digital

Cheapflights puts flight and hotel search into Messenger

More moves in the world of chat services, with news that Cheapflights will allow users to search for both flights and hotels within Facebook Messenger. The Momondo Group-owned metasearch engine […]

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How to Prepare Your Hotel for Marketing Automation

In hospitality, marketing automation is on the leading edge of industry technology. Despite years of 50 percent annual growth, marketing automation is still the new new thing for almost all […]

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5 Reasons Why a Travel Booking is Abandoned

The travel industry spends billions of dollars each year on digital marketing, yet 81% of online travel bookings are abandoned, according to a study by SalesCycle. In 2014, Boxever estimated […]

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Focus on Social Media: Missing the big picture

Facebook has become a place where many travel agents have successfully built a personal brand through posting photos of their travels and in many cases themselves. It has turned into […]

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Hotel Marketing & Online Revenue Optimization Super Metrics

Analytics metrics have evolved over the past few years. In my last article, I discussed the dinosaur metrics that have fallen in value since the last mass extinction event. Since […]

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How Social Media Can Increase Hotel’s Direct Bookings

Thanks to efforts of global influencers like Elon Musk, Facebook & Google internet access has accelerated faster than ever before with *over 3 billion people gaining online access as of 2015. […]

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How hotels can localise their website to compete with Airbnb

The “Live There” campaign from Airbnb reveals an intention to target a new demographic – after traditionally looking to connect with Millennials, it is now marketing to families. The ad […]

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The Facebook metrics that matter for hotels

Measuring the success of your social media efforts is a must, regardless of what channels hotels are using. What’s even more important is making sure that you are paying attention […]

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Expedia’s first bot is for booking hotels

Expedia today unveiled a rather smart, rather simple little bot for Facebook Messenger. The bot is designed to do one thing and do it well: It helps travelers book hotels. What’s […]

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Hotel engagement: Meaningful vs just communication

Meaningful engagement or just communication? What does it takes to genuinely connect with travelers? With the rise of mobile and digital, consumers have higher and higher expectations for interacting with […]

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