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IDeaS Builds On Partnership With RateGain for AI-Driven Rate Intelligence

2021-02-16 by Argophilia Travel News

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RateGain Technologies, the leading SaaS Company for travel and hospitality, today announced a global strategic partnership with IDeaS.

Tags: AI data, data intelligence, hotel booking, hotel rates, hotel technology, hotels, IDeaS, OPTIMA, rate intelligence, RateGain

Euro 2012 Causes Sky High Hotel Rates in Poland

2012-06-04 by Guest Author

Euro 2012 hotel rooms

Football fans visiting Poland for the Euro 2012, be sure to stuff a bit of extra cash in your luggage; with thousands of football fans expected to visit the country in order to take in one or more of the 15 matches to be hosted there, hotels are responding by raising rates exorbitantly.

Tags: cheap hotels, Euro 2012, Europe Championships, hotel rates, Poland hotels, Poland tourism, Poland travel, soccer

OpenRoomz.com Improves Hotel Comparison Engine

2012-04-27 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Hotel Comparison Website

OpenRoomz.com, has made a few changes to its proprietary hotel search and rate comparison engine, to help travelers find the best hotel rates faster and easier.

Tags: hotel comparison website, hotel comparisons, hotel rates, OpenRoomz.com

Big Hotels Launch Their Own OTA – Roomkey

2012-01-12 by Phil Butler

Francis Marion Hotel

In travel technology news from yesterday Tnooz carried the announcement that six of the world’s largest hotel proprietors had launched a booking commune Roomkey. Choice Hotels International, Hilton Worldwide, Hyatt Hotels, InterContinental Hotels, Marriott International and Wyndham Hotel Group set sail on a joint venture which is piloted by Pegasus founder John Davis. Argophilia Travel News decided to take the new flagship for a ride.

Tags: Charleston hotel, Charleston tourism, Charleston travel, Choice Hotels International, Francis Marion Hotel, Google hotel finder, Hilton Worldwide, hotel rates, Hyatt Hotels, InterContinental Hotels, John Davis, Marriott International, Mills House, Roomkey, Travelocity, Two Meeting Street Inn, White Point Gardens

Rate Parity – Apples When You Need Oranges

2011-11-05 by Phil Butler

Three card monte and hotel prices

The definitions of hotel room rate parity vary depending on who is doing the defining. The big online booking platforms speak of consistency and fairness, hotels often simply “have to” maintain parity to play in the game, and so on. But, is consistency at the expense of value and clarity worth then high price? These […]

Tags: Charleston hotels, Expedia, hotel rates, hotels, Jean Francois Mourier, JHM Hotels, Patriots Point, rate integrity, rate parity, REVPAR GURU, The Meeting Street Inn

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