A problem for hoteliers in today’s multi-channel world is having a database full of guests with which you cannot effectively communicate. Whether this includes linking data from your mobile platform [...]
Getting the Most Out of Multi-Channel Marketing
Death of the Cookie: 2014 Edition
When someone says the word cookie, inevitably everyone thinks about chocolate chips, macadamia nuts and maybe even Christmas. However, in this case we are talking about the online tracking device [...]
Using YouTube to Generate Bookings
Content Writing, Google Analytics, Hotels, Marketing to Gen Y, Online Resources, Social Media, Video
Written by admin Leave a commentContent may be king of the marketing world, but the modern consumer is less interested in text-based advertisements and more interested in video.
Metasearch engines are a topic that gets a lot of attention on the ResortsandLodges.com Business Blog because they play such an important role in the supply-and-demand principles of the hospitality [...]
Just How Big a Deal are Same-Day Hotel Bookings?
Mobile devices have taken the travel and hospitality industries by storm in recent years with companies focusing their efforts on creating mobile websites, applications and more to help attract a new [...]
Personalization Equals Loyalty with Millennials
Hotels, Marketing to Gen Y, Millennials, Online Resources, Social Media
Written by admin Leave a commentA key question facing hoteliers and property managers in today’s travel landscape is how to build loyalty with the millennial generation. Points-based loyalty programs are proving ineffective in [...]
Reviews now play an integral role in the path to purchase among consumers inclined to do research on the internet. According to a January 2014 survey of U.S. adult internet users conducted by YouGov, [...]
The State of the Online Travel Industry in 2014
Branding, Content Writing, Hotels, Mobile Marketing, Social Media
Written by admin Leave a commentWhy Mobile Marketing Will Continue to Grow
There was a time, although it seems inconceivable, when online video and mobile executions were dismissed as pipe dreams. The principles were appealing, but the idea that technology would develop [...]
Extensive online travel agencies (OTAs) have played a large role in the hospitality industry for the past decade, but the outcomes have not necessarily been positive for all parties involved. They [...]
