Service with a smile ;): The Billion Dollar “Leakage” Continues to Drain th...

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Service with a smile ;): The Billion Dollar “Leakage” Continues to Drain th...: Book Direct to Support Local Tourism Revenue "leaked" from the hotel industry to the OTAs in the form of abnormally high merc...

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