Online Travel Agencies on Polish Hospitality Market

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Pawlicz, A. (2016). Wybrane aspekty funkcjonowania OTA na polskim rynku hotelarskim. Ekonomiczne Problemy Turystyki , 34(2), 155–165. Adam Pawlicz Uniwersytet Szczeciński Online Travel Agencies on Polish Hospitality Market

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Pawlicz, A. (2016). Wybrane aspekty funkcjonowania OTA na polskim rynku hotelarskim. Ekonomiczne Problemy Turystyki, 34(2), 155–165.

Adam PawliczUniwersytet Szczeciński

Online Travel Agencies on Polish Hospitality Market

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Pawlicz, A. (2016). Wybrane aspekty funkcjonowania OTA na polskim rynku hotelarskim. Ekonomiczne Problemy Turystyki, 34(2), 155–165.

Online travel agency (OTA)

• Combines utility of traditional middleman and online access

• When selecting hospitality service customers look at: Search engines Other customers opinions Credibility of retailer Mobile access

• Brand is not anymore important (both hotel and OTA)

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Pawlicz, A. (2016). Wybrane aspekty funkcjonowania OTA na polskim rynku hotelarskim. Ekonomiczne Problemy Turystyki, 34(2), 155–165.

OTA market worldwide (mld USD)

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OTA market – oligopoly example

• Four biggest OTA in USA (Expedia, Priceline, Orbitz Worldwide i Travelocity) 95% market share

• In Europie four biggest OTA control 45% of the market

• According to HOTREC already in 2013 20% of hotel reservations were made via OTA

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OTA market in Europe (hospitality services)

OTA OTA brand Market share (%)

PricelineAgoda 0,9Booking.com 60,9

HRSHRS 8,9Hotel.de 3,8Tiscover 0,2

ExpediaExpedia 9,2Venere 3,3Hotels.com 1,6

Σ 88,8

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Pawlicz, A. (2016). Wybrane aspekty funkcjonowania OTA na polskim rynku hotelarskim. Ekonomiczne Problemy Turystyki, 34(2), 155–165.

Research

• Aim: to calculate the quotient of hotels cooperating with Booking.com to the total number of hotels in 20 Polish cities with highest population number

• Data were compared from: Booking.com CWOH (official registry of Polish hotels)

• November 2015

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Structure of hospitality industry in Poland and 20 biggest cities (CWOH)

Class 20 cities % Poland %5* 40 6% 68 3%4* 125 19% 344 13%3* 320 48% 1356 50%2* 146 22% 710 26%1* 41 6% 210 8%

Σ 672 100% 2690 100%

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Classes of hotels in CWOH and Booking.com in 20 biggest cities

Class CWOH % Booking.com %5* 40 6% 39 6%4* 125 19% 134 21%3* 320 48% 338 52%2* 146 22% 122 19%1* 41 6% 20 3%

Σ 672 100% 653 100%avarage 2,97 3,08

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Main findings

• Number of hotels in Booking.com makes 97% (=653/672) of all hotels in 20 biggest cities in Poland

• Almost all hotels with 3, 4 and 5 stars sell their services via Booking.com

• Hence it might be difficult for hotels to negiotiate contract details with OTA

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Recomendations

• Hotels own marketing has little influence on OTA distribution channel

• Developing own distribution channels is costly• A recommended strategy for average independent

city hotels is to standardise product, abandon own distribution and concentrate on the price as a competetive advantage

• This means a return to marketing product orientation

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