technology
Social Media is great! Isn’t it? How to alienate guests digitally
Social media is great, isn’t it? Just go online and you’ll see that everybody is instbookingpingtweetingsnapping virtually 24/7/365. Hotels, of course, are heavily involved, and not an hour goes by […]
BookingSuite: A Lesson in Direct Revenue Strategy
Throughout my career in revenue optimization for the hospitality and travel industry, I have always stressed the importance of owning your digital assets. This means having control of your domain, […]
Possum and Penguin: Hotelier’s Guide to Google’s Algorithm Updates
NB: This is an article from HeBSdigital The realm of organic search saw a very busy September marked by not just one, but two Google algorithm updates. First, on September […]
Expedia Begins Revealing Its Big Ambitions in Hotel Services
Expedia Inc. is in the process of introducing globally a new way for hoteliers to promote ancillary services such as discounted spa treatments, loyalty points or free parking on brands […]
How Google’s new Extended Text AdWords can boost your performance
It’s no secret that consumers start their holidays online or on mobile. New research shows that for millennials it’s as many as half using their mobile to research and buy […]
Book on Google: What it means for hotels
Google has strongly burst onto the hotel-transaction scene via its Book on Google (BoG) interface, awakening plenty of curiosity and questions about the real interest Google has with this movement. […]
Google Trips: A step in the right direction, but only a step
Google Trips got a good bit of attention on its recent release in September, but I’m not sure I understand the fanfare. Forbes called Google Trips is a “fantastic… travel […]
5 Simple Steps to Boosting Your Website Conversion Rate
NB: This is an article from eMarketing Do you find your website generating a large volume of traffic but not yielding enough conversions? This is one of the greatest challenges […]
The First 5 Seconds: Is Your Hotel Website Ready?
NB: This is an article from Tambourine We live in a world of instant gratification and non-stop distractions. So, all hotel marketers can surely agree that holding a guest’s attention in […]
The ‘Magic’ of Email Marketing
Everyone who has shopped online has experienced this once. Remember searching the internet for a new coffee maker and instead filling your cart with “essentials” like fancy chocolates? Then, you […]