The Voice of Innkeeping Vol 3 Issue 8 October 2018 | Page 10

THOUSAND CUTS - YOUR WEB PRESENCE IS BLEEDING . As a follow-up to that webinar, we have established a collation of industry partners that are working together to address our concerns.

This is a very important issue to our industry, and we think collectively with our industry partners, the national associations and key state partners, that we can work to be sure that small independent lodging has a voice. We hosted our first coalition call last week and laid out some next steps. Here are a few things we discussed:

We are exploring our support of legislation that has been introduced at the national level - "Stop Online Booking Scams Act" Senate bill S. 1164, House of Rep H.R. 2495

• Our coalition will be developing talking points and verbiage for our members on this issue.

• We will be asking you (the industry) to share with your respective congressional representatives how you are being impacted by OTA’s, Google etc...

• The coalition has also discussed the value of a Book Direct campaign or partnering with other companies/organizations that may already be promoting a Book Direct campaign.

Stay tuned for more details…

- RezOvation & Webervations purchased by Evivo

I am sure that most of you are aware that Rezovation and Webervations have been sold to eviivo, a leading online booking specialist for independent hotels and bed and breakfasts. Janice Hurley, Head of Industry Relations sent an email to industry partners with some updates. We have posted on our website all the updates we have received. We will continue to keep you posted on any updates we receive.

Have a great month! –

Best,

Rob

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