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Checklist to maximize social media revenues

Sixty-five percent of adults now use social networking sites (Pew Research Center) and a growing portion of these users are utilizing social media before, during, and after traveling. As traffic […]

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Revenue Managers have taken the Five Ps from Marketers

For years, we’ve all been reading about the need to coordinate the activities of Revenue Management and Marketing into one synergistic Revenue Generation process. In practice what is really happening […]

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Expedia casts fresh light on traveler behavior

“Half of my advertising is wasted, I just don’t know which half,” is the famous quote from decades ago by Philadelphia department store owner John Wannamaker. That sentiment is still […]

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The Perils of Using an Open-Source CMS

Utilizing an open source content management system (CMS) like WordPress is in stark breach of a hotelier’s fiduciary duties and exposes them to great security and vulnerability risks hotel managers […]

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Digital window closing fast for hotels

GOING on a holiday is now a smoother process, with consumers able to explore and book travel and accommodations without having to go through middle-men. The online market for travel […]

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Maximize revenues from your SEM campaigns

Search Engine Marketing continues to be one of the highest revenue drivers for HeBS Digital’s clients, with more than 25% of direct online revenue coming as a direct result of […]

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Checklist to Maximize Revenue from Multi-Channel Campaigns

 It’s no secret that multi-channel campaigns are a great way to boost revenue during low seasons, target top customer segments, and fulfill ad hoc business needs. But is your hotel […]

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How Expedia will help HomeAway battle Airbnb

Expedia Inc‘s acquisition of HomeAway, the vacation rental platform, for $3.9 billion (mostly in stock) could be understood as an alliance of mutual interest against Airbnb, the peer-to-peer short-term rental […]

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Three travel brands: marketing crowdsourcing style!

The first act of outreaching to the crowd is 300-years-old (dates back to 1714), but the term ‘crowdsourcing’ was first coined in 2005 by two Wired Magazine editors Jeff Howe […]

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More heads in beds with smart marketing

How hotel chains can put more heads in beds with smart marketing Acquisition costs for online customers continue to rise. Because of this, hospitality marketers need to be smart and […]

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