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RoomKey.com: Hotel Brands’ Misguided Attempt to Become an OTA

05/30/2013| 10:47:28 AM| 中文

Vikram Singh thinks that RoomKey.com has been set for failure from the very start.

How many times have I heard the hotel brands say they are going to “fight and win” the Internet battle against the big bad OTA wolves? It’s easy to see why the hotel brands are angry/embarrassed: those OTAs have done a massively superior job of marketing hotel rooms online.

So what have the brands decided to do? Unite and conquer. It almost sounds like a joke! “Hilton, Hyatt, InterContinental, Marriott, Wyndham and Choice Hotels walk into a bar…” The punchline is a website called RoomKey.com. It’s the hotel brands’ very own “OTA” response. Now at this point, I know a lot of you in the hotel industry already know about Room Key. But guess what? Everyday travellers have no idea what Room Key is. There are a few good reasons for that.

Here is why I think RoomKey.com has been set for failure from the very start.

Read full story at: http://www.wordsofvikram.com/roomkey-hotel-brands-misguided-ota-attempt/#.UaVqndJhA51

TAGS: Room Key | OTA
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