All posts tagged "OTAs"

Spoiler alert…you won’t get very far. Getting the most out of your marketing efforts means investing in...

My experience on this topic began with a foundation in the hotel industry where I saw distribution,...

  A $70 Billion Difference  A manager at one of the three big global listing platforms recently...

For years now, vacation rental companies have been fighting desperately to win back market share from third...

“We’re seeing lots of traffic, it’s not just converting.” How many times have you heard this? How many...

In business and life in general, they say to avoid extremes. Make a solid plan, make corrective...

2021 Will Be the Year That Managers Stop Being Passengers and Start Piloting Their Own Marketing Futures...

The Fourth Annual #BookDirect Guest Education Day, recurring on the first Wednesday in February, is coming soon....

Property detail pages (PDPs) on your website, as well as the vacation property’s assets you provide to...

As most of my readers and clients in the vacation rental (VR) niche of lodging know, I...

Some History While extended stays or mid-term stays (these go by many names) have been a hot...

As we come out on the other side of this pandemic and prepare for relaunch, it is...

I have spent more than a decade in the hospitality industry learning and sharing how to capture...

Condo-World Continues to Leverage Proprietary Technology and its Hybrid-OTA Model in 2020 Expansion Strategy Late last year,...

In a refreshingly clear-eyed and candid earnings call on Thursday, Expedia Group Chairman and senior executive Barry...

The Winter 2020 issue of VRM Intel Magazine is here. From the top of the marketing funnel...

The way guests book vacation rentals (VRs) has changed dramatically in the past five years. One of...

I’m ashamed (or maybe proud?) to admit it, but I’ve been around the property management industry long...

The vacation rental industry may be changing, but now is not the time to give up At...

Play to Your Strengths as a Local Vacation Rental Brand Like virtually all industries these days, the...

As the industry hits its third wave of maturity, there’s a renewed focus on consolidation. Vacasa continues...

Expedia’s recent revenue miss is flushing out the true state of OTAs as it relates to our...

As a professional vacation rental manager, you likely have a multitude of data at your fingertips. But...

What if the Only Website You Ever Needed for Travel Booking was Google.com? Related: Before you read...