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 […]
The Missing Link in Book Direct Strategies: the Front Desk
Hoteliers have been putting huge amounts of efforts into building solid book direct strategies. However, your fantastic strategy to align your goals for marketing & revenue might be missing a […]
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 […]
Hotels should leverage indirect channels to win new business
How should hotels be reaching out to potential customers? When it comes to distribution channels, the discussion should never just be limited to the hotel’s relationship with online travel agencies […]
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 […]
7 Practical tips to improve online reviews of your hotel
In a digital world, not only every visitor to your hotel is a potential critic, they also have the power to reach a wide audience, and their views can have […]
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 […]
