Journeyful aims to liberate hotels from OTA bondage with social transactions

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The startup thinks it can help a hotel win back more than 10% of direct channel business by tapping into the popularity of social networks.

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Booking.com says it isn’t harming hotel owners by putting canceled rooms up for resale

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Booking.com and hotel owners and vie to resell canceled rooms.

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Expedia wants guests to choose when to pay for a hotel

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Expedia is slowly testing its Expedia Traveler Preference (ETP) program as a new payment model.

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Are online travel agency hotel commissions reasonable?

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How many times do you hear hotels complaining that selling through online travel agencies may be their most expensive channel? A Cornell University study casts some doubt on that argument — or at least puts it in perspective.

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