{"id":6596,"date":"2025-03-20T09:21:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T09:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/123compare.me\/?p=6596"},"modified":"2025-11-19T09:53:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T09:53:15","slug":"hotels-world-parity-monitor-february-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/123compare.me\/en\/hotels-world-parity-monitor-february-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"WPR | February 2025: Expedia reduces it lose rate, and Booking maintains its more aggressive pricing strategy."},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; overflow=&#8221;visible&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; column_element_direction_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; column_element_spacing=&#8221;default&#8221; desktop_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_backdrop_filter=&#8221;none&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; column_position=&#8221;default&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;default&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; border_type=&#8221;simple&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At <\/span><b>123Compare.me,<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">we published February\u2019s <\/span><b>World Parity Monitor <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">results, our monthly report tracking global hotel price parity evolution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We conduct this analysis using the <\/span><b>\u201cBeat &#8211; Meet &#8211; Lose\u201d KPI<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which compares direct hotel prices against OTA and Meta offers.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][nectar_highlighted_text color_type=&#8221;regular&#8221; style=&#8221;full_text&#8221; highlight_expansion=&#8221;default&#8221;]\n<h2>February 2025 Summary<\/h2>\n[\/nectar_highlighted_text][vc_column_text]\n<ul>\n<li><b>Expedia Group<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sees a decline in its lose rate compared to January 2025, positioning two points lower than in February 2024.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Booking Holdings<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">maintains its January 2025 lose rate across all platforms.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Metasearch<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> engines report a 4-point increase in lose rate from January 2025 and a 10-point increase from February 2024, reducing the beat rate.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][nectar_highlighted_text color_type=&#8221;regular&#8221; style=&#8221;full_text&#8221; highlight_expansion=&#8221;default&#8221;]\n<h2>1. Average Beat Meet Lose (BML) Rate<\/h2>\n[\/nectar_highlighted_text][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">February shows an increase in price integrity, with the meet rate rising by 2 points at the expense of beat and lose.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the likelihood of a hotel offering lower prices than an OTA remains the highest at 45% (-1 point) <\/span><b>(Graphs 1 and 2).<\/b>[\/vc_column_text][image_with_animation image_url=&#8221;6551&#8243; image_size=&#8221;full&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;entrance&#8221; animation=&#8221;None&#8221; animation_movement_type=&#8221;transform_y&#8221; hover_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; alignment=&#8221;&#8221; border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; box_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; image_loading=&#8221;default&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width_mobile=&#8221;default&#8221;][image_with_animation image_url=&#8221;6610&#8243; image_size=&#8221;full&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;entrance&#8221; animation=&#8221;None&#8221; animation_movement_type=&#8221;transform_y&#8221; hover_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; alignment=&#8221;&#8221; border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; box_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; image_loading=&#8221;default&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width_mobile=&#8221;default&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As we\u2019ve noted before, the direct channel\u2019s average BML results in a much higher loss rate when compared to the best OTA offer. In February 2025, this loss rate reached 78% when comparing only against the best of 20 available offers <\/span><b>(Graph 3).<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][image_with_animation image_url=&#8221;6559&#8243; image_size=&#8221;full&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;entrance&#8221; animation=&#8221;None&#8221; animation_movement_type=&#8221;transform_y&#8221; hover_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; alignment=&#8221;&#8221; border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; box_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; image_loading=&#8221;default&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width_mobile=&#8221;default&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In other words, 4 out of 5 times, an OTA offers a price that breaks parity (a trend that has intensified recently) <\/span><b>(Graph 4).<\/b>[\/vc_column_text][image_with_animation image_url=&#8221;6613&#8243; image_size=&#8221;full&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;entrance&#8221; animation=&#8221;None&#8221; animation_movement_type=&#8221;transform_y&#8221; hover_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; alignment=&#8221;&#8221; border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; box_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; image_loading=&#8221;default&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width_mobile=&#8221;default&#8221;][nectar_highlighted_text color_type=&#8221;regular&#8221; style=&#8221;full_text&#8221; highlight_expansion=&#8221;default&#8221;]\n<h2><b>2. Channel Typology<\/b><\/h2>\n[\/nectar_highlighted_text][vc_column_text]\n<h3>2.1. Major OTAs, Other OTAs, and Metasearch Engines<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To analyze different OTAs, we classify them into three groups:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Major OTAs:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Includes OTAs from the Booking and Expedia groups.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Other OTAs:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OTAs not belonging to Booking or Expedia.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Metasearch Engines.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This analysis shows a slight lose rate decline for major OTAs (-1) and other OTAs (-3), reaching 22% and 32%, respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Metasearch prices logically show the highest lose rate, as they highlight the \u2018best price\u2019 among listed OTAs. In February, the average lose rate reached 44%, which is 4 points higher than in January <\/span><b>(Graph 5).\u00a0<\/b>[\/vc_column_text][image_with_animation image_url=&#8221;6567&#8243; image_size=&#8221;full&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;entrance&#8221; animation=&#8221;None&#8221; animation_movement_type=&#8221;transform_y&#8221; hover_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; alignment=&#8221;&#8221; border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; box_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; image_loading=&#8221;default&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width_mobile=&#8221;default&#8221;][nectar_highlighted_text color_type=&#8221;regular&#8221; style=&#8221;full_text&#8221; highlight_expansion=&#8221;default&#8221;]\n<h3>2.2. Booking Group vs Expedia Group<\/h3>\n[\/nectar_highlighted_text][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lose rate analysis in relation to aggressive pricing strategies by major OTAs shows a downward trend on <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Expedia Group<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">platforms. Meanwhile, <\/span><b>Booking Group\u2019s<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lose rate remains unchanged from January.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over time, the gap between both groups not only persists but continues to widen. the difference has grown from an initial 7-point lower lose rate to 11 points less for Expedia Group <\/span><b>(Graph 6).<\/b>[\/vc_column_text][image_with_animation image_url=&#8221;6571&#8243; image_size=&#8221;full&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;entrance&#8221; animation=&#8221;None&#8221; animation_movement_type=&#8221;transform_y&#8221; hover_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; alignment=&#8221;&#8221; border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; box_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; image_loading=&#8221;default&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width_mobile=&#8221;default&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Within <\/span><b>Booking Group<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Agoda and Priceline follow a more aggressive pricing strategy, showing the highest lose rates at 34% and 27%, respectively. Meanwhile, Booking.com registers 19% in February, positioning Booking Group as the most aggressive in pricing among major OTAs <\/span><b>(Graph 7).<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][image_with_animation image_url=&#8221;6575&#8243; image_size=&#8221;full&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;entrance&#8221; animation=&#8221;None&#8221; animation_movement_type=&#8221;transform_y&#8221; hover_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; alignment=&#8221;&#8221; border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; box_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; image_loading=&#8221;default&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width_mobile=&#8221;default&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<ul>\n<li><b>Expedia Group<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sees a significant decline in lose rate: Hotels at 14% (-3) and Expedia at 15% (-2). Notably, all brands within this group follow a similar pricing competition strategy <\/span><b>(Graph 8).<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][image_with_animation image_url=&#8221;6579&#8243; image_size=&#8221;full&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;entrance&#8221; animation=&#8221;None&#8221; animation_movement_type=&#8221;transform_y&#8221; hover_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; alignment=&#8221;&#8221; border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; box_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; image_loading=&#8221;default&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width_mobile=&#8221;default&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Examining the lose rate trends of major groups <\/span><b>Booking<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Expedia Group<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the gap between them narrows.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As noted earlier, Booking Group\u2019s most aggressive pricing is seen in Agoda and Priceline. However, comparing <\/span><b>Expedia<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Booking.com<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">directly, Expedia offers a better price than the direct website only 15% of the time, while Booking.com remains around 19% <\/span><b>(Graphs 9 and 10).<\/b>[\/vc_column_text][image_with_animation image_url=&#8221;6583&#8243; image_size=&#8221;full&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;entrance&#8221; animation=&#8221;None&#8221; animation_movement_type=&#8221;transform_y&#8221; hover_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; alignment=&#8221;&#8221; border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; box_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; image_loading=&#8221;default&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width_mobile=&#8221;default&#8221;][image_with_animation image_url=&#8221;6587&#8243; image_size=&#8221;full&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;entrance&#8221; animation=&#8221;None&#8221; animation_movement_type=&#8221;transform_y&#8221; hover_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; alignment=&#8221;&#8221; border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; box_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; image_loading=&#8221;default&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width_mobile=&#8221;default&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We understand that <\/span><b>Expedia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> may have adjusted price to respond to market pressure. 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