Are you depending on OTAs to sell more rooms like 50% to 60% of hotels in the U.S.?

While OTAs can help you sell more rooms, we understand that you may still encounter inevitable challenges, as mentioned below.

High commission fee:

High commission fee:

15%–25% (and sometimes up to 30%) on each booking, which erodes profit margins, especially for smaller or independent hotels.

Loss of direct customer relationships

Loss of direct customer relationships

OTAs often don't share guest details with hotels, preventing you from establishing a direct relationship with your guests.

Limited control over brand presentation and pricing

Limited control over brand presentation and pricing

OTAs may display properties or rates in ways that conflict with your hotel's strategy or brand image.

Pressure to participate in pricing wars

Pressure to participate in pricing wars

At times, you may have to offer lower rates, harming rate parity and brand value.

Adopt Hotelogix PMS with an integrated booking engine to drive direct bookings via your website.

Personalized booking consoles

Personalized booking consoles

Allow your guests to check availability and make bookings effortlessly. The tool sends personalized reservation confirmation emails to guests.

 Automatically adjusts rates to stay competitive against local hotels and OTAs

Get incremental zero-commission bookings

Sell more rooms via your website and other digital channels, save on costly OTA booking commission, and boost profitability.

Build direct relationships with your guests

Build direct relationships with your guests

Capture and store guest details. Leverage the same for targeted marketing to drive repeat bookings.

Increase average booking value

Increase average booking value

Offer deals, promo codes, upsell packages, extra services, etc.

Protect your revenue

Protect your revenue

Set cancellation/refund policies to reduce financial losses from last-minute cancellations and no-shows.

Boost operational efficiency

Boost operational efficiency

Automating reservation management, confirmations, and internal workflows reduces staff workload, human errors, and operational costs, enabling better focus on guest service.

full revenue potentia

In the U.S., around 70% of newly established independent hotels have adopted their own booking systems to boost direct bookings and lessen reliance on third-party platforms.

Are you ready to ramp up direct bookings and boost your room revenue?

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FAQs

A direct booking engine, also referred to as a web booking engine or simply a booking engine, is a software integrated into a hotel's website that allows guests to book their stay directly. It streamlines the booking process, enhancing the user experience, and ensuring that hotels retain the larger portion of the room revenue, leading to a higher profit margin.

Using a direct booking engine allows you to:
  • Increase revenue by avoiding high commissions paid to OTAs.
  • Enhance guest loyalty by offering special perks and deals exclusively for direct bookings.
  • Reduce booking abandonment by providing a seamless room booking experience to your guests.
  • Capture guest data for future marketing and personalized experiences.

A Direct Booking Engine is integrated into your hotel website using a widget or API integration. The engine works in the background to manage bookings, check availability, apply promotions, and process payments. It provides real-time updates of room availability and prices, ensuring an up-to-date booking process.

Yes, most leading best-in-class booking engines are integrated with today's modern cloud-based Hotel PMSs. It enables the automatic synchronization of room availability, rates, and booking details between the PMS and the booking engine, thereby eliminating manual work and errors.