2nd Update Corona Impact on Website vs OTA Bookings

Early March we wrote about the first impacts of COVID-19 on OTA vs Website bookings. What an unpredicted turn things have taken since then. We expected things to be bad, but this bad?

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Google Travel Search Is Unrecognizable as Advertising Dries Up

With travel ads largely missing from Google Search, the silver lining is that organic links from the likes of Tripadvisor, Booking.com, and Expedia are newly visible right below the “fold” on desktop

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How To Monitor Your Marketing Paid Performance During A Crisis

Whether the crisis at-hand is local or global, you can guarantee that the situation–and its impact on your hotel–will be evolving by the second. NB: This is an article from […]

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What Will Travel Look Like After The Coronavirus?

The staggering global scale of the coronavirus pandemic makes it especially devastating, but the travel industry has rebounded from past crises and experts believe it will bounce back again

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7 Alternative Ways to Cut Costs and Save Your Hotel…BEFORE Resorting to Layoffs

With the right Hotel contingency plans and proactive measures in place, along with the continued collaboration and support across industry leaders and vendors, we will weather this storm

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Deep Dive: Asia Hotel Performance in the Time of COVID-19

COVID-19 swept through Asia first. Chinese health officials first reported the outbreak to the World Health Organization (WHO) on Dec. 31, 2019, and the rapid spread of the virus prompted […]

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Digital Marketing Checklist for Coronavirus

Many of you have seen event cancellations or travelers looking to cancel/re-book their stays. We’ve compiled a digital marketing checklist to ensure you have a list of items to review

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Google Updates: SEO, Local, User Experience Changes Feb & March

Let’s take you through some updates Google have made over the last couple of months and how they are moving to make search even more convenient by improving the online user experience

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How Facebook Ads Could Help Your Hotel During COVID-19

Whether travelers are scrolling through Facebook to distract themselves from quarantine or to escape the anxiety of uncertain times, people are looking for ways to connect online

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The Covid-19 Effect: Hotel Search Impact on U.S. Metro Areas

We believe some US metros may be approaching a “floor” in terms of demand based on declines in hotel search traffic beginning to flatten after the CDC and US govt advised size limitations

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