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Buyer’s Guide to Choose the Best Hotel Booking Engine
There’s no denying that there are a load of hotel booking engines to choose from and it can be difficult to choose the best one for your hotel. Of course, […]
Reach The Right Travelers: Facebook Targeting Tactics For Hotels
As the world’s largest and most engaged social media network, Facebook provides a wealth of opportunities for advertisers, particularly in the travel space. Not only does the highly visual nature […]
The consumer journey strikes back
In Episode 1 of this series, we saw how the consumer journey in the luxury travel industry mirrors the hero’s journey of Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars trilogy. So […]
The Official Gift Guide for Hotel Marketing Teams
Forget the silly gadgets and fancy chocolates! Listen up hotel owners and asset managers, we know what hotel marketers really want for the holidays… Here’s our annual list of the […]
TripAdvisor Hotel Sponsored Positions: Everything You Need to Know
TripAdvisor is making waves in the hotel marketing world at the end of 2017 with the roll-out of their Sponsored Placements program. Now, and for the first time, any hotel […]
5 ways hotels can use behavioral economics to improve conversion rates
Understanding the rationale behind consumer decision-making has long been an obsession for marketers. Popularized today as behavioral economics, brands such as Amazon and Netflix invest millions into understanding the psychology […]
A new hope for direct bookings
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, the Consumer Journey for travelers used to be simpler and more direct. NB: This is part 1 of 3 in […]
Four tips for reducing checkout abandonment
All retailers – from huge multinationals to the independent – face the same dilemma. Why do online shoppers abandon their baskets, and what can they do to improve? Dropped baskets […]
Are Hotels and Online Travel Agencies Colluding on Keyword Bidding?
It began simply enough. A small company wanted to make some money in online travel. So it joined Expedia Affiliate Network, where the online travel agency shares its hotel inventory […]
Expedia offering an alternative to AirBnB, but customers say it’s terrible
For her bachelorette party, Casey Milovanovich booked a home in Austin through Vacation Rental By Owner, (VRBO), a site that can be easily confused with its more popular competitor AirBnB. […]