3 Simple Strategies to See Direct Booking Skyrocket

  NB: This is an article by Pam Levesque, General Manager of Blue Bay Inn and a Guest Author with Leonardo When I started working at the Blue Bay Inn […]

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Report finds smartphone bookings ‘not popular’

  Consumers don’t like booking holidays on a smartphone. That is the conclusion of leisure market analyst Mintel in its most up-to-date review of the UK holiday market. Holiday bookings […]

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Travellers start picking brands based on mobile services

  A study has found that one in five travellers would always pick a travel brand over another if it meant they could have a better mobile experience. The analysis […]

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The Painful Truth About Hotel Website SEO

  NB: This is an article from Tambourine You are a Director of Sales and Marketing overseeing all day-to-day activities for your property, maybe several properties, from meeting/group sales to […]

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OTA call center outsells, outservices big brands

  NB: This is an article by Doug Kennedy of Kennedy Training Network In an experiment comparing how call center staff interact with potential guests, employees at one OTA won […]

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Why Airbnb Won’t Be Great at Selling Hotel Rooms

  Investors have been consumed with the notion that Airbnb is gunning for the online travel agencies and that it will eventually turn from apartment rentals to hotels and steal […]

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3 emerging trends for digital marketers with an eye on APAC

Brand campaigns and technologies like programmatic may be less mature in the Asia Pacific, and to promote them you need a mascot! 1. Brand marketing needs more focus than direct […]

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Dealing with OTAs isn’t only about incremental revenues

  Foreign hotels are looking into issues related to pricing, brand integrity and distribution infrastructure when it comes to dealing with OTAs in China. Foreign hotel chains don’t label all […]

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Airlines: Don’t crowd the inbox

  Ancillary revenue guru IdeaWorks has taken a detailed look at six airlines post-booking email marketing efforts and suggests that “simplicity can be a virtue”. Last December it made one-way […]

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3 Tips Hotels Can Learn From Airbnb User Experience

  We have entered an era of digital disruption. Every industry is feeling it, especially the hospitality industry. Just as Uber became the biggest threat to taxis without owning a […]

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