The hotel chains have expanded in a number of other ways.

旅馆连锁还通过其它一些方式得到扩展。

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Thus the hotel chains will in most cases continue earning their franchise and management fees.

在大多数情况下，宾馆还会继续收取它们的特许经营和管理费。

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For most hotel chains, electronic distribution continues to drive the growth.

对于多数酒店连锁而言，电子分销继续推动着市场增长。

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Customers were able to feel special, cared-for and cooler than those frumpy tourists and business drones at the hotel chains.

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Since the hotel chains can sell more hotel stays themselves and rely less on OTAs to fill up spare inventory, fewer hotel nights are available for bookings through online travel agencies.

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