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Why Are Reviews And Ratings Important For Hotel Metasearch?

In the competitive hotel metasearch landscape, reviews and ratings are more than just numbers, they are powerful tools that influence your online visibility

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Has Google Gemini Just Made Metasearch More Important?

Google has started to integrate hotel ads into the results delivered by its Gemini AI, potentially making metasearch an even more vital marketing channel

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person on a laptop with credit card possibly making direct booking on a hotel website reflecting importance of balancing rate optimization with perceived value as guests still demonstrate rate consciousness

Guests More Rate Conscious, Shorter Booking Windows Normal

Inflation may be easing, but budget awareness hasn’t gone away. Tariff turbulence continues to weigh heavily. Balance rate optimization with perceived value

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money burning reflecting the budget paradox and asks why hotels have a limited budget for their direct channel but unlimited for indirect

Budget Paradox: Why Cap Direct But Leave Indirect Unlimited?

While the direct channel, which is more profitable, has a cap on investment regardless of performance, the indirect channel enjoys an unlimited budget

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article image of discussion with Javier Delgado Muerza of mirai looking at the DMA Fallout and Why Hotel Direct Bookings Are at Risk

DMA Fallout: Why Hotel Direct Bookings Are at Risk

We talk with Javier Delgado Muerza of mirai and hear the latest updates following the investigation into Google’s compliance with Article 6.5 of the DMA

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How to Use AI Agents at Your Hotel

As we move deeper into the era of AI-first strategies, the hospitality sector is discovering that AI agents are far more than automation tools

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How to Strengthen Your Hotel Landing Pages

We explore the top five most frequent questions about landing pages, and share insights that will help boost conversions, direct bookings and grow revenue

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The Power of Hotel Remarketing: Bringing Guests Back to Book

A remarketing plan helps you connect with those interested guests and bring them back, transforming those “almost bookings” intoreservations and revenue

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Three Steps to Encourage Guests and Increase Direct Booking

While balanced distribution across OTA, GDS, metasearch, and direct channels is key to your property’s visibility and profitability, a direct booking is the most valuable. As of 2024, direct website […]

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Metasearch Meets AI: Hotel Listings Now Live in Gemini

Metasearch ads, which previously lived outside these results, are now embedded in them, giving marketers a new way to reach audiences at the top of the page

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