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Key Trends that Matter in Online Travel
At WIT 2016 Conference in Singapore last month, Lorraine Sileo, vice president research of Phocuswright, shared the key trends that mattered in online travel. Q. What are the big global […]
How Cloud Technology Can Increase Ancillary Revenues for Hotels
According to PhoCusWright, in 2011 U.S. hotels sold approximately US$1.85 billion in ancillary products and services, which accounted for 1.7% of the country’s total hotel revenues – when compared to […]
A closer look at customer focused strategy of Booking.com
The changing nature of the travel industry has been a hot topic at this year’s Web Summit. Gillian Tans, the CTO of Booking.com, particularly emphasised how increased mobile usage is […]
5 Hotel Marketing Mistakes & How to Fix Them
Running a hotel isn’t easy. In the day-to-day grind we can sometimes let some things fall through the cracks. Today, let’s take a step back to reflect and talk about […]
How Google’s Mobile Only Index Will Change SEO in 2017
Google has unsettled the SEO community throughout 2016 by releasing back-to-back updates to its SERPs and search algorithms. The latest, and hopefully the last change for the year, was announced […]
Programmatic Advertising: How Hotels Can Target Travelers
We recently had the pleasure of participating in Leonardo’s first-ever Digital Marketing Summit for Hoteliers, “The Evolving Shopping Journey and Its Impact on Direct Bookings.” Hoteliers from all over the […]
How Do Hotels Create Content that Sells Rooms?
What are the most important factors for creating content that sells hotel rooms? What does “content” – that buzzword of all buzzwords – mean when it comes to hotels? There […]
3 Marketing Tactics to Persuade Travelers to Book Direct
A common challenge that many independent hotels continually face is capturing direct bookings and preventing OTAs from not only taking away that potential revenue but also that relationship with the […]
Can Direct Booking Campaigns End Up With Both Sides Declaring Victory?
Shifting hotel bookings to their own websites is clearly a positive for the large hotel chains, but online travel agencies could actually come out ahead, as well. For the online […]
What can hoteliers do to reduce website reservation abandonments?
NB: This is an article from HeBSdigital While hoteliers invest time and money into digital marketing campaigns to drive traffic to the hotel website, a staggering 98% and more of […]
