What is a hotel booking app?
A hotel booking app is an app or website that travelers use to book hotel stays. Most travelers use apps on their mobile devices to research, book, and pay for hotel stays. Some well-known examples of hotel booking apps include Booking.com, Airbnb, or HotelTonight.
This blog provides a complete guide to hotel booking apps and which one might be most useful for selling your inventory.
Why should you be aware of the best hotel booking apps?
Hotel booking apps are now the primary source of bookings for accommodation providers, with travelers increasingly booking their trips online.
Travelers can spend up to 12 weeks researching their trip and may visit 38 websites before completing a purchase.
With the online travel industry set to generate $667.55 billion in revenue by 2023, booking apps are where the money is – and so is your hotel website.
Being on the best and most popular booking apps will help your hotel stand out to travelers when they’re ready to book their stay.
The wider you cast your net, the better. If you use a solution like Channel Manager, you can list your inventory on the booking apps you want, without the risk of double bookings or incorrect inventory.