Booking.com and Airbnb take 15–20% of every reservation, and most small hotels still run arrivals from a notebook. Ali-E gives you a direct-booking site of your own plus the front desk to work it: live room availability, check-in and check-out in a tap, and every extra charge landing on the guest folio.
One direct booking pays for the subscription — after that you simply stop paying aggregators.
No. The direct-booking page comes with the hotel edition, and reservations made through it carry no commission.
Yes, and you can simply ask the AI — “which rooms are free this weekend” returns the list without opening a calendar.
That is exactly who it is built for. There is no per-room minimum and no setup project.