Industry notes
One system, not twenty: the case for running your hotel on a single screen
How independent hotels ended up juggling a dozen disconnected tools, and what it looks like to put the whole house, guests included, on one.
The Tribii JournalTuesday, July 21, 2026 · AmsterdamFree to read · Free to share
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Playbook·7 min
How much commission does Booking.com take, and how to pay less
The headline rate is only part of the bill. Here is what you actually pay, what you can change, and what you cannot.
Tribii
Industry notes·7 min
OTA Commission Rates: What Booking.com, Expedia and Airbnb Really Charge
A plain-English breakdown of what the big booking sites really take, the fees they do not advertise, and how much a year of OTA bookings actually costs you.
Tribii
Playbook·6 min
How to add a booking engine to your existing website
You do not need a new website. You need the page where a guest can finish. Here are the three ways to get one, and what to test before you launch.
Tribii
Playbook·7 min
Twelve ways to get more direct bookings at a small hotel
Ordered by return on effort, not by how impressive they sound. Most of these cost nothing and several take an afternoon.
Tribii
Industry notes·11 min
The Second Tab: Why Guests Find You on Booking.com and Book Somewhere Else
Most guests who book you directly found you on an OTA first. Here is what that second tab is worth, and why, after the EU killed rate parity, independent hotels can finally win it.
Daniel Vidal
Industry notes·8 min
Rebalancing Tourism
How Infrastructure Models Like Tribii Can Reshape Europe's Tourism Economy
Nicola VillaThe contributors
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ManifestoWelcome to Tribii: a fairer deal for independent hotelsDaniel VidalJun 01, 202607 min →The platforms told us we were too small to matter. They were half right: small is a fact. Mattering is a choice.
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