global distribution
Opportunity for Hotels Is Big: SiteMinder Report Finds Travel to Germany Is Outpacing EU’s Top Destinations
SiteMinder | March 27, 2019
Dallas, USA – Hotels in Germany are poised to benefit from tourism numbers that are outpacing the growth of travel within the EU's most visited country destinations, a new report has found today. State of the Nation 2019: How Big is the Opportunity for Hotel Bookings in Germany? by SiteMinder, the global hotel industry's leading guest acquisition platform, reveals that Germany's inbound arrivals have almost doubled (96%) in the last 10 years to surpass the growth rates seen across the EU. While France, Spain and Italy continue to lead the EU in total traveler numbers, they trail Germany's 96% growth rate with inbound arrivals that...
SiteMinder Reveals the Top 12 Hotel Booking Revenue Makers of 2018 as Consumer Choice Rises
SiteMinder | February 5, 2019
Dallas, USA – SiteMinder, the global hotel industry's leading guest acquisition platform, today unveils its annual lists of the channels that brought the highest total booking revenue to hotels in the USA & Canada and other top travel destinations around the world in 2018. Varying from direct hotel websites to a new host of third-party channels, the diversity of the lists this year reflects a rise in consumer choice that is forcing hotels to compete for business on more booking channels than ever before. Speaking on the lists, SiteMinder's managing director, Mike Ford, says the increased diversity is also indicative of a booki...
Live From HEDNA Lisbon: Top Experts Share Practical Advice for Hoteliers
Hotel Electronic Distribution Network Association (HEDNA) | June 22, 2018
Washington, DC (June 22, 2018) There were many perspectives on the state of global distribution featured across three days of education, keynotes, and deep-dive panel discussions. From iterating your business models to understanding how payments continue to evolve, here are 7 observations from in and around HEDNA Lisbon 2018. On marketing to millennials – and anyone else online The most vivid keynote of the week came from Steve Bartlett, the founder of social media consultancy Social Change. Beyond the prototypical inspirational founder story, Steve offered some very specific advice for brands defined success selling to consumers ...
