marketing

How Reviews Help Improve the Hotel Experience

Most hoteliers and property owners have a love-hate relationship with online reviews. Some reviews are fair and just, while others are purposefully hurtful, or even worse, fake. In Cloudbeds’ opinion, […]

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What Every Hotel Should Be Doing Before 2016 Ends

This is an article from Tambourine With Labor Day behind us, the dust has settled from your summer season and you’re just now beginning to think of the rest of […]

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Dynamic Search Ads for Hotels – Are They for You?

For those of you that are not familiar with Dynamic search ads for hotels, let me briefly explain what they are. Dynamic search ads, or “DSA” are a way to […]

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Email marketing in the age of social media

Social media has firmly cemented its place as a vital marketing tool and has evolved to be much more than just a platform for posting photos and sharing life updates. At […]

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10 Hotel Marketing Metrics That Actually Matter

You’ve probably heard the saying before, but it is worth repeating now. You can’t improve what you don’t measure. When it comes to digital marketing, there is no excuse not […]

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Smart Hoteliers Guide to Digital Marketing Budget Planning

The 2017 Hospitality Industry outlook demands increase in direct bookings. The hotel digital technology and marketing budget: the roadmap that guides your property’s digital strategy throughout the year, puts your […]

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Hotel Website Design and Usability: Top 10 Mistakes

Hotel website design, like any kind of design, is subjective. Nothing is more painful than a website design “discussion” where stakeholders talk for hours about colors, content and photos. For every […]

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The need for speed – on booking engines and beyond

NB: This is an article from TripTease In this blog series, we’ll take a look at what makes a sterling price comparison widget – and what you can do to get […]

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Selling your hotel rooms with Google Maps

Is your hotel in Google Maps or similar services? Search engines are the information source for most travelers, thus it is vital to be present as part of your travel […]

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Inspire, Intrigue and Entice Guests with Instagram

Once a rather odd idea, using social media to market businesses has become commonplace. The benefits of almost free advertising, easily measurable reach, fairly precise targeting and the opportunity to […]

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