For hotels, homestays and resorts worldwide

Grow and manage your hotel from one dashboard.

More direct bookings for your hotel. Your website, booking engine, OTA sync and every enquiry in one place. Then the front desk, invoices and compliance on the same login.

  • 0% commission on direct bookings
  • Live the same day
  • First website in about five minutes
businesses digitised by Boost360
500,000+
paying customers today
10,000+
app rating from 10k+ reviews
4.3★
business categories served
300+

Boost360 company data, 2026

Businesses that run on Boost360

  • Diwan Saheb
  • Jeena Sikho
  • Steris Pharma
  • Suryansh Fab
  • Ernest Pharmaceuticals
  • Nucleus IVF
  • Arena Animation
  • Lynx Hair & Skin Clinic
  • Onyxaa
  • BNC

The problem

Don’t lose all your margin to OTAs.

Commission on every OTA room. Retainers for the website person, the SEO agency and the social media freelancer. And enquiries scattered across six apps that nobody watches at 11 pm.

15–25%

of every OTA booking goes to the OTA.

Every room sold through a travel site pays a cut before it pays you.

AirbnbBooking.comAgodaExpedia
$3k–$6k

a month on agencies and teams.

A website person, an SEO agency, a social media freelancer.

6

inboxes to check before you can reply.

“The enquiry nobody saw is the guest who booked next door.”
Boost360 hotel and MSME research, 2026 · all figures in this section

See it in action

See how Boost360 is helping hotels like yours.

A short tour of the website, the booking engine and the one inbox, from a guest's first message to a booking with no commission.

  • Your own booking website, live the same day
  • Every enquiry, from every channel, in one inbox
  • Direct bookings at 0% commission
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Every enquiry

Enquiries from all channels. One login.

Google, Facebook, Instagram, your website, the phone, your OTA listings and the guest at the front desk all land on one enquiry board, oldest unanswered first. The guest who asked at 9 pm gets an answer before they book somewhere else.

  • Google Business Profile

    Calls, messages and direction requests from your listing

  • Facebook

    Page messages and comments on a post

  • Instagram

    DMs, and replies to a story or a reel

  • Your website

    The enquiry form, the room pages and the Book now button

  • OTA listings

    Guest messages and booking requests from

    ExpediaBooking.comAgoda
  • Phone, the tracked number

    Every call, answered or missed, with the page it came from

  • Walk-ins and the rest

    WhatsApp, a guest at the front desk, an email to reservations

The enquiry board: open enquiries by stage, the overdue follow-ups and where every enquiry came from.

OTA commission calculator

What the travel sites take from you each year.

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Enter your average selling rate per night
60%
50%
18%
Most OTAs charge 15 to 25% per booking.

Commission paid to OTAs, per year Estimate

₹15,76,406

About ₹1,31,367 a month, or ₹360 on every room night sold.

OTA commission₹15.8L
Boost360 Direct, a year₹49,999

Every booking that comes direct carries 0% commission. With Boost360, that money stays with your hotel.

Estimate: rooms × 365 × occupancy × average rate × OTA share × commission. Direct bookings pay only payment-gateway charges. Plan prices exclude applicable taxes.

See it for your hotel

Built for every kind of stay

Customized for your hospitality business category.

Hotels, villas, Airbnb rentals, resorts, B&Bs, guesthouses, homestays, serviced apartments and hostels. Pick yours to see how Boost360 fits it.

Hotel

City, business and boutique hotels

Sell every room type from your own website, keep Expedia and Booking.com in step, and run the front desk on the same login.

  • Booking engine with rate plans, offers and promo codes
  • Channel manager for your OTAs, so a room is never sold twice
  • Front desk, housekeeping and tax invoices from Operate
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OTA commissions, explained

What OTA commission really costs a hotel.

Online travel agencies bring guests, and they keep a share of every room night they sell. Here is how the commission works, what it adds up to, and how hotels keep more of it.

How OTA commission works

An online travel agency (OTA) such as Booking.com, Expedia, Agoda, Airbnb or Hotels.com lists your rooms, takes the booking and keeps a percentage of the room revenue as commission. Across the industry that share is typically 15 to 25%, and the exact rate depends on the OTA, your market, your contract and whether you pay extra for promoted placement.

The commission is deducted before the OTA pays you, or invoiced to you after the guest pays at the hotel. Either way it rarely appears as one line you look at every month, which is why most owners underestimate it.

Example. A $200 room night sold at 18% commission: $36 goes to the OTA, $164 reaches your hotel, before payment charges. Sell that room 200 nights a year through OTAs and the commission alone is $7,200.

Booking through an OTA vs on your own website

On each bookingThrough an OTADirect on your site
Commission15 to 25% of room revenue0%. Payment-gateway charges only.
Who sets the rateYou, within the OTA's rules and any parity clause in your contractYou. A direct-only rate, perks or a member price are yours to decide.
Guest relationshipThe OTA holds the booking; guest contact details are often maskedThe guest books with you. Their email and phone are yours for this stay and the next.
PaymentCollected by the OTA and paid out on their cycle, or paid at the hotelPaid into your own payment account at the time of booking.
Cancellation termsThe OTA's policy appliesYour policy applies.
Extras and upsellsLimited to what the OTA offersBreakfast, transfers, late check-out, added at booking.
Who the guest seesEvery hotel on the results pageOnly your rooms.

Terms vary by OTA, country and contract. Check your agreement for your exact commission and parity terms.

Commission on one booking, by room rate

Room rate per nightAt 15%At 18%At 25%
$100$15$18$25
$150$22.50$27$37.50
$250$37.50$45$62.50
$400$60$72$100
$800$120$144$200

Commission is normally calculated on the booking value the OTA sells. Multiply by your OTA room nights to see the yearly figure, or use the calculator above.

A year of OTA commission, by hotel size

HotelOTA commission a yearBoost360 plan a year
10 rooms$29,368Direct, ₹49,999
20 rooms$58,736Direct, ₹49,999
40 rooms$117,472Operate, ₹74,999
100 rooms$293,679Operate Plus, ₹99,999

Assumes $149 average rate, 60% occupancy, half of bookings through OTAs at 18% commission. Your figures will differ; the calculator uses your own numbers. Plan prices exclude applicable taxes.

Every booking you move from an OTA to your own website keeps its commission in the hotel. The plan is a fixed yearly price, so the saving grows with every direct booking.

Hotel distribution terms, in plain words

OTA
Online travel agency. A marketplace such as Booking.com, Expedia, Agoda, Airbnb or Hotels.com that sells your rooms for a commission.
Commission
The OTA's share of the room revenue on each booking it sells, typically 15 to 25%.
Direct booking
A booking made on your own website, by phone or by message, with no OTA in between and no commission.
Booking engine
The software on your website that shows live availability and rates, takes payment and confirms the room.
Channel manager
Software that pushes one set of rates and availability to every OTA and your website, and brings their bookings back to one calendar so a room is never sold twice.
Rate parity
A contract term some OTAs use that asks you not to publish a lower public rate elsewhere. Terms and enforcement vary by OTA and country.
ADR
Average daily rate: room revenue divided by rooms sold.
Occupancy
Rooms sold divided by rooms available, over a period.
RevPAR
Revenue per available room: ADR multiplied by occupancy. The one number that combines rate and fill.
Net rate
What reaches the hotel after commission and charges on a booking.
Billboard effect
The idea that being listed on an OTA also brings guests who then book direct. Your booking-source report shows whether it happens for your hotel.
Direct booking share
The percentage of your bookings that come without commission. Boost360 shows it on the owner dashboard.

Questions hotels ask about OTA commission

How much commission do OTAs charge hotels?

Typically 15 to 25% of the booking value. The rate depends on the OTA, your market and your contract, and promoted placement or visibility programmes can add to it. Your contract and your payout statements show your exact rate.

Should a hotel stop using OTAs?

No. OTAs reach guests you would not otherwise meet. The goal is to make booking direct the cheapest and easiest option, so a larger share of bookings arrives without commission. Boost360's channel manager keeps your OTA listings in sync while your own website takes the direct bookings.

How do hotels get more direct bookings?

A website of your own with a booking engine, a reason to book direct such as a small saving, breakfast or flexible cancellation, a Google listing that stays current, enquiries answered quickly on WhatsApp and the phone, and missed calls followed up. Boost360 covers each of these from one login.

Does rate parity stop me offering a lower direct rate?

Parity terms vary by OTA and country, so read your agreement. Many hotels add value direct rather than cutting the public rate: breakfast, a late check-out, an upgrade when available, or a member rate for returning guests.

Is commission charged on the room rate or the whole booking?

Usually on the booking value the OTA sells. How taxes, extras and pay-at-hotel bookings are treated differs between OTAs, so check your contract and compare it with a payout statement.

Does Boost360 charge commission on bookings?

No. Plans are a fixed yearly price. Guests pay into your own payment account, so you pay only the payment gateway's charges on direct bookings.

How do I work out what I pay OTAs today?

Rooms × 365 × occupancy × average rate × share of bookings through OTAs × commission rate. The calculator on this page does the arithmetic with your own numbers and compares it with a Boost360 plan.

The product

Get bookings. Then grow.

Nine modules on one login, built for hotels, homestays and resorts anywhere. Start with the website and booking engine; switch the rest on when you are ready.

Get bookings

Website & booking engine

Your own website, built from your property record. Live availability, rate plans, offers and promo codes, with payments into your own payment account.

yourhotel.boost360.live/rooms
Studio King28 m² · King bed
$189per night
Family RoomSleeps 4+2
$169per night
Sea-view SuiteButler service
$649per night
Promo code appliedPaid into your account

Get bookings

Direct bookings, 0% commission

Your rate, your terms, your guest. Guests pay into your own payment account; only payment-gateway charges apply.

Booked direct $298
Commission
$0
Paid by
Card
Paid into
Your own account
Guest record
Yours
Same room via an OTA 15–25%
Commission
to the OTA
Rate and terms
Theirs
Guest contact
Theirs

Get bookings

Every enquiry, one inbox

One inbox for WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, Google, your website, the phone and your Expedia, Booking.com and Agoda messages. Oldest unanswered first, so nobody waits longest by accident.

  • Sofia Martinez

    Reception for 220, price per plate?

  • Emma Walsh

    Is the rooftop open on New Year's Eve?

  • Daniel Brooks

    Two nights, garden side. Late check-out?

WhatsApp

Two nights, garden side. Late check-out?Daniel Brooks · 2m

Reply to Daniel…Send

Get bookings

Channel manager

One inventory, sold once wherever it sells. Rates and availability go out to the OTAs and your website; their bookings come back to the same board. A room is never sold twice.

  • Included from Operate
  • Add-on on Direct
Deluxe Room · one inventory · Wed 30 Sep
ChannelRateOpenStatus
Your website$1494Live
Hotels.com$1694Synced
Booking.com$1694Synced
Agoda$1694Synced
Airbnb$1694Synced
Expedia$1694Synced
Close a room once and it closes everywhere.Direct rate $20 lower

Grow

Get found: SEO, AEO and GEO

Your Google Business Profile kept current, with pages and hotel data that search engines, answer engines and AI assistants can read.

  • SEO: rank on Google Search and Maps
  • AEO: answers for voice and answer engines
  • GEO: get cited by ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity

Hotel Laurel

Hotel · Austin, TexasOptimised for SEO, AEO and GEO
Listing views2,840+12%
Calls from listing14+4
Direction requests63+9%
Messages7on your listing

Grow

Social: post once, publish everywhere

Google Business Profile, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and X from one post. Boost360 can draft it; you approve.

A good night's sleep, ten minutes from downtown. Book direct on our website and save $20 vs travel sites.

Drafted by Boost360 · waiting for you

Google Business Profile
Facebook
Instagram
WhatsApp
X
EditApprove

Grow

Calls: no missed guest

A virtual number with IVR routes the caller to the right desk, and every missed call becomes a callback.

Your virtual number · IVR
  • 1Rooms
  • 2Dining
  • 3Banquets
Missed call ·

+1 512 555 0187 · from Google listing

Called back ·

Booked 2 nights, Deluxe.

Grow

Ask RIA

Ask your hotel a question in plain English and get the answer from your own bookings.

How many bookings came direct this week?

29 of 46, or 63%. Your website and phone brought most of them. Booking.com sent 11.

Direct 29OTA 17
Ask about your hotel…

Grow

Compliance, from the guest record

Guest registration, compliance reports and tax invoices come straight from the guest record. From the Operate plan.

Guest registrationForeign national · from the guest register
Filed
Compliance reportNightly, from the same records
Sent 11 pm
Tax invoiceRight slab for the room rate
SAC 996311

Run your hotel · from Operate

The front desk is on the same login.

The bookings your website brings in land straight on the front desk. Rooms, bills, staff and the paperwork that keeps a hotel legal, in one place.

  • Front desk
  • Housekeeping & laundry
  • Guest registration & compliance
  • Guest bills & tax invoices
  • Payments desk
  • Restaurant & room service
  • Spa
  • Banquets & events
  • Occupancy, ADR, RevPAR
See the Operate plan

Getting started

Your website, in about five minutes.

We build the first version from your hotel's Google listing. Nothing is published until you say so.

  1. Search your hotel

    We look in Google Business Profile, Maps and your current website.

  2. Confirm it is yours

    Nothing is published yet.

  3. Check what we found

    Hours, photos, rooms and contact details, each with its source. Add your rates.

  4. Publish

    Live on a boost360.live address. Point your own domain whenever you like.

You type only your rates.

Create your website

Templates

A website that looks like your hotel.

Pick one and your rooms, rates and photos fill it. Change it later and nothing is lost.

  • 3–4 star city hotel
  • Business hotel
  • 5-star, Art Deco
  • 4-star modernist
  • 3-star, Hindi and English
  • Beach resort
  • Forest retreat
  • Sky-high luxury

Pricing

A fixed yearly price. We never take a commission.

The website and booking engine are in every plan. From ₹4,167 a month billed yearly.

How many rooms do you have?
Billing
Up to 20 roomsFits your hotel

Direct

₹49,999a year, taxes extra₹4,167 a month

Homestays, B&Bs, villas and small hotels that want direct bookings.

  • Website, booking engine and payments
  • Guest booking page: pay, add extras, cancel
  • 300 guest messages a month
  • Occupancy calendar and hotel reports
  • Channel manager as an add-on
  • 3 staff logins

Setup (GoLive Assist) ₹7,999 one time.

Get started
Most hotels chooseFits your hotel

Operate · up to 40 rooms

₹74,999a year, taxes extra₹6,250 a month

Budget, business and boutique hotels that want one system for everything.

  • Everything in Direct
  • Channel manager included
  • Front desk, housekeeping and laundry
  • Guest registration, compliance reports, tax invoices
  • 1 restaurant, spa and banquets
  • 15 staff logins, setup included
Get started
Up to 100 roomsFits your hotel

Operate Plus

₹99,999a year, taxes extra₹8,333 a month

Resorts and full-service hotels with several outlets, a spa and events.

  • Everything in Operate
  • Unlimited restaurants and outlets
  • 3,000 guest messages a month
  • 1,000 Ask RIA questions a month
  • 40 staff logins
  • Priority support and onboarding
Get started
0% commission on direct bookings, on every plan.Prices are yearly and exclude applicable taxes.2-year plans save about 20%.

FAQ

Questions hoteliers ask us first.

Anything else, ask on the demo call. We will answer it with your own hotel on screen.

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Do I have to move everything across on day one?

No. Most hotels start with the website and booking engine because that brings bookings in straight away. The front desk, restaurant, spa and banquets can follow a month later. Sections you have not set up are simply left off your website.

What happens to my Expedia and Booking.com bookings?

The channel manager sends your rates and availability to the OTAs, and their bookings land on the same board as your direct ones. Close a room once and it closes everywhere, so it is never sold twice. It is included from Operate and available as an add-on on Direct.

Do you take a commission on bookings?

No. Guests pay into your own payment account, so you pay only the payment gateway's charges. Plans are a fixed yearly price.

Is the website extra? Can I use my own domain?

The website, hosting, SSL and booking engine are in every plan. You go live on a boost360.live address and can point your own domain at it whenever you like.

Does it handle taxes, guest registration and compliance reports?

Yes, from the Operate plan. Tax invoices use the right rate for each room, guest registration is filled from the guest register, and local compliance reports are ready from the same records.

How long does setup take?

A first version of your website can be live in about five minutes from your Google listing. Operate and above include GoLive Assist, where our team sets up your rooms, rates and modules with you. On Direct it is ₹7,999 one time.

Who owns the data?

You do. Your guests, bookings and content belong to your hotel, and you can export them at any time.

Free demo

See your own hotel on Boost360.

Tell us the hotel name. We load your rooms and a first draft of your website before the call, so you look at your hotel, not a demo one.

  • Twenty minutes, on your phone or laptop
  • A clear price for your number of rooms
  • No card, no commitment

We call back the same working day. We use your number only for this demo.