Searches

What is a market search?

A market search — or Location Search — is a fully configurable query that tells Veetal exactly how you want to analyze a hotel market. It's not just "which city" but "under what conditions": how many nights, how many guests, what type of accommodation, what meal plan, what minimum review score.

Based on your search configuration, Veetal runs periodic data extractions from Booking.com, delivering structured hotel prices and availability for your target market — automatically and continuously.

How businesses use market searches

Revenue management teams configure multiple searches per destination to analyze market pricing across different segments — for example, one search for 4–5 star hotels with 2 guests / 2 nights, and another for budget hotels with 1 guest / 1 night. This segmented view reveals pricing dynamics that a single search would miss.

Hotel chains use market searches to monitor what their competitive set charges under specific booking conditions — matching their own guest profiles and length of stay.

OTAs and metasearch platforms use search data to track how Booking.com prices move across destinations, property types, and occupancy configurations.

BI developers build dynamic market dashboards that let end users configure their own search parameters and visualize pricing trends by segment.

What parameters can you configure?

Each market search supports the following filters:

• Number of nights (1–6): match your typical booking window
• Number of adults (1–6): segment by solo travelers, couples, or groups
• Meal plan: any, breakfast included, half board, all inclusive
• Star rating: filter by hotel category (1–5 stars)
• Property type: hotel, apartment, resort, rural house
• Maximum distance to center: focus on central or peripheral supply
• Minimum review score: only include well-rated properties
• Free cancellation filter: track flexible vs. non-refundable pricing

Why multiple searches per destination matter

A single search gives you one view of the market. Multiple searches give you segmented intelligence. For example, for Barcelona you could run:

• Business segment: 1 adult, 1 night, 4–5 stars, breakfast included, city center
• Leisure segment: 2 adults, 3 nights, any property type, free cancellation
• Budget segment: 1 adult, 1 night, 1–3 stars, any meal plan

Each search returns different pricing data, revealing how the market behaves for each traveler profile.

Frequently asked questions

What is a Location Search in Veetal? A Location Search is a parametric market query that defines exactly how you want to analyze hotel supply in a destination — including occupancy, length of stay, property type, star rating, meal plan, and more. Veetal uses this configuration to extract structured pricing data from Booking.com automatically.

How many searches can I configure per destination? You can create multiple searches per city, each with different parameters. This allows segmented market analysis — for example, tracking budget hotels separately from luxury properties in the same destination.

How often is search data updated? Search data is extracted periodically based on your configuration, ensuring you always have current market pricing for your target segments.

What data does a market search return? Each search returns structured hotel prices and availability from Booking.com, filtered by your configured parameters — giving you a precise view of market supply and pricing for your specific segment.