11 expert articles for travel agents booking Hotel Booking & Rates destinations
A line-by-line guide to the hotel B2B rates format: an annotated sample rate sheet, what ++ adds in Singapore, Thailand,…
A hotel rate 30% under every other source is often a package rate that can't be sold room-only. How package and opaque…
Getting the best hotel rates in B2B channels is not just about finding the lowest price. It is about understanding rate…
Last month, I watched a travel agent turn down a group booking because she couldn't match the rates her client found…
Three weeks before Chinese New Year, an agent called me in panic. Her client needed 25 rooms in Singapore, but every hotel…
A travel agent showed me her booking last week: same hotel, same dates, same room type. Her cost? $180 per night. Public…
An agent called me frustrated: "I quoted a client $1850 for a 5-night hotel stay on Monday. She called back Thursday…
My phone rang at 11pm. An agent, panicking: "My clients just arrived at their Singapore hotel and they're being…
You're probably leaving 15-20% on the table every time you book a hotel. Here's what changed when I stopped accepting…
Booking.com for Business promises wholesale rates, but do you actually get better deals than B2B portals? Here's the…
Most agents assume Hotelbeds gives the best wholesale rates. But direct DMC booking often beats it by 15-20%. Here's…