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Airbnb CMO Wants to Redefine Experiential Marketing With New Offering
Thursday, at its Airbnb Open event in Los Angeles, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky revealed that the company is fundamentally changing. In adding experiences and much more to the platform, it […]
Jumpstart Your Hotel’s Direct Bookings through Multichannel Campaigns
Multichannel campaigns are one of the most effective ways to boost direct bookings, build one-to-one relationships with current and future guests, and ultimately, encourage repeat guests throughout the customer lifecycle. […]
Consumption of digital travel content sees double-digit growth
A new study explores how the interaction between travel booking websites and other influential online and offline touchpoints can impact the purchase journey for American, British and Canadian travelers. The […]
Kayak’s CEO critiques Google, Airbnb, and others
Steve Hafner, co-founder and chief executive of Kayak, is living up to his reputation for being one of the liveliest annual on-stage interviewees at the Phocuswright Conference. On-stage he says […]
Google is Switching to a Mobile First Index
Earlier this year, we published an article on Google’s search algorithm update, which gave preference to mobile-friendly websites in mobile search results. Now, 6 months later, Google has announced that […]
Google AdWords vs. Facebook Ads
There are currently over 3.4 billion internet users around the world, and as online store owners we want to reach as many of them as possible. There are two main […]
The Top 5 Myths In Hotel Marketing Right Now
Sometimes, ignorance is not bliss. In hotel marketing, having outdated assumptions or incorrect information can cost your hotels millions in lost revenue… and perhaps even cost you your job. So […]
Social media campaign planning doesn’t need to be complicated
Over the past two months, I spoke at a couple of events and the topic of how to plan a successful social media campaign popped up at all of them. […]
Guest Review Content: Become the Hotel Travelers Want to Book
NB: This is an article by Ellis Connolly of TrustYou via Leonardo I’d like to start out this blog post with a brief story about tomato soup… While my wife […]
Hotel Social Messaging and Chat Tools at a Crossroads
Messaging is exploding as an engagement channel at hotels. Within the past year, hotel brands big and small have made headlines for their experiments with various channels, as well as […]
