Online Marketing for Hotels

Technology and Hospitality News Update While the new iPhone generally dominated September talks about technology, Apple is far from the only company launching new products this fall. Learn about how you can become a Best Western hotel without the Best Western brand, Google’s new travel app, and Snapchat’s foray into wearables.

It’s becoming more and more expensive and competitive in the search engine marketing world – especially as Google cuts back on how many ads will show on a page. That means that you should really focus on your free organic traffic to maximize theåÊeffectiveness of your website when you can’t spend a lot of money […]

If you‰’ve been using Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to advertise your hotel, you may have noticed that Google is no longer displaying ads in the right sidebar of the search engine results page (SERP). This change will make the advertising marketplace on desktop search results more competitive. Increased competition for the top three spaces in […]

Holiday Booking Forecast Are you targeting holiday travelers? One study of recent holiday travel stats found that 58% of Americans plan to travel for the holidays, and 48% don’t plan to stay with family members. They forecast that bookings peak for the holiday between November 17 and December 14, and half of all travel bookings […]

How much do your hotel website photos matter? When it comes to brand trust, which leads to online reviews and repeat purchase behavior, quite a lot. Travelers don’t want outdated photos or perfectly staged and retouched photos. They want to know exactly what they’ll get – or else you may be reading online reviews about […]

What is Google Hotels? As Google continues to try to simplify the buying process for users, they have launched the ability to search for hotels and visit booking pages directly from the search results page, all while being able to filter results and compare rates across sites. If a user searches “hotels in [city]” the […]