Business travelers set to see air fares, hotel rates and car rental charges rise in 2023.
Friday, 12th August 2022

Rising fuel prices, labor shortages, and inflationary pressures in raw material costs are the primary drivers of the expected price growth.

This is on top of a predicted full year 2022 increase in air fares of 48.5%, hotel rates of 18.5%, and car rental charges of 7.3%.

Global travel prices are predicted to continue to increase in the remaining months of 2022 and throughout 2023, according to the 2023 Global Business Travel Forecast >>

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São Paulo leads profitability recovery in Latin America
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Metasearch Costs are Rising - Here’s How Hoteliers Can Prepare
Friday, 12th August 2022

Metasearch is fast becoming more crowded and expensive to participate in as travel demand rises and OTAs continue to capitalize on the opportunities.

How exactly should hoteliers prepare?

The average number of participants in Google meta auctions has risen 5x in the US market and 3x in the European market over the last two years.

The cost per click (CPC) has increased 150% compared to pre-covid levels in the NORAM and EMEA regions and 61% of all direct prices that appear in metasearch are undercut by at least one OTA >>

Press One to Do This, Two to Do That: Phone Tree Abuse!
We’ve all experienced it: we’ve called the customer support line and a pre-recorded message answers stating, 'Press one for this, two for that, etc, etc >>

In case you've missed it: Global eNewsletter of August 11, 2022
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