booking
How to drive direct booking on your hotel website?
Any hotelier with his own hotel website would obviously wish that his site would be one of the most sought after. He would also want his website to rake in […]
What Booking.com’s marketing budget shift means for hotels
The Priceline Group recently announced that they intend to shift marketing strategy away from performance-based advertising for one of their key brands, Booking.com, with an intended 55% increase in TV […]
Private channel airline distribution deals spark concerns
Under a new arrangement that IAG has negotiated with Amadeus and Sabre, selected companies aren’t subject to the $10 per one-way GDS surcharge that the IAG airline British Airways and […]
5 Simple Marketing Psychology Hacks To Increase Direct Booking
Reducing friction in the booking process can happen one of two ways. Either you remove the roadblocks and make the booking process more streamlined, or you apply forward pressure through […]
5 Marketing Psychology Hacks To Increase Direct Bookings
Let’s talk a little marketing psychology. It is important for marketers in any industry to have a solid understanding of how our customers think, feel, and act. For hoteliers and […]
Hotel Direct Booking Pushes Are Working. What Next?
Everyone in hospitality has an opinion about 2016’s direct booking campaigns. Some hailed them as a long-overdue blow against aggressive intermediaries; others voiced concern that discounting tactics would put long-term […]
Taping into the corporate market doesn’t have to be a business minefield
Taping into the corporate market doesn’t have to be a business minefield; learn how to grab the attention of this lucrative audience and get the edge over your competitors. Every […]
Too many options can lead to paralysis in the booking process
Giving a customer too many options can lead to procrastination and even paralysis in the booking process. Airlines boast of new travel options: customer choice is at an unprecedented level! […]
Top 4 Tips to increase your hotel direct bookings
The hotel direct booking war is on. And, hotel owners are in no mood to take a step behind. While it’s important to increase a hotel’s direct bookings, every hotelier […]
The Hotel Industry’s Big Bet On Personalized Loyalty
Each time I visit our San Francisco office, not only do I have a favorite hotel that I stay in, but I have a specific junior suite at that hotel […]