SoldRooms — The journalThe content, SEO and direct-booking agency for hospitality.https://soldrooms.com/en-GB© MMXXVI SoldRooms · Media + LabsOut-earning the big brands is a distribution questionhttps://soldrooms.com/journal/out-earn-big-brands-channel-mix/https://soldrooms.com/journal/out-earn-big-brands-channel-mix/Skift asks whether a small collection can out-earn the big brands, a boutique group buys a PMS, and the trade press calls personalisation a buzzword.Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTdirect bookingchannel mixRevPARAutumn is being booked now, and not on your sitehttps://soldrooms.com/journal/autumn-booked-now-not-on-your-site/https://soldrooms.com/journal/autumn-booked-now-not-on-your-site/Five travel headlines this week tell the guest to lock in autumn early. Not one is a hotel. What an earlier booking window does to your ADR and channel mix.Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTbooking windowseasonalitydirect bookingWho owns the booking when the boutique founder sellshttps://soldrooms.com/journal/boutique-hotel-founder-sells-who-owns-the-booking/https://soldrooms.com/journal/boutique-hotel-founder-sells-who-owns-the-booking/Two vendors put direct in a headline, Skift says every founder eventually sells, and 59 keys land in Middlesbrough. What that does to your channel mix.Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTdirect bookingchannel mixboutique hotels