Over 60% of booking traffic comes from mobile devices. If your booking engine takes more than 3 seconds to load, the customer will go back to the OTA. Speed equals profitability. The rise of direct hotel bookings is no longer a passing trend in hospitality. It has become a structural shift in the digital conversion funnel, with clear commercial, operational, and financial consequences for hotel owners, executive committees, and asset managers. Travelers still use online trave