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Starter Guide to Using Retargeting to Market Your Hotel
Are you using retargeting as part of your hotel’s market strategy? If not, you’re missing out an a huge opportunity. Today, we’re going to take you through why and how […]
Independent Hotels Compete for Bookings Against OTAs
Competition between Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) and hotels and resorts continues to heat up. Not only are direct bookings more profitable for hotels as they can avoid paying steep commissions, […]
How Ryanair developed multi-platform digital experiences
One of the contradictions of the digital world is that, historically, the process of researching and booking a holiday has been one of the most stressful things you can do […]
5 Reasons Why a Travel Booking is Abandoned
The travel industry spends billions of dollars each year on digital marketing, yet 81% of online travel bookings are abandoned, according to a study by SalesCycle. In 2014, Boxever estimated […]
Focus on Social Media: Missing the big picture
Facebook has become a place where many travel agents have successfully built a personal brand through posting photos of their travels and in many cases themselves. It has turned into […]
Hotel Marketing & Online Revenue Optimization Super Metrics
Analytics metrics have evolved over the past few years. In my last article, I discussed the dinosaur metrics that have fallen in value since the last mass extinction event. Since […]
How Social Media Can Increase Hotel’s Direct Bookings
Thanks to efforts of global influencers like Elon Musk, Facebook & Google internet access has accelerated faster than ever before with *over 3 billion people gaining online access as of 2015. […]
How hotels can localise their website to compete with Airbnb
The “Live There” campaign from Airbnb reveals an intention to target a new demographic – after traditionally looking to connect with Millennials, it is now marketing to families. The ad […]
The Facebook metrics that matter for hotels
Measuring the success of your social media efforts is a must, regardless of what channels hotels are using. What’s even more important is making sure that you are paying attention […]
Expedia’s first bot is for booking hotels
Expedia today unveiled a rather smart, rather simple little bot for Facebook Messenger. The bot is designed to do one thing and do it well: It helps travelers book hotels. What’s […]
