Book on Google has plenty of similarities with Instant Booking. However, there are considerable differences that allow us to conclude that Book on Google does not make Google an OTA, although, once again, with many nuances.…
Google has strongly burst onto the hotel-transaction scene via its Book on Google (BoG) interface, awakening plenty of curiosity and questions about the real interest Google has with this movement. At first, it presents many similarities in regards to the twist carried out by TripAdvisor with Instant Booking. However, at the same time, it's very…
You can now book a hotel without leaving Google. Book on Google (BoG) has arrived, the new feature of the almighty Google to dive into the Internet travel industry.…
With a record occupancy rate in many hotels and destinations, this year comes with a new problem: filling the hotel too soon. In order to explain this occurrence, at Mirai we provide our hotel clients with a new report that analyses this problem. In this article, we analyse different aspects which derive from it that are helpful…
None of the main meta search sites or metasearch engines, among which we include Trivago, TripAdvisor, Google and Kayak have fully convinced hotels, especially independent ones, to “connect” their direct sales. This is somewhat paradoxical because it would be a highly positive relationship for both parties Hotels would reduce their dependence on OTAs and would…
Have you received a call from your bank to ask if your hotel meets the PCI-DSS security standard? If so, you’ll already know what this is about, although maybe not so much on how to do it. If you haven’t received the call, you will receive it shortly. This article will be of interest to…
Google is becoming a relevant player in the online hotels sector, something which makes the big existing players like Booking.com or TripAdvisor uncomfortable. However, Google’s strategy is different to the one of its competitors. It’s not becoming an OTA per se (such as Booking.com or, as it appears, TripAdvisor) and neither is it creating a…
The new cost-per-acquisition programme by Google Hotel Ads is now available to Mirai clients. Here is what this big change is all about…
Many hotels do the right thing by offering better stock and price conditions to Booking.com, and of course to their own website, rather than to Expedia after seeing that they make more money that way, since the net price (after taking out the commissions) is almost always superior. However, rarely are these same decisions made…
What was just a concern a few years then became a problem and now it has become a nightmare. We are referring to booking cancellations, which have increasingly grown to unsustainable levels, in some cases above 40% and 50%. Some hoteliers have considered this normal and have adapted their daily operations and even their strategy…
