Third-Party Channels and Direct Booking: A Smarter Hotel Distribution Mix

Third-Party Channels and Direct Booking: A Smarter Hotel Distribution Mix

Hotel distribution used to sound fairly simple: put rooms on a few booking websites, maintain a direct website, and hope the reservations arrive. Today, guests jump between OTAs, metasearch platforms, hotel websites, loyalty programs, social media, and even AI-powered travel tools before booking. That makes Third-Party Channels neither the enemy nor the complete solution. Advanced … Read more