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Prepare for These 4 Changes on Facebook Within the Next Year

After a tumultuous year for Facebook, it’s unsurprising that many of the company’s advertising changes revolve around the proper handling of user data. Updated regulations, including the General Data Protection […]

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Your Brand is No Longer Protected on Google Ads

A few days ago, Google informed users that it will change the brand-protection policy on its text adverts on Google Ads (what used to be known as AdWords). In practice, […]

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Has Your B&B Responded to Google’s Mobile First Approach?

The time has come once again — Google has changed its algorithm. As the most powerful and widely-used search engine in the world, it’s not surprising that businesses across all […]

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Google Testing New Hotel Search Experience on Desktop

Google has always done its part to stay innovative and make sure its products set the bar. So, it’s no surprise that Google is currently testing a new look to […]

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Device Trends: How Is Your Guest Booking?

From claims that it is “the most dominant device,” to being “great for website visitors, but not buyers,” there’s no denying that everyone’s talking about mobile when it comes to […]

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How Social Media Use is Changing And How Hotels Can Keep Up

Social media has come a long way in a very short space of time (and hopefully so has your hotel social media strategy). Still relatively young, the original networking and […]

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The 3 Online Booking Pitfalls Costing You Revenue

The ultimate aim of any hotel’s website is to wrestle traffic away from the OTA’s and drive direct bookings. Unfortunately, many properties are driving a steady stream of travellers to […]

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Google Hotel Ads Become Most Profitable Metasearch Engine

Direct channel specialist Roiback has announced that Google Hotel Ads (GHA), the Google platform that distributes hotel prices in real time, now represents 65% of hotel bookings coming from metasearch […]

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The Rising Role of Airbnb as a Distribution Channel

The rising role of Airbnb as a distributor came to the fore at this year’s Hotel Distribution Event in London. An additional route to market was seen as further challenging […]

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Expedia lets Google in on the voice action

If you had a billion-dollar war chest to invest in emerging technologies for travel, which would you bet on and whose lead would you follow? Given that Expedia Group earmarked […]

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