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Maybe Houfy should be used for return guests?

New hotel? Here's how to use OTAs to drive future direct bookings That was the view announced by David Turnbull, co-founder of SnapShot, at the Seize Opportunity in Disruption conference in London a few weeks ago. The comments sparked all the controversy you'd expect from an industry fired up by the Direct Booking movement.

New Hotel? Here's How To Use OTAs To Drive Future Direct Bookings

<p>Maybe Houfy should be used for return guests?</p>

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The Houfy Editorial Team is a group of vacation rental specialists, former hosts, and travel industry writers based across North America and Europe. We cover STR regulations, listing optimization, direct booking strategy, and the economics of short-term rental platforms. Everything we publish is grounded in real hosting experience and data from Houfy's network of 87,000+ properties in 50+ countries.

New Hotel? Here's How To Use OTAs To Drive Future Direct Bookings

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