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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 […]
Growing Importance of Hotel Online Reputation Management
“It takes a lifetime to build a good reputation, but you can lose it in a minute” – Will Rogers Well said, indeed! Earning a good reputation is certainly not […]
How to take a bigger piece of the travel pie
Travel ecommerce has grown rapidly since the emergence of Expedia back in 1995. With the industry now at the point of saturation, it’s time to get savvy with your […]
Choosing best distribution strategy: Should it be as unique as your hotel?
Technological advances have reshaped the hotel distribution landscape. Consumers have access to an unprecedented number of options for shopping and booking hotels. And every hotel has unique needs when it […]
Four ways to engage hotel guests on social media
When hotel brands respond to reviews on sites such as TripAdvisor and Booking.com it’s often a reactive endeavour. When a customer publicizes a problem, the immediate priority is to address […]
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 […]
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. […]
Booking.com Expanding Beyond Hotels Into Flights, Cars and Restaurants
Booking.com is renowned for its hotel-only focus but its homepage now features tabs for flights from Kayak, car rentals from RentalCars.com, and restaurant reservations from OpenTable, all sister companies owned […]
PPC For Hotels: How To Counter OTAs
If you’re a hotel that works with online travel agents (OTAs), you’ll be familiar with the battle of balancing your relationship with the OTAs and also driving enough sales directly. […]
10 Ways to Maximize Summer Metasearch Performance
This week marked the summer solstice and the official beginning of the summer season. For travel brands, however, the summer travel season has been in full swing for a couple […]