Vassilis Syropoulos

2 weeks ago | hospitalitynet.org | Max Starkov |Timothy R. Wiersma |Vassilis Syropoulos |Alessandro Crotti

Recently, the Switzerland's price watchdog (Der Preisüberwacher / Le surveillant des prix) ruled that Booking.com's hotel commissions were "abusively high" and ordered the OTA to lower them by 25% for Swiss hotels. Some industry executives and revenue managers applauded this ruling and called it "a bold move that was overdue." Their arguments are that hotels have been squeezed for years, commissions haven't evolved with the market, etc.

Nov 20, 2024 | hospitalitynet.org | Max Starkov |Pablo Torres |Simone Puorto |Vassilis Syropoulos

Expedia is actively promoting its Last-Minute Deals and brands them as hotelier's' opportunity "to target high-converting last-minute audience with same-day deals and last-minute campaigns."Last-minute sales in travel are not a new phenomenon. There have been many attempts to find a way to dispose of these empty airline seats, idle rental cars, and empty hotel rooms at any cost.