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trivago Express Booking – what is this new tool?

  trivago has launched a new tool for its metasearch engine called trivago Express Booking. Just like we did with the launch of TripAdvisor’s Instant Booking and Book on Google, […]

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How TripAdvisor Is Fixing Its Instant Booking Problem

TripAdvisor is the world’s largest travel site as measured by monthly user traffic. Over the past couple of years, in an attempt to better monetize its massive user base, the […]

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What Travel Marketers need to know about Local Search and Mobile

Over the past decade, nothing has impacted travel buying more so than search and consumer access to mobile devices.  Now more than ever before, the customer buying journey has changed […]

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Is Your Hotel Showing Up in Local Search Results When it Matters

The local search marketplace is extremely competitive, making it important to ensure you’re using advanced local SEO tactics to compete for visibility to help drive qualified traffic and transactions. 46% […]

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OTAs TripAdvisor, Expedia and Hotels.com Top When Planning Vacations

In a new, first of its kind analysis of combined offline and online consumer conversations, Engagement Labs released its TotalSocial® rankings on the top performing online travel agents (OTAs) in […]

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Does Airbnb have right formula for managing online guest reviews?

Every hotelier knows how important online reviews are, and how damaging they can be if they’re unfavourable. NB: This is an article from SiteMinder Websites like TripAdvisor are nearly a […]

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Is Organic Search Dead For Hotels ?

As the movie character Ferris Bueller once famously said: “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it“. Now I […]

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How to use blogging to improve SEO on your hotel website

Gaining a prominent position on a search engine is no easy feat these days. The dominance of OTAs and the sheer number of properties has created an intensely competitive space […]

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Using Local SEO To Increase Visibility For Your Hotel

If you take a look at the people around you, surely you’ll notice the increased number of faces staring at screens in the form of mobile devices, such as smartphones […]

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Metasearch Players Kayak and TripAdvisor Testing New Interfaces

In a competitive space like metasearch, it’s no surprise to see the top players innovate and make changes to gain the most consumer share. Part of this involves consistently testing […]

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