Expedia is one of the world’s largest online travel agencies (OTAs), providing hotels with a powerful platform to reach millions of travellers globally. If you're looking to boost your hotel’s visibility and increase bookings, listing your property on Expedia is a great step forward.

This guide will walk you through the process of creating a hotel listing on Expedia and optimizing it for maximum success.

Listing your hotel on tiket.com can significantly enhance your property's visibility and attract a broader range of guests. As one of Indonesia's leading online travel agents, tiket.com offers a seamless platform for hoteliers to showcase their accommodations. 

Listing your hotel on Traveloka can significantly boost your online presence and drive more bookings. As one of the leading travel platforms in Southeast Asia, Traveloka attracts millions of users who are actively searching for accommodation. By being part of this platform, you can tap into a vast pool of potential guests.

Creating a hotel listing on Agoda is a crucial step in maximizing your property's visibility and bookings. Agoda is one of the leading online travel platforms, connecting millions of travellers with accommodations worldwide.

Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) serve as popular platforms for travelers seeking package deals, accommodations, flights, tours, and various travel services. They play a crucial role in distribution channels, extending reach and boosting bookings.

Yet, while OTAs offer extensive reach, they come with the drawback of commission payments on each booking. To guide decision-making, this blog post provides a detailed analysis of the pros and cons of online travel agents. 

In today’s fast-paced world, technology has revolutionized various industries, including hospitality. Delays in hotel check-ins can significantly impact guest satisfaction, with even a 5-minute delay reducing it by 50%. Long queues at hotel front desks during check-ins are now a thing of the past, thanks to the self-check-in hotel kiosks.

In this article, we'll delve into the advantages and disadvantages of hotel kiosks and how they're reshaping the hospitality landscape.

As a hotelier, ensuring a seamless guest experience is essential for maximizing revenue. However, managing bookings across platforms like Airbnb and Booking.com can pose challenges, including double bookings and overbooking. Syncing your Booking.com and Airbnb calendars resolves these issues.

Ever wondered how hotels effortlessly manage bookings and keep everything in sync? The secret lies in two powerful tools – hotel booking engines and channel managers.  While the Property Management System (PMS) also plays a vital role in this choreography, my focus in this blog post will be exclusively on the dynamic duo of booking engines and channel managers as they team up to streamline the booking process, maximize room occupancy, and elevate overall guest satisfaction. 

In May 2023, the Malaysian Inland Revenue Board (IRB) officially declared its intention to implement the new electronic invoicing (e-invoice) system, starting with the initial phase targeting 4,000 businesses. The implementation is scheduled to start on 1st Aug 2024 for businesses achieving an annual sales threshold of RM100 million. 

~Updated on 19th February 2024~

In response to the recent announcement in Malaysia's Budget 2024 presented in Parliament, a significant development is on the horizon that may cast a substantial impact on the hotel industry. There is an increase in the Sales & Services Tax (SST) from the current 6% to 8% which will take effect from 1st March 2024.