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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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