travel
Airbnb New York City Legal Battles
While last month’s agreement to have Airbnb share data with the city from OSE’s February subpoena has been characterized as a truce, the city says the company is merely fulfilling its legal obligation.
Effective Ancillaries Will Help Your Hotel Tap Into Local Tours and Activities
Positioning your hotel as the focal point of the destination and offering this as part of your product, hoteliers will increase ancillary revenue and room occupancy while gaining competitive advantage
Ctrip vs Alibaba: 2 Approaches To The Chinese Travel Industry
Alibaba launched its online platform “Alitrip” in 2014 to compete with Ctrip. Moving forward to 2017, Alibaba decided to scrap Alitrip and build a new travel platform, Fliggy.
Customer Loyalty in a Hyper-Segmented Hotel Landscape
Travelers have more information than they did in the early days of loyalty programs and are more reliant on reviews and user-generated content (UGC) than brand names when making hotel choices.
Travel and Booking APIs for Online Travel Service Providers
Back in 2017, TripAdvisor and comScore suggested that travelers make 10 to 34 website visits on average to book their trips. While this seems like a lot for booking hotels, […]
You Want Those Millennial Travelers? Here’s How to Get Them
A Millennial traveler is not as brand loyal as older generations, but they also like consistency. So loyalty isn’t out of the questions, especially when there are perks.
Using Predictive Analytics to Improve Corporate Travel
It’s hard to know where we’re at in the cycle of hype for predictive analytics in business travel. There’s enough breathless excitement surrounding the concept, though, that people are getting […]
Big Game: The Hunt For an ‘End-to-End’ Booking Platform
There has been a long quest for that one name in travel that caters to the need of a traveller from beginning to end. That is the dream! With the […]
How to Convert More Travelers with Facebook Dynamic Ads for Travel
The influence of Facebook continues to grow in the travel sphere. As we discussed in a previous post, the social media giant now boasts an expanding range of travel-related tools […]
Foster User Generated Content in Travel: Owned Channels Best Practices
Let’s admit it: When picking a hotel for a trip, our choice often depends on reviews left by previous clients. Many guests will gladly post a photo taken on the […]