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Starkov’s technology and marketing resolutions for hoteliers (part two)
By Viewpoints
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January 9, 2017
Finding the balance between form and function on the hotel dotcom, personalisation of marketing campaigns and the threat of Airbnb are among the issues hoteliers need to address in 2017 in order to at
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Starkov's technology and marketing resolutions for hoteliers (part one)
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January 6, 2017
There was an obvious and substantial emphasis on ‘book direct’ marketing strategies in 2016, with hoteliers looking to drive more direct business via loyalty member-only rates, special incentives, uni
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The complete guide to online marketing and strategy for independent hotels (part two)
By Patrick Landman
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November 3, 2016
In the first part of our complete guide to online marketing and strategy for hotels, published earlier this week, we talked about brand protection to drive direct sales. Another method that can be use
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How to tell if your marketing is driving incremental revenues
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September 5, 2016
Your marketing team deployed a customer-level mobile promotion for a discounted upgrade and it yielded a high redemption rate. Success! Or was it? NB: This is a viewpoint by Cornelius Kaestner, sen
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RhinoCarHire rebrands, Revinate stays with Steigenberger, and more...
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April 28, 2016
This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel MARKETING in tourism and hospitality for April 2016. Thursday 28 April 2016: RhinoCarHire rebrands with help from Priceline Group
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Hotels have the data to be better with email
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April 26, 2016
OTAs and airlines are well known for sending emails with helpful information and lucrative offers. They constantly remind us that they are there if we need them. But for some reason you rarely see sim
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Five steps to increase bookings with Facebook remarketing
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February 3, 2016
Today, more than 70% of travel’s digital ad dollars go to direct response advertising. Intent-based search advertising takes the lion's share and has proven to drive revenue reliably and effectively a
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Yo ho ho hotels, is your website ready for Christmas?
By Viewpoints
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October 6, 2015
Like it or not, the cards and gift wrap are already in the shops. Christmas is coming and, like traditional high-street retailers, hotels should start "tinselling up" their own digital shop windows.
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Tourism Tribe aims to help operators swap tips on marketing and distribution
By Stephen Joyce
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October 2, 2015
Even though 85% of travelers use their smartphones while on holiday and many sites are seeing upwards of 50% of their web traffic originating on mobile devices, only 40% of operators who have websites
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Think about the context of your travel content
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September 9, 2015
Content fever continues to spread, with ever more travel companies getting the message on “brand publishing,” what it is and how they should do it. But a question that is often overlooked is why this
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Timing is everything for hotel content marketing
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July 14, 2015
When creating online travel content, it is tempting to come up with brand new ideas as you go along. After all, travel is all about spontaneity; it’s the off-the-cuff experiences that often make the g
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Think email marketing in travel is dead? Three ways travel brands can still win
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June 5, 2015
With 49% of UK travellers buying their holidays online, travel brands need to be making full use of the channels available to them in order to secure sales. NB: This is a guest article by Chad Harw
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Hyperlapse and real-time footage combine in London Lights promo
By Nick Vivion
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April 10, 2015
The ability for outstanding marketing collateral to stand out from the crowd is directly tied to how technology and creativity resonate together. A new video from HotelClub does just that, taking t
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Expedia's faux interns debunk Millennial myths with humor and panache
By Nick Vivion
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March 16, 2015
Expedia is taking intern marketing mania to task with an entertaining ongoing marketing campaign that focuses on two actors portraying interns, who then answer questions submitted via social media.
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Is hotel metasearch the answer to everything?
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March 13, 2015
Do you remember the "social media monetization" era. It was the answer to everything that was keeping hotel marketers awake at night. At least according to those with vested interests. NB: This is
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