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How to Turn the World Cup Into Your Direct Booking Moment

This summer, the FIFA World Cup in North America, and for hotels in host cities across the USA, Mexico and Canada, it represents a singular and significant direct booking opportunity. […]

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14 Ways to Attract More Hotel Direct Bookings

Hotels that treat direct booking growth as a strategy are winning back share and here are 14 concrete ways to get more of them

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Peak Season, Peak Performance: 5 Strategies to Maximize Revenue

Here are five peak-season revenue strategies to consider, along with practical tips andtools to take your hotel performance to the next level

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man looking at a computer screen quizzically possibly reflecting the lack of trust with ai when booking a hotel reservation illustrating how the ai funnel is broken and the way to fix this is by building trust in the consideration phase

The AI Funnel is Broken! The Fix? Build Trust in Consideration Phase

While discovery has historically been about inspiration and branding, consideration is where OTAs, metasearch engines, and hotels compete aggressively

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Bridging the Gap: SEO and Content Marketing in Hotels

Hotels invest in SEO. Hotels invest in content. But rarely a strategy that connects the two in a way that actually drives bookings

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person holding a mobile phone with tiktok logo in a hotel lobby reflecting the platforms move into metasearch and the potential to book hotels direct

TikTok Has Entered the Chat: Metasearch

This metasearch feature is different from TikTok’s Travel Ads product, which are traditional video or carousel ads with targeted audiences

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5 Guest Segments Every Hotel Should Use in Email Campaigns

The problem isn’t your copy or your offer. It’s that every guest got the same message, and none of them felt like it was meant for them

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one hot air balloon rising above 4 others reflecting importance for hotels to look at their hotel positioning and the steps to follow to be truly recognizable

Hotel Positioning: Steps to Follow to be Truly Recognizable

Positioning is not what you think of your hotel. It is the space you occupy in the market’s mind relative to your competitors

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tik tok logo and follow button on mobile phone reflecting how this can be a channel for hotels to drive direct bookings

How Hotels Can Drive More Direct Bookings with TikTok Ads

TikTok Ads have matured significantly. You’re no longer limited to awareness. You can now optimise for direct bookings

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Agent Ready Data: Top of Checklist for Travel & Hotel Consultants

When agents rely on stale batch data, poorly structured APIs, or inconsistent schemas, the result isn’t just minor errors; they misinterpret and hallucinate

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