Hotel channel managers, all in one place. This hub gathers the latest news and technology around distribution and channel management for hotels, curated by 10 Minutes News. Stay on top of how hotels manage their online inventory.
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ExplorUS consolidates six systems into one platform to run hotels, restaurants, retail, camping and marinas across 30 parks nationwide
26 August 2026SAN DIEGO – August 26, 2026 — ExplorUS , one of the leading national and state park concessionaires operating in more than 200 park destinations across the U.S, has selected Cloudbeds, the hospitality management system built for ambitious hoteliers, to streamline its lodging operations and create a more consistent operating model across its portfolio. The move will bring ExplorUS onto a single hospitality platform, consolidating six core lodging technology platforms into a fully unified ecosystem. By connecting locations and data…
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BWH Hotels GB expands leadership team following revenue growth
26 August 2026Two senior executives appointed to support corporate travel expansion across British portfolio
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How AI Helps Your Hotel Make Big Data Smart Data
25 August 2026A curious click on your website, the specific room type a guest has chosen, a recurring order in your restaurant, or a detailed online review — every interaction is an opportunity to collect guest data. Every touchpoint becomes a piece of your guest’s story. In fact, information and communication technology has evolved to the point where we now have data collected from thousands, or even millions, of individual actions at our fingertips. This massive amount of data that we can…
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Hotel Dynamic Pricing: A Complete Guide to Strategy & Software (2027)
25 August 2026A traveler posted about a mid-stay rate change at an RIU hotel near Times Square, and the story picked up an unexpected reply. A hotel general manager, commenting as a Hilton GM, pushed back that PMS rates are fully overridable and questioned the property’s explanation. The exchange, and the wider pattern it triggered, is documented […] The post Hotel Dynamic Pricing: A Complete Guide to Strategy & Software (2027) appeared first on RateGain.
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Hotel Pricing Strategy: How to Price Rooms in 2027
25 August 2026A hotel pricing strategy is a documented system for setting and adjusting room rates based on demand, cost, competition, and guest segment, built to protect profit rather than react in a panic. It replaces reactive pricing with rules a team can repeat and defend. You check the OTAs every morning, adjust rates by feel, and […] The post Hotel Pricing Strategy: How to Price Rooms in 2027 appeared first on RateGain.
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9 Best SiteMinder Alternatives & Competitors in 2026
25 August 2026You are not alone in searching for a SiteMinder alternative. Roughly a quarter of properties running legacy or on-premises channel management systems are actively evaluating or planning a migration to cloud platforms, and independent hotels and small chains are leading that shift, mostly because limited IT staff make maintaining an aging system harder to justify […] The post 9 Best SiteMinder Alternatives & Competitors in 2026 appeared first on RateGain.
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How Hotel Competitor Rate Shopping Software Works (2027 Buying Guide)
25 August 2026Hotel competitor rate shopping is monitoring competitor room rates across OTAs, metasearch, and direct channels, giving revenue teams real-time market visibility to set their own prices with confidence. For decades, hotel pricing ran on “heads in beds” instinct such as too many open rooms, cut the rate; a competitor raised prices, and followed suit. That […] The post How Hotel Competitor Rate Shopping Software Works (2027 Buying Guide) appeared first on RateGain.
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Hotel Tech Companies Need to Spend More Time at Investment Conferences
25 August 2026This post was originally published on this site.There’s a famous quote often attributed to Henry Ford: “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” Whether he actually said it is almost beside the point. Customers are remarkably good at identifying today’s pain points and wanting tweaked upgrades, but far less adept at imagining tomorrow’s 10x opportunities. Hotel technology vendors and IT directors can easily get caught in this type of feedback loop. We couldn’t…
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7 Best Cloudbeds Alternatives 2026
25 August 2026If you’re evaluating a Cloudbeds alternative, you’ve probably hit a wall on integrations, reporting depth, pricing fit, or multi-property control. Gartner forecasts worldwide public cloud end-user spending will reach $723.4 billion in 2025, up from $595.7 billion in 2024. The trend it pointed to, hotels moving toward connected, API-first stacks instead of siloed point tools, […] The post 7 Best Cloudbeds Alternatives 2026 appeared first on RateGain.
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eviivo to offer APAC distribution to independent hoteliers via Dida
25 August 2026This article was written by Travolution. Click here to read the original article eviivo, the property management and booking platform, has announced an integration with Dida, a B2B travel distributor with strong reach across Asia-Pacific. Eligible independent hotels using eviivo Suite will be able to distribute live rates and availability to Dida’s network of 40,000 distributors. The company, which says it works with more than 28,000 properties across Europe and North America, positions the move as a way for smaller…
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New Podcast: Faisal Murtaza on where hotel revenue management and AI collide
24 August 2026How AI can identify revenue opportunities and leakage — then recommend the actions a hotel should take
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eviivo opens new APAC travel distribution channel for independent hotels through Dida integration
24 August 2026LONDON, UK, 24 August – eviivo, the all-in-one property and booking management platform for hotels, B&Bs, serviced apartments, short-term rentals, and other independent accommodations, today announced a new integration with Dida, a leading APAC B2B travel distributor. The integration enables eligible independent hotels to distribute live rates and availability to Dida’s network of more than 40,000 travel distributors directly from eviivo Suite, helping properties access growing APAC travel demand without adding operational complexity. As APAC outbound travel continues to grow, independent hotels are…
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AI Can Score Every Visitor on Your Hotel Website in Real Time, Shanghai Built the Terminal Before the Interface, Emerging Markets Build Sales Instincts Luxury Markets Never Could
21 August 2026The week closes with three pieces that each take the AI infrastructure argument somewhere concrete. Lighthouse puts a real-time scoring engine on hotel website visitors, moving AI from discovery to conversion at the property level. Pertlink documents what it looks like when a destination builds the data layer before the interface, which is the opposite of how most hotels are approaching the problem. And The Sales Leadership Brief makes a commercial capability argument that has nothing to do with AI…
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From AI and Luxury Travel to Destination Growth: ITB Americas Conference Explores the Future of Travel Across the Americas
21 August 2026As the knowledge hub of the inaugural ITB Americas , the ITB Americas Conference will take place alongside the exhibition, bringing together senior executives, destination leaders, innovators and policymakers to discuss the trends reshaping travel across the Americas and beyond. Spanning 2.5 days across two stages, the conference features more than 40 sessions organized into six thematic tracks, covering everything from artificial intelligence and next-generation distribution to aviation connectivity, destination competitiveness, sustainability and luxury travel. The program delivers practical insights…
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Independent Hotels Must Enhance Direct Booking Strategies as OTA Dominance Grows in Mobile-Driven Market
20 August 2026📈 In 2009, Cornell researchers identified the “Billboard Effect,” where OTAs like Booking.com and Expedia indirectly drive direct hotel bookings. However, OTAs have since optimized their platforms to retain users, urging hotels to adapt their strategies. The direct booking rate through metasearch, like Google Hotel Ads, and strategies like Pay Per Stay (PPS) can cut costs from 15-20% to about 10-12%. Independent hotels must leverage closed-user-group incentives for immediate rewards, not traditional loyalty points.
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Travel Media Group Achieves 30,000 Hours of Video Watch Time and 500,000 Engagements Across Hotel Content
20 August 2026📹 Orlando, FL – August 20 – Travel Media Group (TMG) celebrates generating over 30,000 hours of video watch time and more than 500,000 engagements for hotel partners. This equates to 3.5 years of continuous video watching. TMG achieves this through strategic content creation and short-form videos, emphasizing social media as a vital hotel marketing tool. Nicole Osvath and Jason Lee highlight social media’s role in traveler engagement and relationship-building before arrival.
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Hospitable launches Business Dashboard to show every host their most valuable next move
20 August 2026A redesigned home screen turns Hospitable into a personalized guide, surfacing tailored, ranked recommendations that help hosts of every size earn more and run their business better. SAN FRANCISCO, 20 AUGUST 2026 – Hospitable, the short-term rental industry’s top operating system, today launched its Business Dashboard, a reimagined home screen that tells each host the most valuable next action to take. Rolling out to all users today, it reads a host’s account and surfaces personalized, ranked recommendations tailored to their specific properties…
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Stripe’s $7 Billion Acquisition of OpenRouter to Impact AI Model Routing Costs for Hotel Operators
19 August 2026🏨 IHG’s Kim Smith reveals that guests using Google-powered conversational search on IHG.com express specific intent through natural language, aiding in personalized hotel recommendations. ChatGPT Ads launch in 31 European countries next week, but hotels need agency partners for access. Stripe’s $7B acquisition of OpenRouter complicates AI model cost transparency for hotels. Birmingham hotels saw a 62.5% increase in room nights during the European Athletics Championships week, with bookings made 169 days ahead.
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AI-Enabled Actionable Intelligence Offers Hotels Competitive Edge by Improving Decision-Making and Prioritization
19 August 2026📈 Commercial teams in the hospitality industry face complex challenges daily, despite abundant data from technologies like CRM and AI. AI offers a leapfrog opportunity, enabling hotels to prioritize actions and enhance commercial impact. This is vital as AI accelerates industry change, helping hotels transition from data collection to decision support. Companies like Cendyn are integrating actionable intelligence into their offerings, improving decision-making and leveling the playing field for smaller hotels with limited resources.
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Emma Shaybani from HEI Hotels Discusses AI and Digital Strategies at 2026 Digital Travel Summit in Orlando
19 August 2026📅 September 28-29, 2026, Orlando, Florida: The Digital Travel Summit will feature industry leaders discussing how social media, AI, and technology can enhance the traveler journey. Emma Shaybani of HEI Hotels & Resorts will attend, focusing on digital marketing and event-driven travel, reflecting trends like the Taylor Swift effect. HEI, now with over 100 hotels, emphasizes AI in marketing, balancing automation with human creativity for guest experience. 📍 Stay tuned for insights on AI’s role in hospitality.
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Luxury Resort Photoshoot: Booking, Casting & Budget Guide
19 August 2026This article was written by Revfine. Click here to read the original article Resort photography sells rooms long before a guest reads a single description. Great images are won in pre-production, not on set — in a shot list, a call sheet, and a casting decision made weeks ahead. This guide walks you through booking, budgeting, casting, and scheduling a luxury resort photoshoot so you finish with images you can use for years. Who Do You Need to Book First…
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Google paid $10 million for a dead airline’s booking curves
19 August 2026This article was written by Hospitality Today. Click here to read the original article The deal still needs a bankruptcy judge’s approval: eighteen years of one airline’s rate decisions, going to the company that decides which hotels an AI names Aug 19, 2026 by Markus Busch Driving the news. Google won the bankruptcy auction for Spirit Airlines’ business records, according to an August 14 court filing. It opened at $5 million. An AI recruiting firm called Mercor pushed it to…
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VIETJET QAZAQSTAN Strengthens Market Position with AirGain’s Competitive Fare Intelligence
18 August 2026India, 18th August 2026: RateGain Travel Technologies Limited (NSE: RATEGAIN), a global provider of AI-powered technology solutions for the hospitality and travel industry, today announced that VIETJET QAZAQSTAN has selected AirGain, RateGain’s advanced airfare pricing intelligence platform, to gain real-time competitive insights and enhance its pricing strategy across key routes. As VIETJET QAZAQSTAN builds its […] The post VIETJET QAZAQSTAN Strengthens Market Position with AirGain’s Competitive Fare Intelligence appeared first on RateGain.
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Booking Holdings Consolidates Room Sales for Banks and Airlines on Agoda’s Engine, Unifying Three Arms
17 August 2026💼 Booking Holdings is merging its hotel room sales arms from Booking.com, Agoda, and Priceline into a single operation on Agoda’s engine, announced by Skift on August 6, 2026. This merger, running into 2027, aims to streamline the supply to banks and airlines. Rocket Travel by Agoda will manage this, mixing direct and wholesale inventory. Notably, buyers like Citi and American Airlines will access these rooms via closed user groups, unseen by public rate tools.
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Marriott and Therme Group Partner to Develop Wellbeing Travel Packages for Bonvoy’s 228 Million Members
14 August 2026📈 AI booking agents are applying dynamic markups based on guest data, affecting hotel room prices. Direct booking is the only channel that avoids this. 📆 Marriott International and Therme Group announced a strategic alliance for wellbeing packages for Bonvoy’s 228 million members. 📚 USALI published its 12th revised edition. 📍 Marriott added three New Caledonian properties. 📈 Wyndham emphasizes midscale hotels for Tourism 2030 in the Gulf. 📱 Les Roches highlights “considerate connectivity” as the luxury differentiator in hospitality.
