technology
Changes to the TripAdvisor Popularity Ranking Algorithm
Why We Changed the Popularity Ranking Algorithm Over the past decade, the volume of reviews and opinions on TripAdvisor has increased exponentially – from six million in 2006 to over […]
Navis, revenue tech for independent hotels, ups ambition
Navis may have been founded in 1987, but you could say that the boot-strapped technology company, which focuses on serving independent resort hotels, has sped up its metabolism lately. The […]
Making Sense of Google Analytics
Google Analytics is a tool that’s often spoken about in digital marketing, and worth being in the know about for any hotelier who wants to build a high-converting website. In […]
Peakwork, next-gen travel distribution company, is ascending
Peakwork, a Düsseldorf-based travel technology company that builds distribution tools, has been expanding beyond its home region of Europe. In the past half-year, the 200-person company opened its first office […]
Selling hotel distressed inventory should be stress-free
Juggling the day-to-day management of a busy hotel can feel overwhelming at times. All over the world hoteliers, just like you, are working hard to keep the many complex facets of […]
Why Google woke up and smelt the travel coffee
Google has never been lacking in confidence – and that’s not just because it has a market cap of $487 billion and last year took in $74.5 billion in revenues. There […]
Drive Direct Revenue with New Booking Platform
Travel Tripper, the industry’s most innovative provider of hotel reservation and e-commerce solutions, today announced the launch of Travel Tripper Web (TT Web). This new website platform for hotels increases […]
The hotel tech Trojan horse
NB: This is a viewpoint by Mike Ford, managing director of SiteMinder. Oh yes, a horse is on its way to Troy as you read this. Or, has it arrived? As […]
Expedia Expects Facebook to Follow Google Into Travel
Expedia Inc.’s chief executive officer is expecting more company in the world of online travel booking, predicting Facebook Inc. will follow Google into the business. Facebook is already working on […]
Caution urged over instant booking trend on metasearch sites
It would be fair to say that the conversation around instant booking on travel search sites has been broadly supportive of the concept so far. Ever since March 2011, when […]