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Competition Among OTA, Search Players Leaves Hotels with Options
Google has appeared more aggressive in the travel space lately, inserting itself into the competition between hotels and online travel agencies for primacy among consumers searching for a room. The […]
“Shopping coming to Instagram” – what this means for hotels marketers
With that simple headline, commerce arrived on one of the world’s most engaging visual platforms. An official blog post marked the announcement from the Instagram team. There would now be […]
Remarketing Strategy: Simple way to improve Hotel direct bookings
For an independent hotel, it is sometimes hard to get noticed. When a potential guest is searching for a hotel in their chosen destination, they tend to shop around. They […]
Major Changes From Google in 2016 That Impact Hotel Marketing
As 2016 winds down, we’re looking back at the major changes that impacted hotel marketing over the past year. For the most part, Google has influenced a lot of them, […]
What Hotel Chains Can Learn from Booking Aggregators
More and more travelers prefer to make their hotel (or flight, or car) reservations directly on the brand’s website—direct bookings outnumber aggregator bookings three-to-one. Although the big online aggregators still […]
Conversational commerce: killer direct channel to customer or confusing?
Driving so-called ‘conversational commerce’ is the next phase in the travel company customer relationship but it’s a complicated affair. In what Thomson is hailing as an ‘industry first’, last week […]
Inside the London usability lab of Expedia
Walking through what could have been mistaken for a door into a boiler room in Expedia’s modern London offices in Angel, you wouldn’t think you were entering a hub where […]
Airlines’ customer engagement on social media is critical to success
Forget being put on hold on the phone – customers today make a beeline for the airlines’ social media handles and work their way from there. From updates on crises, […]
Exploring the rise of Mega Online Travel Retailers
NB: This is an article from Amadeus Online travel shoppers are often oblivious to which site they use to make a purchase, whether it is a metasearch or an OTA […]
Airbnb Trips presents airlines with a digital ancillary revenue masterclass
For any airline concerned about keeping control of their relationships with their customers and leveraging digital channels to boost ancillary revenues, the launch of Airbnb’s “Trips” should serve as a wake-up […]