When making a hotel booking, commissions have always been a key decision factor for a travel agent. It’s logical, that’s their business model and one way to source revenue. However, although commissions remain a top priority, our recent Asia Pacific hotel distribution survey shows travel agents’ needs have evolved…. This year’s hotel survey – the [...]
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A generation has now grown up with the internet and open source. They want to work with these systems and tools rather than the closed and proprietary approaches that are frequently seen as more limiting. Developments in software and systems are prolific and it is only the open source community, with its millions of software [...]
Read moreTo provide some useful background to this partnership, let’s first update you on Amadeus LinkHotel. Amadeus LinkHotel offers distribution, sales and marketing services to independent hotel properties and smaller hotel chains. In targeting this sector, Amadeus LinkHotel is filling the historical gap of providing independent hotel content on the GDS, the absence of which previously [...]
Read moreYou might have noticed the announcement about the hotel industry that Amadeus made on January 17th: our partnership with HRS. Part of the Amadeus hotel multisource strategy to reach the elusive “long tail” in the notoriously fragmented hotel industry, HRS is the latest key brand to join the fast-growing club of new Amadeus hotel partners [...]
Read moreYou may be surprised to learn that the post-trip stage of the travel chain consists of more than simply getting home and unpacking your suitcase. There are many complex processes going on behind the scenes making travel better for you on your next journey.
Read moreThe next in the series of our travel chain videos looks at the check-in and boarding stage. What I dislike when I travel is to be stuck waiting in queues or repeating information to different staff in the same company over and over. At the same time it’s got to be in the best interest [...]
Read moreFootball fans around the world are excitedly watching the FIFA World Cup, which is being held in South at 10 venues across the country. South Africa’s tourism and hospitality industry has understandably been rubbing its collective hands in glee at the prospect – the World Cup is predicted to draw in 373,000 visitors, with overseas tourists [...]
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