metasearch

Metasearch engines are to hotels like Amazon is to eBooks: they are both vertical search engines. Vertical search engines focus on a specific sector

Tripadvisor is the first big, relevant and global player in the online travel industry that dares to charge the user as its main revenue stream

Google Hotel Ads allow you to be right up there (with your best rate!) beside the OTAs when someone initially Google searches for your hotel

By winning back clicks that would potentially go to OTAs, Google Hotel Ads helps build that sense of loyalty you need to create between you and your guest

You need to be seen everywhere and by doing both Meta PPC and Search PPC you’ll own more of the search engine results page (SERP)

One of the most impactful strategies hotels must revisit is customer acquisition. Travelers are shopping in different ways and looking for new experiences

Google is penetrating the hotel distribution vertical with Google Hotel Ads. What does this offer hotels in terms of revenue management and marketing?

Even if you are unable to offer the cheapest rate online, the data shows that when a hotel’s prices are in parity on metasearch conversion rate doubles

TripAdvisor Plus will be offered to hotels on a no-commission basis, but hotels need to offer a minimum 10% discount on BAR and offer value-added services

In order to build an effective and profitable distribution strategy, you need to know who your clients are, where they book, and which tools will fit best