Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - BBCNEWS - 20210427:02:39:00
Of reasons, really. well, for hotels, one of the main ways is that 0tas have an arrangement to have access to sell a certain number of the rooms — all of them, in lots of cases. the 0tas will charge a commission for every room they sell. the rate of commission has gone up over the years. it now ranges from around 15—25%. a difficulty for the hotels is where something called rate parity comes in. it's different around the world, but generally speaking, the hotels aren't allowed to offer cheaper rates than the 0ta. hotels struggle to get customers to book direct, in face of competition from ...