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The Covid-19 Impact on U.S. Travel Market
While the overall declines in search behavior and the rise of cancelations present headwinds for all travel marketers, pockets of opportunity still exist
Google Adds Photos to Hotel Ads
Google is back at it, adding another vital feature to results in its Hotel Ads product to help users decide where to book: pictures of the rooms
4 Steps to Optimizing your Hotel’s OTA Ranking
Here are the four steps you can take to optimize your hotel’s OTA profiles to improve your ranking, land more bookings – and make more money for your hotel
Creating a Picture Perfect Booking Experience for Guests
Incorporating professional photos of everything your property has to offer not only captures attention, it drives greater bookings – creating a picture perfect booking experience for online travelers
Update Corona: Impact on Website vs OTA Bookings
While some segments can evaporate in hours, your direct online segment is much more stable. If your share of direct business is below 10% of your bookings, you can be seriously harmed
Solidifying Your Hotel Online Marketing Strategy This Spring
Today’s travellers plan their trips online. The sheer amount of information on the internet makes it easy for them to create unique itineraries that suit their specific wants and needs! […]
Why A Mobile First Approach Matters For Your Hotel’s Ads
Using a mobile first approach in digital advertising will help improve performance across the board, whether your goal is to increase bookings or inspire engagement with your users
Rate Integrity: A Key Way to Increase Direct Bookings
Fixing revenue leakage is not just maintaining parity. The driving force is brand integrity and ability to change rates in-sync with market dynamics. Rate integrity aims to balance consistency and flexibility
3 Ways to Get Travelers Back to Your Website and Book Direct
With an 80 day average buying cycle for travel, it is important to not let travelers who visit your website once fall through the cracks. Here are 3 ways to get them back to your site and book direct
Calls for Rate Parity Ban Rise Up Again in UK
Research by Which? suggests 80% of hotel rooms can be booked cheaper by going direct than through OTAs. Rate parity clauses were blamed, with UKHospitality calling for the UK to ban them.