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Industry
Is Google making a run at total domination in the travel space?
Consider how Amazon grew to the retail gargantuan it is today. Step one, see an opportunity to provide a better service…
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Industry
Direct booking surge slows – but impact still being felt
While the dust has settled following Dick Smith's impassioned video plea for Aussies to book direct with accommodation providers, moteliers…
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Industry
Forget your accommodation. It’s all about emotions..
Instead of focusing on your rooms, your restaurant, your spa or any of your travel awards, focus on the emotional…
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Developments
From Dubbo to the world: The mum-and-dad operators taking on the OTAs
A pair of Dubbo accom veterans are taking on the might of the online travel agencies with their home-grown booking…
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Developments
Whitsundays on tenterhooks following shark attacks
The Whitsundays tourism industry is bracing for impact following two serious shark attacks in the past week.
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Developments
Huge boost in direct bookings as Dick Smith campaign bites
Moteliers are reporting a 25 percent rise in direct bookings thanks to Dick Smith’s anti-OTA campaign.
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Industry
Can social media advertising rescue slow booking periods?
No matter how well you run and market your hotel or resort, there’s a good chance you’re going to face…
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Industry
How Sweden took on Booking.com – and won
On July 20, Sweden's Patent & Market Court asserted Booking.com's narrow price parity clauses had the potential effect of restricting competition…
Read More Parity ban close as ACCC gets a roasting
The consumer watchdog has given its strongest indication yet of a possible ban on the rate parity clauses imposed by…
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Industry
Failure to stop violence in short-let rentals “an election issue”
A leading industry body says short-let rentals could become an election issue if governments fail to control them effectively.
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