digital

How Google Surveys Hotel Searchers

All websites want to understand their users motivation for being there. Why is this user searching for that? Why is this user looking at this page/product? In advertising, we try […]

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Is your Hotel Website Losing Traffic?

If you have a hotel website the hope is that with each passing year you continue to see an increase in traffic to your site.  Unfortunately, this may not always […]

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Increase Hotel Bookings based on Google’s ‘Traveler’s Road to Decision’

As we begin the new year, hoteliers will probably be thinking of new ways to get eyes on their hotel websites and more potential guests interested in their hotel. However, […]

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The Anatomy of a Hotel SEO Campaign

Every SEO agency will say roughly the same thing in regards to search engine optimization – it is a never ending process. There is always something else to do, another […]

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The Smart Hotelier Top Ten Digital Marketing Resolutions

Reflecting on 2016 and successful hotel digital marketing campaigns that impacted the industry, there was an obvious and substantial emphasis on ‘Book Direct’ strategies. Hoteliers have been testing out multiple […]

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TripAdvisor Instant Booking: Testing, Learning and Confusing

Consider the scenario that you are a loyal TripAdvisor user, always scoping out its consumer reviews of hotels before choosing where to stay, and you’ve even booked a hotel on TripAdvisor […]

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The click is dead – all channels lead to mobile

Airlines, hotels, tour operators and rail providers, among other segments of the travel industry, are focusing on having the right presence across multiple channels. More importantly, they are looking at […]

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The top 10 automated email travel marketers should be sending

Marketing automation can transform your email campaigns into powerful, ongoing conversations for both customer acquisition and retention purposes. The travel industry is getting better at it – automated programs rated […]

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Design tips for your hotel website: Make these features your main focus

Your website design plays an important role in the success of your online brand. It seems like there’s a never-ending stream of new features and resources that you can use […]

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Mobile and growth are durable trends in travel content consumption

The UK saw a 44% rise in the amount of time people spent consuming digital travel content to 2.4 billion minutes this year. Figures for the US, UK and Canadian markets […]

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