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Marketing Audit: Not Exciting But Crucial To Your Budget

The ideology around the digital marketing budget needs to evolve, rather than asking the question “how much am I going to spend” we should be asking this

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Expedia Travel Ads vs Koddi: Hotel Marketing Platform Comparison

This has led to a lot of hotel owners confusion. We hear, “Should I run my ads directly through Expedia Travel Ads website or go through Koddi?”

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How a Detailed Hotel Marketing Audit Helps Determine Budget

Before you decide on marketing expenses for 2022, take a step back and see where you sit today in the online marketplace

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Why Hotel Marketing Needs to Move Beyond ROI and ROAS

In this discussion we pick up on a topic Stephanie has written about recently, namely the need for hotel marketing to move beyond the metrics ROI and ROAS

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A New Way to Look at Your Hotel Marketing Campaigns

Marketing should understand where the gaps in occupancy and segments lie and work backwards to create plans to fill those gaps

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7 Hotel Commercial Mistakes and What To Do About Them

7 key findings, let us call them ‘Commercial Mistakes’ the property was making, were identified to answer why the hotel’s revenue struggled to improve

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Which Tripadvisor Platform is Right For Your Hotel?

The review-giant-turned-distribution-platform-turned-membership-program rolled out its fourth program, Tripadvisor PLUS; time will tell if it will succeed.

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Is It Time for Hotel Marketing to Evolve Past ROI

It is not enough anymore to measure how many guest rooms are booked per dollar spent on your paid marketing. Instead, focus attention on two specific areas

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Tiered Marketing Approach to Hotel Recovery

A tiered marketing plan will guide what you should be doing now, then when there are positive signals demand is returning, have that plan ready

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Hilton Branded Hotel? Tips and Advice to Drive Future Demand

In this video Stephanie and Connor look specifically at Hilton branded hotels and ways they can drive demand. Some of the ideas could be generic

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