Tag: Hotels

Hotels get collaborative with a new range of rentals

They may be competing with peer-to-peer accommodation options such as Airbnb and One Fine Stay for their guests, but some new collaborative consumption-oriented offerings from major hotel brands like Hyatt and Westin show they are definitely looking to stay relevant to the changing demographic of travellers. USA Today reports a number of borrowing and lending…  Read more

Collaborative Pioneer: Inside Interview with Gon Ben David at Roomer

1. What is the easiest way to explain Roomer? Roomer is the marketplace for hotel reservations – the easiest way to understand it to imagine this scenario: say you have a hotel room reservation with a full cancellation fee of $500. You can post your reservation for sale on Roomer and set your own price. Even…  Read more