digital

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. […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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. […]

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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 […]

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Hoteliers: 3 Phases of the Evolving Travel Shopping Journey

In a webinar we hosted earlier this year, we asked hoteliers what direct booking challenges they were currently facing. The results were nearly evenly split: 30% told us they were […]

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5 Simple Steps to Boosting Your Website Conversion Rate

NB: This is an article from eMarketing Do you find your website generating a large volume of traffic but not yielding enough conversions? This is one of the greatest challenges […]

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Marketing, Digitally Speaking

Below is a selection of takeaway thoughts courtesy of Darene Rondeau of Leonardo Some of the best and brightest stars in our hospitality industry contribute to Hospitality Sales & Marketing […]

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The First 5 Seconds: Is Your Hotel Website Ready?

NB: This is an article from Tambourine We live in a world of instant gratification and non-stop distractions. So, all hotel marketers can surely agree that holding a guest’s attention in […]

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