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What Are Long Tail Keywords & How Can They Drive Bookings?
Driving organic traffic to your hotel website is important, but driving quality traffic should also be a priority. By tweaking your SEO strategy to focus on long tail keywords, you’ll be able to drive more quality website traffic that is more likely to convert.
How TripAdvisor’s Algorithm Works & How to Rank Higher
TripAdvisor reviews are an important part of the travel shopping journey. So what can you do to ensure your property listing gets seen by more people? In this article we outline how TripAdvisor’s Popularity Ranking algorithm works and what you can do to improve your ranking.
Top 10 Articles from 2016
With just over two weeks until Christmas, we’re recapping the best blog articles from 2016. Here is what piqued the interest of hotel marketers around the globe, with some practical tips to take into 2017 and beyond.
Webinar Recap: The Science Behind a High-Performing Hotel Website
A high-performing hotel website is based on science, not guesswork. It leads travel shoppers down a logical path to the booking engine. In our recent webinar, we dissected the critical elements of successful hotel website – one that turns lookers into bookers. We've recapped the highlights here.
Becoming the Hotel Travelers Want to Book With
Today’s traveler is overwhelmed with options when searching for a hotel online, making it easy for the “right” hotel to go unnoticed. Ellis Connolly from TrustYou explains the role guest reviews, specifically meta-reviews, play in traveler booking decisions.
Top 5 mistakes hotels make in marketing & the path to fix them
Running a hotel isn’t easy. In the day-to-day grind we can sometimes let some things fall through the cracks. Ed St. Onge from Flip.to outlines 5 common hotel marketing mistakes and how to fix them.
Driving Direct: How Hoteliers Can Identify and Target Travelers
Programmatic advertising is changing the PPC game. With programmatic, you target the individual traveler, not the website. Chris Blaine from Sojern explains how programmatic advertising can help hotels drive more relevant traffic to their website and increase direct bookings.
Traveling & Sharing the Experience: A Recap From Our Digital Marketing Summit
The travel shopping journey doesn't end once a booking is made. Social sharing and guest reviews are critical in influencing future bookings. We recap Ed St. Onge and Charlie Osmond's insights from our Digital Marketing Summit. Part 4 of our 4-part series.
Winning the Hotel Booking: A Recap From Our Digital Marketing Summit for Hoteliers
Winning the direct booking all comes down to having a strong online presence and a high-converting website. View the highlights from our recent Digital Marketing Summit for Hoteliers, featuring Joey Egan (Leonardo) and David Chestler (SiteMinder). Part 3 of our 4-part series.
Travel Research, Planning and Validation: A Recap From Our Digital Marketing Summit for Hoteliers
In the "Mid-Funnel" phase of the Travel Shopping Journey, 65% of travel shoppers are considering multiple properties. This is a hotel's chance to influence and persuade. We recap Ellis Connolly (TrustYou) & Charlie Osmond's (Triptease) insights from our Digital Marketing Summit for Hoteliers. Part 2 of our 4-part series.