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Expedia Is Trying to Become More Like Booking.com

  You might call it the Booking.com-ization of Expedia. Expedia’s recent launch of its hotel Accelerator program, which enables properties to bid to move higher in search results on Expedia hotel […]

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Expedia: pay-for-positioning program riles hotel trade group

  Expedia is broadening a program that gives a more prominent listing position to hotel operators in exchange for paying a higher commission on bookings. The program is an attempt […]

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Convert OTA Guests to In-House Bookings: 5 Ways to Succeed

  NB: This is an article by Pete DiMaio of Fuel Travel We recently met with a hotel whose occupancy was comprised nearly 50% by OTA bookings. One out of […]

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Expedia’s new bidding model: Some hotel experts remain skeptical

  Online travel-booking engines rarely change. So any wrinkle introduced by a company is bound to get a lot of close examination. Witness the industry’s attention to Expedia Inc’s gradual […]

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How a Hotel Can Bridge the Conversion Gap

  NB: This is an article by Kelly Robb, Director of Market Intelligence at Revinate How often have you visited a hotel website, been disappointed with generic and uninspiring content, […]

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Expedia Accelerator: Final Nail in Coffin of Hotel Profitability

  NB: This is an article by Max Starkov, President & CEO of HeBS Digital Background Though Expedia’s new Accelerator Program has not officially launched, it has been widely discussed […]

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Google Moves Away From Right-Rail Ads: The Hotel Marketer’s Action Plan

  NB: This is an article by Asher Fusco, Associate Director Copy & SEO and Carmine Fischetti, Manager SEM at HeBS Digital Google rolled out a major change to its […]

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What all hotel owners need to know about SEO

  NB: This is an article by Shaz Memon, creative director at Digimax During most of my meetings with hoteliers, I hear the question, “How can we get more direct […]

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Quality hotel content is key to instant booking conversion

  TripAdvisor’s new chief financial officer Ernst Teunissen has begun his tour of the investor forum circuit, speaking today at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference. When it […]

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Digital state of the travel nation

  Econsultancy and Adobe spent a few months last summer trying to understand the requirements and challenges facing digital marketers and ecommerce executives in travel. The report, produced to coincide […]

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