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When Are Highest Value Leads Generated on Google Hotel Ads?
When it comes to metasearch traffic, the data for determining weekly trends for your account is readily available. We wanted to take it a step further to get a better […]
Do keywords still matter in SEO for hotels?
In the last few years, digital marketers have debated the importance of keywords in an SEO strategy. To understand this debate, we’ll need to step back and briefly look at […]
With Google ‘fines won’t work’!
On both sides of the pond, regulators and companies alike are scratching their heads about how to handle the search giant’s move up the trip-planning funnel Even as the European […]
Are Google and Apple Blocking Your Hotel Ads?
Last month, digital advertisers (including most hotels) and their media partners were treated to a serious surprise. NB: This is an article by Tambourine Google announced plans to block intrusive […]
Social Media Marketing in the Hotel Industry: Trends and Opportunities
As social media platforms gain traction in usage rates and become ubiquitous in day-to-day life through the proliferation of mobile devices, they are proving to be valuable marketing channels, especially […]
5 tools to improve your direct booking conversion rates
The average conversion rate for direct bookings is about 1%. How to convert those 99% visitors who leave the website? NB: This is an article from GuestCentric Recently, hoteliers have […]
Google Testing Vacation Rental Search in Price-Comparison Tool
In the past month, some Google searches have been revealing an option to comparison-shop vacation rentals. In our checks Tuesday, we could find vacation rental filters for Barcelona, Berlin, Bordeaux, […]
Personalisation and Seamless Travel Key Drivers of Success
A new report from A.T. Kearney, ‘What if? Imagining the future of the travel industry’, has identified trends of personalisation and seamless travel as key drivers of success in the next […]
How to get more bookings through your hotel’s Facebook page
Within the travel world, nothing is more powerful than the social connection between people, particularly through Facebook. If travellers aren’t sharing photos and videos of their trip, then they’re probably […]
Will Google become a dominant force in hospitality?
Google, whose mantra used to be ‘Don’t be evil’ (until it dropped it for the motto ‘Do the right thing’), is almost omnipresent in our lives these days. We use […]
