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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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One ROAS to Rule Them All? No.

When optimizing our hotel metasearch campaigns, many of us get caught up in the day-to-day of bid changes, statistical analysis, and UI experiments as the main ways we affect the […]

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7 Hotels Using Best Practice Tips to Drive Direct Bookings

Hospitality professionals are presented with numerous challenges associated with running a hotel or B&B. As an hotelier, it can seem like there aren’t enough hours in the day. According to […]

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Bots are the new apps, only they suck (for now)

A little more than six months ago, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella proclaimed that “bots are the new apps.” Like many tech-proclamations, it turned out to be breathless, partly true and […]

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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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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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Five ways chatbots could change the hotel industry

With the widespread adoption of in-house apps, instant messaging and even robots, hotels are on the cusp of a chatbot revolution. Chatbots are already working hard in the hospitality industry, […]

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How to Optimize for Google “Reviews Around the Web”

If you follow Search Engine Journal or other SEO news sites, chances are you’ve heard about how Google’s been expanding the reviews content that appears in the Knowledge Panel for […]

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Generating revenue from your hotel’s Free WIFI will be key in 2017

For hotels and resorts over the last few years have always been faced with the same issue, which is the urgent need to improve their WIFI infrastructure so their guests […]

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5 Ways for Hotels to Counter Growing Pressure from Review Sites

NB: This is an article from Alice Hotels are under increasing pressure to evolve. Review sites, the sharing economy, and even the rise of dedicated hotel technology are making adaptability […]

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