business and leisure travellers professionally managed and fully flexible short-term rental accommodation in the UK, in a bid to compete with the major online travel agencies [OTAs] in the segment. JLL Short Stays, which is being positioned […]
Boostly partners with Hostaway for Hospitality Day
UK / Canada: Boostly, an online training platform for hospitality owners, has partnered with vacation rental management software Hostaway to mark Hospitality Day [18 September]. The partnership smartly connects Hostaway’s vacation rental management software and PMS with Boostly’s WordPress websites due to the power of API [application programming interface] technology. The end benefit is designed to be […]
RockSTRz webinar three review: The rise of bespoke booking channels
Worldwide: The third webinar in ShortTermRentalz’ new RockSTRz series was held last week with another set of expert contributors discussing “The rise of bespoke booking channels”. Host Paul Stevens, editor of ShortTermRentalz, was joined for the third session of the series by Anthony J. Gantt Jr., founder and CEO, At Ease Rentals; Mateo Bradford, strategic partnership and […]
It’s a vacation rental inventory gold rush! James Burrows, Rentals United
Spain: Rentals United CEO James Burrows addresses how OTAs are rushing to expand vacation rental inventory to meet increasing demand. As the world comes to grips with the ‘new normal’, the travel industry has an opportunity to begin its recovery. The vacation rental world especially is having a faster speed of recovery or is even the only sector bouncing […]
Direct booking lessons from Covid-19: Hamid Vosooghfar, Zeevou
Worldwide: Zeevou chief evangelist Hamid Vosooghfar outlines the importance of direct bookings and the lessons that vacation rental owners and serviced apartment operators should take away from the Covid-19 pandemic for their businesses. Covid-19, the most unwelcome guest not only for hospitality owners but to the whole world, has taught us many lessons. The #bookdirect […]
Fetch My Guest’s Vince Perez on achieving independence from OTAs
US: ShortTermRentalz spoke to Fetch My Guest CEO Vince Perez about how property managers can achieve independence from online travel agencies [OTAs] by driving repeat business and the main challenges involved in running a successful vacation rental business today. Please introduce yourself, the Fetch My Guest brand and the services you provide within the short-term rental […]