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5 Simple Steps to Boosting Your Website Conversion Rate

NB: This is an article from eMarketing Do you find your website generating a large volume of traffic but not yielding enough conversions? This is one of the greatest challenges […]

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How Expedia converts visitors into customers: Part two

A few weeks ago eConsultancy published the first half of my in-depth look at how Expedia converts visitors into customers. Part one looked at traffic from organic search and direct […]

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How to use Google’s ‘micro-moments’ during your booking process

Google recently revealed research that identifies how travellers experience ‘micro-moments’ online. These micro-moments are defined as a moment in time when a searcher relies on their smartphone or tablet device to […]

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3 Ways to Recoup Revenue Lost to OTAs at Booking

OTAs have become somewhat like your worst best friend. While the exposure properties gain from OTAs is undeniable, many hoteliers are asking themselves if the pleasure is worth the pain. […]

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How Nustay is using big data to deliver a heavenly hotel match

One of the key trends of 2016 will be the growth in data-driven product development and a new start up is carving a niche in this space, writes Andrew Hennigan […]

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Your Hotel’s Restaurant can Drive more Direct Bookings and Revenue

I recently spoke to a group of hoteliers at a digital marketing event in London and shared a number of best practices for driving more direct bookings through one’s vanity […]

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Hotel Direct Booking Won’t Hurt Priceline and Expedia

Hilton and Marriott’s substantial advertising campaigns to entice direct bookings on their websites and to steal share from online travel agencies does not mean the sky is falling for sites […]

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IHG reservation system advances with direct business on roadmap

InterContinental Hotels Group is pinning a lot on its new Guest Reservation System. GRS is being developed on a community model by Amadeus with IHG the first hotel company on […]

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After book-direct push to squeeze OTAs, hotels offer incentives to agents

In the eyes of travel agents, hotels appear to be increasingly divided into “they love me” and “they love me not” camps. Among the former is JDB Fine Hotels & […]

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HotelTonight joins mobile loyalty space with app tiered rewards program

HotelTonight is the latest travel marketer to foray into mobile loyalty, opting to roll out a new in-application feature called HT Perks, which lets users unlock bigger discounts based on […]

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