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Are You Driving Social Media Traffic To Your Website? How UTM Parameters Can Help Track It
Is your social media strategy driving traffic to your website? And how much of this traffic is converting into direct bookings? UTM parameters are a great tool for tracking both these things, and uncovering what content is working for you.
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.
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.
Major Changes From Google in 2016 That Impact Hotel Marketing
Google has made a lot of changes over the last year that have impacted hotel marketing. We take a closer look at some of them and how hotel marketers can navigate these changes to their advantage.
Emerging Trends: Does Your Hotel Need a Chatbot?
If you've ever asked Siri or Google Now a question, you've communicated with a type of chatbot. Chatbots give hotels the opportunity to improve the customer experience at every stage of the travel shopping journey. Major hotel chains and OTAs are jumping on this technology. Should you follow suit?
Look Beyond Your Rooms to Drive Ancillary Revenue in 2017
There are many strategies to boosting revenue, but one area most hotels are neglecting. It’s called ancillary revenue; looking beyond your rooms, to other products or services that can generate revenue. Airlines and cruise lines have built a very healthy profit margin from ancillary services. It's time for hotels to do the same.
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.