Trends and Insights

3 Booking Engine Features Every Hotel Chain Needs

Discover the three booking engine features hotel chains need to create smoother guest journeys, manage properties centrally, and drive more direct bookings.
Product

RateBeat: How hotels can guarantee the best direct price (and stop losing bookings to OTAs)

Guests compare prices across channels before booking, and even small differences can cost you the booking. Discover how RateBeat helps hotels show and secure the best direct rate in real time.
Announcements

Hotelchamp launches free trials for RateBeat to help hotels stay competitive against OTA pricing

Hotelchamp launches free trials for RateBeat, enabling hotels to compare and match OTA prices in real time to stay competitive and increase direct bookings.
Trends and Insights

Price Matching vs Price Comparison: What Actually Drives Direct Bookings for Hotels

Price comparison doesn’t always drive bookings. Learn why price matching is more effective, and how it helps hotels protect their direct channel.
Trends and Insights

​Rate Parity in 2026: What Hotels Need to Know

Rate parity has changed. In 2026, matching OTA prices is no longer enough to protect direct bookings. Here’s what hotels need to know, and why it matters.
Trends and Insights

Free eBook: Direct Booking Tools Guide | HotelTechReport x Hotelchamp

Get the 2026 Direct Booking Tools Guide to understand key trends and learn to select the tools that strengthen your direct channel.
Announcements

Hotelchamp appoints Sjoerd Kruijff as CEO to lead next phase of growth

Hotelchamp, a leading hospitality technology company helping hotels strengthen their direct channel, announces the appointment of Sjoerd Kruijff as Chief Executive Officer
Product

Hotelchamp’s Booking Engine To Reach Global Audiences Through Trusted Localised Payment Methods

Hotelchamp expands its Booking Engine payments capabilities to make direct bookings faster, safer, and more flexible than ever before.