travel

Importance of Selling Millennials Experiences, Not Just Beds

Today, Millennials are a widely overlooked audience for hotels; whether it’s because there is a general perception that they are entitled and hard-to-please, or because they are assumed to have […]

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Driving direct business and better revenue in 2017

In today’s ultra-competitive hospitality marketplace, any competitive edge can translate into a stronger bottom line, and it’s no secret that driving direct business and better revenue is one of the […]

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Facebook’s ambitions for travel planning and booking

There was a telling interview in Skift with Facebook’s Head of Travel, Christine Warner, that illustrates just how ambitious the company is getting about travel. Interestingly, Warner described Facebook as a […]

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How to Increase Travel Website Bookings, Automatically

Working in seasonal industries like travel and hospitality is challenging, to say the least. You’ve either got tons of people making reservations on your site or hardly any, forcing you […]

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Why travel hasn’t solved its mobile problem

It seems as if every year since 2010 has been proclaimed as the “year of mobile” for brands across the spectrum. But this year, more than ever, having a mobile […]

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Dear Google, lend the travel industry your ears, please

While Google is busy moving up the trip-planning funnel and perfecting the customer experience, there are questions the industry wants answering. ‘How do you get from Paris to Berlin?’ ‘What […]

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Marketing Automation Opportunities for Luxury Hotels and Travel

Hospitality – ‘the friendly and generous reception and entertainment of guests’, according to the Oxford English dictionary. Synonymous with warm welcomes, ‘good hospitality’ has inherently been the product of human interaction […]

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Facebook Has a Monopoly Amongst Travel Marketers

62% of travel marketers rate Facebook as the most effective social media network. Facebook is peerless amongst travel marketers according to a new industry-wide survey from EyeforTravel. The State of […]

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As Google pivot to “AI first” what does it mean for the travel sector

  At ITB Berlin in March 2017, Google announced that it now considers itself an “AI-first” company, moving away from its mobile-first position. This fascinating shift in focus reveals how […]

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The Power of Package Bookings for Driving Hotel Revenues

Hotels are always looking for new ways to drive demand – and packages have been a solid vehicle to do just that. Packages, or combined hotel, airfare and/or car bookings, […]

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