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The Most Profitable Marketing Channels for Hotels

Travelboom Marketing

We’ve detailed the most profitable marketing channels for hotels to help you reduce costs, improve performance and increase your bottom line. Profitable Marketing Channels for Hotels CPC Marketing for Hotels Cost-per-click advertising can attract and retain customers , as well as introduce your brand to a new audience.

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Impact of New DMA legislation: Future of Google + Hotels in Europe

Hotel Speak

Gatekeepers are large digital platforms that provide core services, such as search engines. For example, gatekeepers must allow their business users to promote their services and complete contracts with customers outside of the gatekeepers platform. They are designated gatekeepers if they meet certain criteria outlined by the DMA.

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How to increase holiday bookings

SiteMinder

Holiday bookings refer to the reservations made by individuals or groups for accommodation, travel, and other related services during their vacation period. The report flagged the hotel industry as an example of a sector working to leverage technology to help provide a more premium service. What are holiday bookings?

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13 ways to attract more direct bookings for your hotel

Cloudbeds

Direct bookings are reservations guests confirm directly with a property without using an online travel agency (OTA) or 3rd party intermediary. Direct bookings are beneficial because they connect lodging businesses directly with potential customers and increase hotel revenue through money saved from OTA commissions.

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Hotel revenue management strategies and solutions

SiteMinder

That said, one has to ask: why are so many hotels’ margins still being eroded away by OTAs ? The growth of metasearch OTAs often outperform individual hotels in metasearch positioning and cost-per-click (CPC) performance. Some OTAs still use cached pricing.

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Trivago’s Free Booking Links: What they are, how they work, and benefits

Cloudbeds

Unlike Google’s Free Booking Links, this feature is only available to hoteliers; OTAs and resellers can not participate. If you’re listed on OTAs, you’re probably already listed on metasearch channels too. In the cost-per-click model (CPC), the hotel pays the amount it bids for each click.

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Hotel Revenue Management Strategies That Work

Travelboom Marketing

Identifying Demand Patterns Anticipating demand using historical data helps hoteliers predict costs and resource needs. When you see seasonal peaks and annual events affecting occupancy rates and reservation types, then you can adjust room pricing, add-on services, and staffing to achieve the most efficient, profitable combination.