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Millienials Are Choosing OTAs – How Can Reviews Change Their Mind?

It has become pretty clear by now that millennial travelers are here to stay. Sure, Gen Z is quickly catching up, but millennials are still leading the race and hospitality […]

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Booking.com experiments with star ratings to test price sensitivity

An August 4 article in the popular UK site MoneySavingExpert.com revealed that Booking.com recently ran an experiment with Morgans Hotel Group to see how star ratings impact bookings. During the […]

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New Mobile User Experience on Google Hotel Ads

This morning we began to see a new Google Hotel Ads mobile user experience being tested. The user interface has a new sliding scale for price selection above the filters […]

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Why the guest booking journey begins at choosing a destination

The guest booking journey can often be a long one, with a nonlinear approach taken by most travellers. However, in part one of our guest booking journey series, we discovered […]

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The war is over, and the OTAs have won

It’s been more than a year since several major hotel brand companies introduced campaigns to prod consumers to join its loyalty programs in exchange for discounted room rates when they […]

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18 Tips To Boost Hotel Bookings And Get More Revenue

Understanding what influences guests to book, and most importantly book direct at your hotel, is the key to replicating that success. NB: This is an article from NetAffinity Tricks of […]

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Mobile Bookings Are Up. Are Yours Growing as Quickly?

Everybody is talking about the rise of mobile bookings. In fact, a study by eMarketer estimates that by 2021, half of all digital travel sales will be made from smartphones or tablets. […]

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TripAdvisor Instant Booking: Dead or Alive?

Analysts are divided about whether TripAdvisor is de-emphasizing its Instant Booking initiative, and while the company asserts that Instant Booking remains supported and available, it also acknowledged recently that growth […]

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Optimize Your Hotel’s Facebook Page to Drive More Direct Bookings

Facebook continues to dominate as the world’s largest social network. In June 2017, Mark Zuckerberg announced that the Facebook community had reached 2 billion users! User engagement is also growing. The […]

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Are all hotel booking engines made equal?

For many hotels, choosing the right booking engine often comes down to price. Rather than investing in the best product, the CRS vendor offering the cheapest deal can seem like […]

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