VIDEO: The Role of Opaque Sites in the Travel Planning Process

VFM Leonardo, the leader in online visual content distribution for hotels, has launched a new episode on VTV Channel: The Role of Opaque Sites in the Travel Planning Process. Chris Anderson, Assistant Professor at the Cornell School of Hotel Administration, discusses how hoteliers can leverage sites like Priceline and Hotwire to price into the value-seeking, non-brand loyal consumer segment while maintaining higher rates at retail outlets.

In this episode, you will learn tips on getting started with opaque sites:

• Start using them as soon as possible
• Give higher rates with restricted inventory
• Use them day-of or day-before

What topics were covered on VTV Channel last season?
Check out this guide for links to previous VTV Channel episodes on hotel online merchandising, eBusiness strategies, generational marketing, social media and more!

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What is VTV? | VTV is a video blog where you will find short interviews with industry experts on the most important issues in online marketing, e-commerce, sales and distribution in the hotel industry. Each week, host John McAuliffe, Chief Marketing Officer of VFM Leonardo interviews an industry expert on a single topic related to online merchandising in order to help you extract more value from your hotel’s presence on the Internet.

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About VFM Leonardo | VFM Leonardo is a technology leader in online visual content management and distribution systems. VFM Leonardo’s VScape® and VBrochure™ products leverage the distribution capabilities of the VNetwork™, the most universally accepted and largest online visual content distribution network for the global travel industry including all four global distribution systems (GDSs), Pegasus and travel-related channels including online travel agencies, travel research and supplier web sites, search portals and major travel intermediaries. VFM Leonardo offers the hotel industry the most effective digital asset management and online merchandising systems available today and efficiently delivers over 1,000,000 visual images (photos, virtual tours and videos) to more than 30,000 travel channels and websites in the VNetwork including Amadeus, Galileo, Sabre, Worldspan, Pegasus, Travelocity, Orbitz, Priceline, Tripadvisor, Yahoo! Travel, Kayak, Google and many more for 90,000 hotels worldwide. For more information about VFM Leonardo, visit www.vfmleonardo.com. Follow us on Twitter at .