technology
Google, travel and intimacy
Should companies involved in the travel-planning process be concerned about the release last week of Destinations on Google, a mobile format designed to help travelers get from the top […]
Google tackles OTAs with vacation-booking tool on mobile
Google is taking the travel industry head-on with the rollout of its newest tool, Destinations on Google, which lets consumers discover and book their next vacation entirely via mobile […]
Its time for the Moneyball of destination marketing
Destination marketers are rising up. Or as some of them put it: geeking up. They’re daring to bypass their ad agencies and parse big data to figure how to […]
Why Ranking on Page 1 in Google is Not the Goal of SEO
NB: This is an article by John McAuliffe, President of Leonardo A lot of conversations I have with hotel marketers about SEO go something like this: John: “What’s the […]
The Facts About Hotel Reviews and Rankings on Google
NB: This is an article by Margaret Ady of TrustYou There is much chatter these days about TrustYou data on Google and what really drives improvements in the TrustScore, […]
The 7 Layers of Data That Will Improve Your Room Pricing
NB: This is an article from ReviewPro We recently partnered with Duetto to discuss “The 7 Layers of Data That Will Improve Your Room Pricing” in a free webinar […]
Are hotel wholesalers on the brink of extinction?
Are hotel wholesalers headed for extinction like the dodo bird? Certainly not yet. What is the future of hotel wholesalers? There are a lot of prophecies out there, but […]
BookingSuite pushes further into rate management for hotels and rentals
Ordinarily, a product update doesn’t merit a spotlight on its own. But a few things set apart the news that Booking.com, the e-commerce company that lists 865,000 hotels and […]
Google Flights now pushes flexible destination search
In February, Google Flights updated the default interface for visitors to its various main windows (google.com/flights, google.co.uk/flights, etc.) for select countries worldwide. Travelers can say goodbye to needing exact […]
Hotels must personalise or risk perishing
Hotels must personalise service and retain the human touch when introducing cutting-edge technology, according to a new report from business advisory company Grant Thornton. The power of personal: Hotels […]