6 Secrets of Successful Email Marketing for Hotels
If you’re not using email to market your hotel, start today. Start yesterday! It’s 6 times more effective than social media, and it’s your most direct (digital) line to your […]
This Is How Hotels Could Win the Direct Booking Wars
Can hotels win the direct booking wars? Or are the online travel agencies (OTAs) like Booking.com and Expedia just too big to fail? Those are two questions no doubt weighing […]
Weighing up Social Media Marketing vs Email Marketing
It’s no secret that social media is creating quite a buzz in the marketing world as people move to leverage social sharing, personal recommendations and the bump in search engine […]
Buying Your Way to the Top of Online Travel Agencies
Ranking on the first page of Google’s results has become an increasingly difficult task over the last few years. With competitor sites, third party vendors, and algorithms to worry about […]
IHG Rewards shifting growth to direct from OTAs
InterContinental Hotel Group‘s half-yearly results have a couple of asides around its tech and digital performance among the details around signings and pipelines, currency fluctuations and medium-term per annum capex […]
Inspire true hotel loyalty by making your programme stand out
A recent survey commissioned by Choice Hotels International showed that almost two-thirds (61%) of travellers find loyalty programmes and points do impact their choice of vacation spots. Knowing that loyalty […]
Independents’ day; chain hotels losing appeal
Reading the industry press over the past couple of months, I could not help but notice all the upheaval and the mergers and acquisitions activity at the big hotels chains. […]
5 Email Marketing Personalization Tips to Implement Now
Where a one-size-fits-all approach to email marketing might have worked in the past, today effective email marketing requires personalization. With the volume of email that your audience receives, traditional batch-and-blast […]
Where Will Social Media Users Go in 2017?
As social media networks continue to evolve at a breakneck speed, so does the demographic of users on the respective platforms. We looked at the data and pulled together current […]
Excited about new map ads from Google? You should be!
As an avid Google Maps user on both a personal and business level, I’ve often wished for a more interactive and all-inclusive experience. For instance, wouldn’t it be great to […]