Hotel Digital Marketing
Hotel Marketing During COVID-19: A Direct Booking Content Strategy
Analysis of previous post-recession recovery strategies demonstrates that hotels and brands that focused on a marketing approach – instead of cost or rate cutting – rebounded better and faster. At this moment, in the heart of the global crisis, we understand that it is hard to come up with a marketing strategy. That’s what [...]
How a Website Helped this Bed & Breakfast Stand Out from the Competition
A unique path led Paige Stephens and her husband into the world of hospitality. Their hotel adventure started with the purchase of a beautiful bayside property. After they began to fix the place up, they decided to turn it into a traditional bed and breakfast in 2009. Soon after, couples also began approaching them to host [...]
Looks Matter for Corporate Bookings: What Hotels May be Missing on GDSs
When you break it down, hotel distribution is a complicated labyrinth of massive databases, each with its own purpose. Amadeus, Sabre, and Travelport (which includes Galileo, Worldspan, and Apollo), connect a database of hotel inventory to travel agents around the world. Travel agents and tour operators continue to make up a [...]
Cut a Larger Slice of the Booking Pie: How PPC for Hotels Competes with OTAs, a Conversation with Md Nizam Uddin
PPC for hotels can be a powerful tool to generate revenue and brand visibility. In search engine marketing, PPC, or pay-per-click advertising, is a method and strategy where you pay to reach the top of search results. The basic system is simple: you “bid” on a keyword (e.g., hotel near LAX airport) to show your hotel ads in [...]