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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.
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