Archive for January, 2008

Accrescere l’Efficacia del Canale Diretto: un Imperattivo Categorico per i Piccoli Albergatori

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Come proprietario e manager di un piccolo resort hotel, ho sempre avuto un rapporto controverso con i portali di prenotazione online gestiti da terze parti. Non è che io abbia particolare difficoltà ad accettare l’idea di pagare una commissione sulle prenotazioni ricevute; ciò è assolutamente normale per chi fa il mio lavoro. Piuttosto era il fatto di venire in qualche misura privato del controllo sulla gestione della mia struttura ricettiva che mi spaventava.

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Emerging Trends in Small Hotel Marketing: Boosting the Direct Sale Channel

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

As the owner and manager of a small resort hotel, I have always had a controversial relationship with online booking websites run by third parties or TPI, as they are known for short. It is not that I have any difficulty in accepting the idea of paying a commission on the booking received; this is completely normal for anyone who does my job. It was, rather, the fact of becoming in some way deprived of control of my hotel’s inventory that frightened me.

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