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An AI assistant answers a question about a quiet hotel in Sitges with parking, and the independent property in its short list is highlighted with a Book direct button
Playbook·16 min

AI visibility for hotels: how to get your property recommended by ChatGPT, Gemini and Google

More guests now ask ChatGPT, Gemini or Google's AI Mode where to stay, and get a handful of names back. Most independent hotels are never one of them. Here is how AI picks hotels, and eight steps to get yours named and booked direct.

TribiiTribii
22 paź 2026
The words "Booked in the conversation" next to an AI chat where a guest asks for a quiet room and books it, with the hotel as merchant of record
Industry notes·14 min

UCP for hotels: the Universal Commerce Protocol and the future of online booking

Google and the biggest names in travel have written a shared language that lets AI assistants book a hotel room inside a conversation. It is called UCP. Here is what it is, who keeps the guest, and what independent hotels should do before it reaches Europe.

TribiiTribii
19 paź 2026
The words "One plug for every AI" next to hotel rates, rooms, reservations and guests connecting through one MCP plug to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity
Playbook·13 min

MCP for hotels: how AI assistants will find, sell and help run your property

ChatGPT, Claude and Google can now read live hotel prices, and some can take a booking. The standard behind it is called MCP. Here is what it is, what it changes for a small hotel's visibility and daily work, and what to do about it now.

TribiiTribii
15 paź 2026
A dictionary-style card defining "net rate", next to labels for other OTA terms such as commissionable, BAR, merchant model and narrow parity
Playbook·8 min

OTA terms explained: a plain-language glossary for independent hotels

Commissionable rate, net rate, merchant model, narrow parity. The words in your OTA contract, explained in plain language, with what each one means for your money.

TribiiTribii
09 paź 2026
The words "Commission is only the first line" next to a receipt for one OTA booking on a room priced at €100, where the hotel keeps €69.75
Playbook·8 min

The real cost of an OTA booking: commission is only the first line

Most hoteliers know their commission rate. Few know their effective rate. Here are the other lines on every OTA booking, and how to work out what a room really costs you to sell in 2027.

TribiiTribii
03 paź 2026
The words "€1 in every €5" above five one-euro coins, the first one green and labelled Expedia
Playbook·10 min

How much commission does Expedia take? The 2026 guide for independent hotels

Expedia's headline commission is only the start. Here is what a booking really costs once you add the payment model, the visibility tools and the card fees, and how to pay less in 2027.

TribiiTribii
30 wrz 2026
"Same price everywhere" struck through, above an OTA price of €120 and a direct price tag of €110 for 2027
Industry notes·9 min

Rate parity is gone in Europe. How to price your direct rate for 2027

Booking.com can no longer make you match its price on your own website. Most small hotels still do. Here is what the law allows, what the algorithm might not, and how to set a direct rate for 2027 that pays.

TribiiTribii
27 wrz 2026
A hotel guest book card in forest green and mint, with a stay record detaching from an OTA booking and settling into the hotel's own guest list
Manifesto·17 min

Own your guests

An OTA booking doesn't hand you a guest. It hands you a stay, and the OTA keeps the name, the email and the right to ever talk to that person again. Here's what that costs an independent hotel, and how Tribii is built on the opposite assumption.

TribiiTribii
16 wrz 2026
Three overlapping circles labelled Hotel, Guest and Neighbourhood, meeting at a centre marked "the stay"
Playbook·8 min

The street outside is part of your hotel

How guest messaging, local experiences and a traveller board turn a stay into three connections, and why one of them lands as a real line on the folio.

Daniel VidalDaniel Vidal
02 wrz 2026
What is a hotel PMS? A plain-language guide for independent hoteliers
Playbook·6 min

What is a hotel PMS? A plain-language guide for independent hoteliers

Not a definition from a brochure. What the software actually does between 7am and midnight at a twenty-room property, and which words mean what.

TribiiTribii
10 sie 2026
Do small hotels need a channel manager?
Playbook·6 min

Do small hotels need a channel manager?

The honest answer is sometimes. Here is how to work out which sometimes you are in, using your own numbers rather than a vendor's.

TribiiTribii
29 lip 2026
Channel manager vs booking engine: what a small hotel actually needs
Playbook·6 min

Channel manager vs booking engine: what a small hotel actually needs

The two tools get sold together and confused constantly. One sells rooms on other people's websites. The other sells rooms on yours.

TribiiTribii
22 lip 2026
How much commission does Booking.com take, and how to pay less
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.

TribiiTribii
20 lip 2026
Illustration comparing OTA commission rates with Tribii's 0% commission on direct bookings
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.

TribiiTribii
18 lip 2026
Two browser tabs, Booking.com and the hotel's own website, with the direct rate lower and commission free.
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 VidalDaniel Vidal
07 lip 2026
A small independent hotel reception welcoming two guests
Manifesto·7 min

Welcome to Tribii: a fairer deal for independent hotels

Who we are, where the idea came from, and why we're building a commission-free way for independent hotels to win direct bookings. A hello from the Tribii team.

Daniel VidalDaniel Vidal
01 cze 2026
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