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Uber became the latest player to enter the OTA space in its pursuit of the "seamless journey" with plans, which they just announced, to add flights, trains and hotels to its app, for the time being in the United Kingdom. This latest attempt to create a travel "superapp", a full-blown OTA mobile app, comes in addition to similar incursions into OTA territory by Airbnb and Hopper, both of which have already added local experiences and contracted with channel managers like SiteMinder, RateGain and RateTiger to enable them to offer hotel bookings. Some hoteliers think that these new OTA-like sup...

OTA penetration fell drastically during COVID-19 as travelers reached out directly to suppliers to allay safety concerns. But, as we return to the new normal, initial indications are that OTAs are regaining their dominant position within travel distribution.

Google is phasing out third-party cookies... Will it impact hotel marketing? Google recently announced that they are going forward with their plan to block third-party cookie tracking through Google Chrome (Chrome commands 63% of browser market share). What this means exactly for hotels is not totally clear. Mostly what will be affecting is tracking the source of revenue on a hotel's website (also called attribution) and the possibility to re-target visitors to your website (unless you use Google's retargeting ad products). To avoid users getting hit with totally irrelevant ads, like billboar...

Bright Engine v0.1.8b Patch Notes! - Terrain Tessellation news This update aimed to make substantial improvements to the engine’s existing systems, namely landscapes. The entire terrain system and dynamic foliage have been completely re-written to allow for far greater flexibility and quality, with the introduction of tessellation! Posted by Cysis145 on Mar 1st, 2021 It’s been a long time since the last update but rest assured, we’ve been working hard. This update aimed to make substantial improvements to the engine’s existing systems, namely landscapes. The entire terrain syste...

Hunker Down: I never saw any wings By Kesley Colbert Hunker Down I didn’t grow-up with Tim Peters. This is not a life-long friend story. We didn’t go on any wild escapades. We never got arrested together. I didn’t date his sister (if he indeed had one) nor did I know his parents. I did see his father often at the baseball games.  And believe me, this is the furtherest thing from a baseball story that you will ever read….. Tim was physically in my life for two short years. And most of our contact did revolve around the baseball season. I don’t know for sure that God sends angels dow...