digital
3 ways to use your competitive intelligence (make the most of your budget)
Online travel agents, social media and review sites are fantastic places for prospective travellers to scout for information that will help them choose the right hotels, activities, and restaurants for […]
WTM 2016: The big digital trends that got visitors chatting
Thousands of exhibitors and attendees descended on London’s ExCel exhibition centre this week for World Travel Market 2016. Bell Pottinger conducted online analysis throughout the three-day event to identify which […]
Hotel Social Messaging and Chat Tools at a Crossroads
Messaging is exploding as an engagement channel at hotels. Within the past year, hotel brands big and small have made headlines for their experiments with various channels, as well as […]
Key Trends that Matter in Online Travel
At WIT 2016 Conference in Singapore last month, Lorraine Sileo, vice president research of Phocuswright, shared the key trends that mattered in online travel. Q. What are the big global […]
How Cloud Technology Can Increase Ancillary Revenues for Hotels
According to PhoCusWright, in 2011 U.S. hotels sold approximately US$1.85 billion in ancillary products and services, which accounted for 1.7% of the country’s total hotel revenues – when compared to […]
A closer look at customer focused strategy of Booking.com
The changing nature of the travel industry has been a hot topic at this year’s Web Summit. Gillian Tans, the CTO of Booking.com, particularly emphasised how increased mobile usage is […]
5 Hotel Marketing Mistakes & How to Fix Them
Running a hotel isn’t easy. In the day-to-day grind we can sometimes let some things fall through the cracks. Today, let’s take a step back to reflect and talk about […]
3 Quick Ways To Drive More Bookings From Hotel Email Marketing
Even with all of the attention and focus given to Facebook, Google Hotel Ads, metasearch and other tools du jour… let’s not forget the tried and true workhorse of hotel […]
How Google’s Mobile Only Index Will Change SEO in 2017
Google has unsettled the SEO community throughout 2016 by releasing back-to-back updates to its SERPs and search algorithms. The latest, and hopefully the last change for the year, was announced […]
Programmatic Advertising: How Hotels Can Target Travelers
We recently had the pleasure of participating in Leonardo’s first-ever Digital Marketing Summit for Hoteliers, “The Evolving Shopping Journey and Its Impact on Direct Bookings.” Hoteliers from all over the […]
