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The strategies that are working right now — direct booking engines, Google Free Booking Links, and loyalty programmes.
Read ArticleOTA commissions in the UAE average 18-22%. For a hotel doing AED 5M per year, that is AED 900,000 going to Booking.com and Expedia. This article shows how hotels are reducing that.
The strategies that work right now: direct booking engines, Google Free Booking Links, and loyalty programmes that convert OTA guests into direct regulars.
Google Free Booking Links let your hotel appear on Google Search and Google Maps with 0% commission. Here is how to set it up in under 2 hours.
Hotel IT teams can connect Opera Cloud to Hotaler using the OHIP REST API. No Oracle ISV certification needed. Step-by-step guide.
We analysed 50 UAE hotel accounts. A channel manager typically earns 8x its cost in recovered revenue, time saved and double-booking prevention.
GDS systems reach 700,000+ travel agents but require certification. We break down the cost, the process and whether it makes sense for your hotel.
Your booking engine loses you money if it has these problems. We audited 200 hotel booking pages and found what separates 15% conversion from 3%.
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