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IC Hotels reaches 18 per cent direct bookings

Turkish hotel group, IC Hotels, claims it now achieves more than 18% of bookings from direct marketing campaigns and as a result reduced commission levels to 3%.  IC Hotels has […]

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Book. Stay. Go. Launches SaaS Marketplace

Book. Stay. Go., a leading mobile hotel solution for business, mobile, and millennial travelers, today announced the launch of the hotel industry’s first SaaS-enabled marketplace, featuring mobile check-in and mobile […]

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Google wants to become our personal travel assistant

You could almost feel the air being sucked out of the room as Oliver Heckmann of Google closed off Day 1 of Phocuswright Dublin with a talk on everything the […]

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Marriott delivers seamless, consumer first experience

A Marriott executive at the MMA Mobile Marketing Leadership Forum explained how the hotel company broke down media silos for a people-first attitude and discovered that 30 percent of attribution […]

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Hotel Websites Optimised for Mobile Will Rank Better

NB: This is an article from Leonardo Google updates its algorithms 500-600 times a year but rarely gives the public notice on what’s changing. But this time they did, which […]

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New Era of Travel Marketing: Facebook Dynamic Ads

  NB: This is an article from Adphorus Today Facebook announced Dynamic Ads for Travel (DAT), its native retargeting solution for travel advertisers. We are very excited to be one […]

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Better together and the shifting digital landscape

A Marriott-Starwood marriage will bring changes but digital holds promise even if brands like Facebook now want you to pay for products like Dynamic Ads ‘Better together’ – the slogan […]

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Lowest Available Hotel Rates: A Friend or Foe?

Owing to increased Internet penetration and the booming sharing economy, which has an impact on the lodging sector, the online travel market in Asia-Pacific has grown in recent years. Technology […]

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The rise of mobile and social as performance channels

Performance marketing platform Criteo saw mobile business breach the critical 50% threshold last quarter, underlining why travel firms must have cross-device insight. Speaking to Travolution after Criteo issued a three […]

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Hotels and the dirty battle with OTAs

From point-of-sale shenanigans to wholesaler tactics and the rise of club rates, hotels of all shapes and sizes are fighting back and it’s not over yet. The battle for direct […]

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