digital
Social Media is great! Isn’t it? How to alienate guests digitally
Social media is great, isn’t it? Just go online and you’ll see that everybody is instbookingpingtweetingsnapping virtually 24/7/365. Hotels, of course, are heavily involved, and not an hour goes by […]
Use Special Offers and Segmentation to Snag Bookings
Running a successful hotel, when you hit the bottom line, comes back to one thing: driving profitable bookings. Will that new carpet look good in pictures? Does your staff respond […]
BookingSuite: A Lesson in Direct Revenue Strategy
Throughout my career in revenue optimization for the hospitality and travel industry, I have always stressed the importance of owning your digital assets. This means having control of your domain, […]
Possum and Penguin: Hotelier’s Guide to Google’s Algorithm Updates
NB: This is an article from HeBSdigital The realm of organic search saw a very busy September marked by not just one, but two Google algorithm updates. First, on September […]
Luxury hospitality brands must focus on fine-tuning social media strategies
A surprising number of luxury hotels and hospitality brands have put stock into accounts on Google+, but the effort is proving fruitless, as consumers are not interested, according to L.I.K.E. […]
How Google’s new Extended Text AdWords can boost your performance
It’s no secret that consumers start their holidays online or on mobile. New research shows that for millennials it’s as many as half using their mobile to research and buy […]
How independent hotels can use metasearch to compete with the big chains
This year has seen a major increase in direct booking campaigns from the big chains. We’ve watched Hilton and Marriott engage in extensive promotion of their brand websites using loyalty […]
The One Thing You Can Control With TripAdvisor Reviews
The influence of reviews on traveler’s booking behaviors is well established. Some 95% of travelers consult reviews before making a purchase. And data from TripAdvisor reveals almost all of their […]
Book on Google: What it means for hotels
Google has strongly burst onto the hotel-transaction scene via its Book on Google (BoG) interface, awakening plenty of curiosity and questions about the real interest Google has with this movement. […]
Google Trips: A step in the right direction, but only a step
Google Trips got a good bit of attention on its recent release in September, but I’m not sure I understand the fanfare. Forbes called Google Trips is a “fantastic… travel […]
