Where to next? Price comparison and booking sites are a useful tool but research found that booking direct remained the best option - Tetiana Vitsenko/Alamy Stock Photo A new report by Which? says ...

Savvy, formerly known as bnbfinder, is showing savings of hundreds — sometimes thousands — of dollars on a weekly vacation rental versus the same property on Airbnb. It does so with its new "real-time ...

While it may ruffle more than a few feathers in the travel agency community (or maybe because it may), Marriott International is being rather direct about booking direct. Marriott, which announced ...

Premier Inn Middle East, a joint venture between Emirates Group and Whitbread, has launched its new Book Direct campaign, marking a major milestone in the brand’s digital evolution. This initiative is ...

Photo Credit: A still from Marriott's 'It Pays to Book Direct' campaign from 2015. Marriott and its peers have debuted exclusive discounted room rates for loyalty members who book direct. Marriott ...

Hotels might finally be wresting back some control from OTAs. After years of ceding ground to the online giants, hospitality's online supplier-direct channel is now slightly outpacing OTA bookings, ...

Airbnb can cost more than a direct booking with a property manager. Airbnb's customer support people may intervene if a guest is having a problem with a host. But on a pure cost basis, it pays to book ...