Distribución y Revenue Management

💳 Mirai introduces "Book, Think & Pay" (BTP), enhancing its booking engine to optimize direct channel conversions and capture more direct bookings online, via phone, WhatsApp, SMS, or email. With BTP, clients can secure their reservation with a credit card within a configured timeframe for 'pay at the hotel' rates, or make immediate payments with 'pay now' rates on the website's payment gateway. The feature targets reservations made through phone, WhatsApp, or SMS channels, increasing conversion by allowing secure payment without sharing credit card details over the phone, overcoming double verification processes, and eliminating transaction risks. Up to 75% of guests complete their payment, while 25% do not. BTP offers flexibility, allowing businesses to customize settings, such as the timeframe for payment completion (e.g., 24 or 48 hours), and can be restricted by direct sale type, booking window, rate type, market origin, or device type. It is compatible with any payment platform without the need for additional solutions. Businesses interested in activating BTP can contact their account manager for setup assistance.

🏖️ Sunrise Miches Beach Resort, a Marriott International property, offers a beachfront location with 6 km of golden sands, 90 minutes from Punta Cana International Airport. The resort features year-round sargassum-free beaches averaging temperatures of 28°C. Currently, it has 116 adult-only rooms with sea views, a luxury spa, and a gym. In 2025, the resort will expand to include 252 family section rooms, a water park, and a convention center for 500 people, becoming the second all-inclusive Marriott Hotels brand in the Caribbean and Latin America. Guests can enjoy a variety of high-quality dining options, including international, Asian, Mediterranean cuisines, a café, and a snack bar.

🏨 Blantyre Capital lists 3 hotels for sale in Tenerife, pricing the deal at €100 million. The article outlines two access options for users: free access with cookie installation consent, or cookie-free navigation through a Premium membership, which offers full content access and privacy control. Premium users can manage cookie settings after logging in.

🏨 Spanish hoteliers at the World Travel Market (WTM) in London, which started on Tuesday, are negotiating price increases for 2025 between 4-7%, with rates averaging around 5%. This reflects sustained high demand for Spain, despite two years of significant price surges. Competition issues in Middle Eastern destinations partly explain the rate hikes. The Spanish tourism family's presence in the British capital has seen significant prominence in terms of square meters contracted by destinations and companies.

🏖️ Toni Raurich-Marcet, IA professor at ISDI and co-founder of eBooking and GP Traveltech.vc, highlighted the issue of digitalization in tourism, stating European technologies are largely owned by US and Chinese companies. Morgann Lesné of Cambon Partners, during the Tourism Innovation Summit in Sevilla, mentioned Europe, especially France and Spain, could produce leading travel tech companies with a radical growth approach. Examples include Booking.com, Amadeus, and TravelPerk. Lesné emphasizes the need for aggressive mergers and acquisitions and going beyond national borders to create global leaders. With lower costs in Europe and available talent, Lesné predicts 2025 could see a peak in sector mergers and acquisitions.

🌍 In January-September 2024, British tourist arrivals to Spain increased by 7.4% year-on-year, with a 15% rise in tourism spending. Despite improvements in travel confidence among Brits, especially families and young adults aged 25-34, the UK’s economic growth for 2024 is predicted at just 0.9%. Unemployment stands at 4.3%, with inflation at 2.3%. Staycations gained popularity during 2020-2021 due to the pandemic, supported by UK government campaigns. Spain remains the preferred destination for Brits in 2024, with a 7.6% increase in winter air capacity over the previous season, nearly tripling that of Italy and France. Turkish vacations have become cheaper due to the lira's depreciation against the pound, from 11 to 45 liras per pound. British travel demand is highly sensitive to domestic economic changes, inflation rates, and currency fluctuations.

📍 Hotelinking announces enhanced integration with SIHOT, a leading hotel management platform, adding system stability, flexibility, and automation to key processes. The update enables more versatile reservation searches with options like locator plus surname or check-in date, or full name with check-in date, eliminating the need for a locator. Signed documents during check-in are now automatically sent to SIHOT's PMS, streamlining reception work and reducing errors. Thanks to the standardized API, the system's stability has improved, minimizing critical service downtimes like Portal Pro and AutoCheckin. Custom configurations for guest types, rooms, and documents are easier to access and synchronize with PMS, improving guest experience and operational management. These changes benefit hotels by enhancing guest experiences, automating key processes, improving system stability, and simplifying management.

🛫 An unexpected DANA (isolated high-level depression) caused chaos at Mallorca Airport, resulting in significant delays due to altered flight paths. Despite operational issues, an airline's app reported a flight to Mallorca would depart at 11:54 and land at 12:57, while Aena's airport page listed departure at 12:23 and arrival at 13:27. Ultimately, the flight took off at 17:00 and landed smoothly, contradicting the excessively precise times initially provided.

🍷 La séptima edición de los Premios de Enoturismo Rutas del Vino de España, organizados por ACEVIN, ha seleccionado ganadores de entre 123 candidaturas, representando 27 rutas enoturísticas. Los premios se entregarán el 15 de noviembre y comprenden 14 categorías, incluyendo Mejor Iniciativa Enoturística para "Enoturismo a Pedales" (Ruta del Vino Rías Baixas) y Premio especial a Isaac Muga Caño (Ruta del Vino Rioja Alta) por su trayectoria. No hay dotación económica, pero reconocen la oferta enoturística de calidad.

✈ Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam announced a 37% increase in tariffs over the next three years, adding about €15 per passenger. Tariffs will rise 41% in 2025, 5% in 2026, and decrease 7.5% in 2027. This precedes Schiphol's largest reform planned for 2029. Night flights will incur an additional tax, lower for quieter planes. KLM, the main customer, claims Schiphol will become Europe's second most expensive airport, adding to a current 40% increase over three years.