The top four user experience KPIs that travel brands should be tracking

How to measure UX of travel websites: it’s a perennial problem for the marketers that work for these brands. I’ve talked to so many travel marketers who are still in […]

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10 Secrets of Luxury Hotel Websites (Part 1)

Unique amenities, exclusive experiences and personalized service used to be the proprietary domain of a luxury hotel … but now these offerings have become mainstream in any hotel from midscale […]

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Airlines presented with in-flight ancillary opportunities via Wi-Fi rollout

2017 may only be a few weeks old but for a number of carriers, particularly those in Europe, it is shaping up to be a landmark year. While in-flight Wi-Fi […]

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Collaboration needed for revenue management in 2017

The importance of converting and targeting guests might sound like yearly calls to arms, but those tasks require a greater the level of complexity in 2017. Hoteliers need to take […]

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Get more Direct Bookings with a Winning (Hotel) Personality

Time to adjust a few things in your hotel marketing to stand out in 2017! Want to attract new business and get more direct bookings? Make sure the online presentation […]

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Talking data with Hilton: Jonathon Wardman, Vice President CRM

This week in Talking Data, Travel Data Daily spoke with Jonathon Wardman, Vice President CRM at Hilton about hotel guest data, how Hilton is leveraging the use of data, and the […]

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US hoteliers keep eye on dip in bookings from Europe

U.S. hoteliers have reported seeing a decline in bookings from European travelers heading into 2017 and are looking to explain what has caused the drop. Possible factors include economic uncertainty […]

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Thanks Airbnb! Homestay is now part of the establishment

Airbnb might be coming under growing pressure in major cities but the market for vacation rentals and homestays is anything but dead. Airbnb founder Brian Chesky may not like references […]

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Leveraging Customer Intelligence and Data Analytics to Drive ROI

Six Tips for a Data Driven 2017

NB: This is an article by Kelly McGuire, PhD. As we approach a year that will very likely be marked with more uncertainty, increased competition from all directions and even […]

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Hotels and Airlines Personalize and ‘Premium-ize’ Loyalty Rewards

After the November 2016 merger of SapientNitro and Razorfish to form SapientRazorfish, eMarketer’s David Green spoke with Seton Vermaak, the digital agency’s head of strategy in Hong Kong, about driving […]

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