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Google Testing Vacation Rental Search in Price-Comparison Tool

In the past month, some Google searches have been revealing an option to comparison-shop vacation rentals. In our checks Tuesday, we could find vacation rental filters for Barcelona, Berlin, Bordeaux, […]

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Will Google become a dominant force in hospitality?

Google, whose mantra used to be ‘Don’t be evil’ (until it dropped it for the motto ‘Do the right thing’), is almost omnipresent in our lives these days. We use […]

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Highly browsable experience improves travel brand visibility on Google

New research from Searchmetrics identifies the important travel industry-specific search ranking factors that travel agents, airlines, hotel chains and other travel-related brands should consider in order to help improve their […]

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Google Flight Search: a dead man walking?

Bobby Healy, one of Google’s most outspoken critics, shares his opinion on what the European Commission’s fine means for flight search, and argues that a dedicated travel industry council might […]

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Google Hotel Price Trends Feature Now Available on Mobile

When booking a hotel, 61% of travelers consider the room’s rate to be the most important consideration factor. NB: This is an article by Koddi Metasearch publishers like Google continue […]

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Is Google becoming the biggest hotel metasearch engine?

Google has always been a giant of the search world, but now it seems the behemoth is expanding even further to take over the metasearch arena for hotels and travel. […]

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How Google is Helping Hotels get Smarter with Search

Last week, we were joined by Jennifer Wesley, Industry Director for Travel at Google, to discuss Smart SEO Strategies to Drive More Direct Bookings. She provided a fascinating insight into […]

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Guide to Google and Google+ for Hotel Search Strategy

Google + and Google My Business are important tools for hoteliers. Despite being mostly misunderstood and under-appreciated by businesses all over, Google+ can actually have a fundamentally positive impact on […]

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Are Siri and Alexa Interrupting Hotel Search Marketing?

Hotel search engine marketing is changing… are you ready? Key Takeaways: Voice search and voice assistants are gaining popularity with no signs of slowing down. This fundamental shift in search […]

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What Travel Marketers need to know about Local Search and Mobile

Over the past decade, nothing has impacted travel buying more so than search and consumer access to mobile devices.  Now more than ever before, the customer buying journey has changed […]

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