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Re:Groupon Is Laying Off 1,100, Shutters Operations in 7 Cou... by justhw on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @02:02PM (#10260372)
For hotels the majority of bookings come from third party sites. Why would hotels use third party sites regularly if they hate serving customers that book with them?
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Re:Groupon Is Laying Off 1,100, Shutters Operations in 7 Cou... by monksy on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @03:38PM (#10261099)
Hilton does this by offering Free Wifi if you book directly. Also, delta has been known to hide the lowest prices from search engines.
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Re:Groupon Is Laying Off 1,100, Shutters Operations in 7 Cou... by toomuchtodo on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @02:38PM (#10260651)
Some revenue is better than no revenue.
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