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Online Travel Update: OTA Marketing Shift, Google’s DMA and Wholesaler Woes Unveiled

by in Legal, Technology, Travel. Posted February 6, 2024
With many in the industry getting their first look at Google’s proposed “DMA” changes to European Union search results, many of this past week’s industry headlines were focused on the proposed changes and the industry’s generally unfavorable response. Other news: Hotels under pressure to respond as OTA competition for guests lead gen explodesJanuary 25, 2024 via Hospitality ...
Tags Business Travel Foster Garvey OTA Technology Travel and Tourism
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OTA & Travel Distribution Updates – June 23rd, 2017

by in Legal, Technology, Travel. Posted July 4, 2017
“OTA & Travel Distribution Updates” is posted weekly by Duff on Hospitality Law, which is run by Greg Duff of Garvey Schubert Barer. Originally begun as an exclusive update to clients, these pieces are now publicly distributed a week behind the exclusive update. Although these posts are a week or two behind the initial update, ...
Tags Business Travel Garvey Schubert Barer Technology Travel and Tourism Travel Risk Management
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BrandVerity’s Latest Study on the Use (and Abuse) of Branded Keywords in Paid Search

by in Hotel Development. Posted July 23, 2015
Our friends (and former contributors) at Seattle-based BrandVerity produced an infographic showing that the average hotel brand is losing 26,500 website visitors on direct web traffic each month, leading to a real loss in revenue as these bookings are made elsewhere. Their findings are based on the information found in the hotel selection of their quarterly report on The State of Branded Keywords ...
Tags Garvey Schubert Barer
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Exemptions and Credits that Result in Savings for the Hotel and Restaurant Industry

by in Food & Beverage, Legal, Lodging. Posted December 3, 2013
I’m pleased to introduce guest author Katie Nguyen, a CPA from local accounting firm, Clark Nuber. Katie specializes in state and local taxes for the hospitality industry and has offered to share her experience and knowledge with the Duff on Hospitality readers. Welcome, Katie, and thank you for today’s post on some important tax incentives available to Washington’s ...
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