Distribución y Revenue Management

🎨 BYPILLOW GALLERY transforms 14 hotels across Spain and Italy into expansive art exhibits with 350+ works by 17 artists. Not just decoration, each hotel is a gallery space featuring detailed artist information. Launched on May 15, 2025, in Barcelona, it's a platform for artists, showcasing both emerging and established talents. BYPILLOW manages 33 hotels, aiming for 40 by 2026, enhancing cultural and travel experiences by integrating art into hospitality.

💸 Mirai's new booking engine launches in 2025 with a redesigned architecture and interface, promising less than 2-second load times and utilizing AI and 3D visualization. Features include 25 languages, 52 currencies, and a 90% scroll reduction to enhance user experience. The multi-room feature increases conversions by 56%, while intelligent filters raise conversion rates by 79%. The system enhances direct sales by 0.6% and captures 15% of potential lost bookings, improving customer engagement and loyalty.

📰 Hosteltur reaches over 400,000 tourism industry professionals through various platforms, providing top-tier information and marketing solutions.

🏨 Diversificar los canales de promoción hotelera es vital. TripAdvisor, Booking.com, y Kayak destacan como plataformas clave. TripAdvisor ahora ofrece "Reserva ahora", mientras Booking.com prioriza propiedades con buenas fotos. En Kayak, la sincronización con motores de reservas es esencial. Google Hotels, Trivago, Agoda, Priceline, SkyScanner, Expedia, y herramientas como Mews Booking Engine son valiosas para atraer reservas y maximizar ingresos. Estas plataformas combinan conveniencia, promociones, y visibilidad, cruciales para mejorar la ocupación y rentabilidad hotelera.

💻 Nautalia Empresas launches Nautalia Go in 2024. It's a hybrid model for corporate travel, combining digital booking and personalized service. Cecilio Martell highlights its balance of technology and human interaction. Nautalia Go offers three service plans: initial, professional, and elite. Key features include competitive rates, auto-reservation tools, pre-trip alerts, consolidated billing, and 24/7 support from Spain. Advanced plans also provide expense tool integration, real-time traveler tracking, and negotiated fare management.

🏠 Barcelona, 20 de mayo de 2025 — Las protestas en destinos como Barcelona y Tenerife no reducen el turismo: las reservas suben en Tenerife un 12.7%. En Venecia, alquileres suben 30.9% desde 2021. Barcelona mantiene una moratoria desde 2014, sin nuevas licencias, pero alquileres también subieron 68%. En Creta, la ocupación crece 21.8%. Precios de alojamiento subieron: 9.4% en Barcelona y 11.4% en Tenerife, dirigido a turistas con mayor poder adquisitivo.

📈 España, marzo 15, 2025: Un estudio de Mabrian revela que anfitriones de Airbnb en España gestionan en promedio 2.23 anuncios. Ocho provincias superan esta media, destacando Baleares (3.04) y Barcelona (2.63). Cerca del 90% de viviendas turísticas están en Airbnb. Las provincias con más oferta son Málaga, Alicante, y Las Palmas. En agosto 2024, casi 400,000 viviendas fueron comercializadas, un 16% más que el año anterior, a través de plataformas principales como Airbnb, Booking, y Expedia.

🛫 Ryanair accuses Edreams, Vola, and Tix of inflating reserved seat prices up to 66% more than Ryanair.com. Tix charges 66% more (€14.97), Vola 56% more (€14), and Edreams 49% more (€11.92). Dara Brady criticizes ineffective consumer ministers like Spain's Pablo Bustinduy for ignoring these practices. Ryanair urges EU governments and authorities to act swiftly against unauthorized OTAs lacking transparency and accountability.

✈️ Boeing faced a complete crisis, notably with an Alaska Airlines plane losing a door in January 2024. However, the company's value reached its highest in the last 14 months this week. Reasons include resumed deliveries to China, softened tariffs from the US-China agreement, Boeing delivering 45 planes in April (double from last year and on par with Airbus), and ongoing sales like the recent 30 B737s to Saudi Arabia and British Airways earlier this month.

🏢 TUI Group, a German tour operator, reported revenue of €8.576,6 million in the first six months of the fiscal year starting in October, a 7.8% increase from the previous year. The company experienced a loss of €391.5 million, which was 6.1% less than the year before, attributed to improvements in hotels and cruises. Fewer people traveled with TUI from January to March compared to last year, totaling 2.6 million versus 2.8 million, influenced by the later Easter holidays in 2025. Summer bookings decreased by 1%, while prices rose by 4%. TUI shares fell nearly 11% to €6.79. TUI anticipates a 5-10% revenue increase in 2025 (€23.200 million in 2024) and a 7-10% rise in operating profit before special items (€1.300 million in 2024).