Marriott VP Digital Marketing on Digital and Apps

Andy Kauffman is a digital guru. He is vice president, digital marketing & Marriott.com for Marriott International working as the general manager for Marriott.com. He oversees everything from product strategy, digital acquisition, […]

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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 […]

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Direct Bookings: What Independent Hotels Can Do

The first half of 2016 has seen a sea change in the way hotels deal with direct bookings. Direct bookings are no longer an alternative to third party sites and […]

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Now time for Airline pricing spring clean

Does your pricing strategy have cobwebs? Was it developed at a different time in a different market context? Could it use some ‘spring cleaning’, disposing of practices that don’t make […]

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Bahrain hotel revenues drop 7% in March

Hoteliers in Manama saw total revenues slump by nearly 7% in March despite reducing payroll levels and overheads, according to new data. HotStats figures showed that total revenue per available […]

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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 […]

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Hotel distribution is not a one-shot deal

Getting hotel distribution is not a one-shot deal and requires an attack from multiple angles In case you missed the analysis piece last week – Hotels and the dirty battle […]

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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 […]

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Top 2016 Hotel Digital Marketing Trends

With its promised flurry of shiny new software, apps, and marketing platforms, 2016 is already an exciting year. Hotel industry giants with big budgets have already gotten a head start […]

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Dubai sign pact with Airbnb to promote holiday homes

Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism) and Airbnb, a community-driven hospitality company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to help promote responsible hosting and help grow […]

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