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Search Engine Optimization: Best Practices For Google, Tucker Johnson
Search Engine Optimization: Best Practices For Google, Tucker Johnson
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
The internet is a major delivery system of hotel reservations. Approximately 25% of all reservations made at a hotel come directly through the hotel’s website (Douglas, 2012). Another 11% of total reservations are booked online through online travel agent websites, or OTAs, such as Priceline.com or Expedia.com (Douglas, 2012). These additional reservations booked through the OTAs come at a cost to the hotel, however. Typical commissions for OTAs are approximately 25 % of a total booking (Sanders, 2012). In 2010, it was estimated that the commissions associated with these OTA bookings cost hoteliers 2.5 billion dollars (Douglas, 2012). Because of …
Exploration Of Hotel Distribution Channels In China — Focus On Hotel Call Centers, Tao Yu
Exploration Of Hotel Distribution Channels In China — Focus On Hotel Call Centers, Tao Yu
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
In a world of increasing global competition, choosing an effective distribution channel is crucial for hoteliers to deliver value for their products and services. As hotel rooms are perishable, if they are not sold each night no revenue will be generated. So, we always see the distribution channel as one of the most important parts in the selling process. With the explosion of Internet commerce and computer usage, online distribution is fast growing up to become one of the popular and effective distribution channels in use. However, will functions of traditional distribution channels die from the boom of the new …