Storytelling
How to Leverage User Generated Content to Persuade Travel Shoppers
User Generated Content (UGC) helps build trust and authenticity with travel shoppers. In this article, we explore why UGC is such a powerful tool for hotel marketers, how hotels are using it, and how to integrate it into your website to drive more engagement.
Webinar Recap: How to Build a Winning Social Media Strategy
In our latest webinar, we were joined by Greg Bodenair, Area Marketing Manager for Kimpton Hotels of Boston & Cambridge, to get the scoop on how to build a winning social media strategy with trackable ROI.
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.
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.
Inspiring Travelers: A Recap From Our Digital Marketing Summit for Hoteliers
Missed our Digital Marketing Summit for Hoteliers? Here's a quick recap from Chris Blaine (Sojern) and Ed St. Onge (Flip.to) from our first presentation on Travel Inspiration. Learn why inspiring travelers at the start of their travel shopping journey can help increase direct bookings. Part 1 of our 4-part series.
Webinar Recap: 5 Best Practice Tips to Drive Direct Bookings
Based on the research, hotels of all sizes and star ratings are spending a LOT of time on sales and marketing activities – but they aren’t seeing the results they need from their property website. It’s clear that hotels need to find unique ways to differentiate themselves from the competition, so they can drive more direct [...]
The First Leonardo Hackathon
Last week Leonardo hosted our first ever Hackathon; an opportunity for our employees to work together to build and pitch fresh ideas to help solve business challenges.
Drive Direct: Best Practices for a High-Performing Hotel Website
Joey Egan, VP of Marketing at Leonardo, shares his best practices for building a high-performing hotel website - one that drives direct bookings.
Superstar Storyteller: Malolo Bed and Breakfast
When your B&B is rated number #22 out of 50,000 in the USA, and #1 in your area, you must be doing something right. Malolo Bed & Breakfast's website has become a direct booking machine – one that’s reduced their reliance on OTAs by 25%. Let’s take a closer look at what makes their website so successful.
8 Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Hotel Website (Part 1)
You can't drive direct bookings if nobody can find your website. See our 8 tips for making your hotel website more discoverable in search engine results. Part 1 of our two-part series.