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By Jason Q. Freed, News Editor-Americas
01 November 2012
New sites, new booking models and new parity workarounds have yet to save me any money over booking direct. But is what’s next on the horizon going to have hoteliers scrambling to hold rate?
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By Jason Q. Freed, News Editor-Americas
27 November 2012
HotelNewsNow.com recently caught up with Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, who said commissions paid by hoteliers on OTA bookings are fair.
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By Jason Q. Freed, News Editor-Americas
29 August 2012
A shift away from the merchant model will mean decreased commissions for OTAs and could help brands and third-party distributors avoid scrutiny over price-fixing, sources said.
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By Jason Q. Freed, News Editor-Americas
04 October 2012
Expedia said it has more than 13,000 hotels signed up for its Traveler Preference program and expects 75 Marriott properties to be fully functional by the end of this week.
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By Jason Q. Freed, News Editor-Americas
29 November 2012
At the heart of the issue is whether franchisors and brand managers should be collecting fees for demand they did not generate but instead was generated by third parties.
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By Jason Q. Freed, News Editor-Americas
31 December 2012
A handful of investigations and lawsuits exploring the issue of rate parity will continue into 2013 and one lawyer suggests suppliers and third parties will find an alternative model.
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By Jason Q. Freed, News Editor-Americas
06 August 2012
While many questions remain unanswered, the Expedia Traveler Preference program could place the relationship between hotels and OTAs under an even more intense microscope.
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06 August 2012
From the desks of the HotelNewsNow.com editorial staff:
• Weighing the impact of Expedia’s new agency model
• Survey: Discounting most popular incentive
• Olympic hotel performance not meeting lofty expectations
• Noble House expansion efforts pick up
• 7 new construction hotels approved in Boston
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29 November 2012
From the desks of the HotelNewsNow.com editorial staff:
• Agency model spurs concern over brand fees
• Survey: Most travelers won’t book hotels without reviews
• Borrowers turn to EB-5 to help fill in financing holes
• JLLH: Dubai economy rebounds with accelerating GDP growth
• Priceline.com data shows popularity of last-minute mobile bookings
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By Shawn A. Turner, Finance Editor
20 November 2009
Lawsuit claims online travel agencies have not remitted taxes owed to the state.
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