Our independent hotels are a really great outlier, as the majority of our hotels do not use OTA, and are 100% direct. What *are* & *should be* direct bookings get siphoned into different ecosystems, whether a legit bait and switch, or just being swallowed by the black hole of Google. Our metasearch has done wonders,…
Google & Travel – let’s start with Google Now, and Google Plus, and Google Flight Search, and Google Hotel Finder. Okay, for Travel, start with Google….
If you aren’t paying attention to Google’s movement in the Travel arena, here’s an update. If you want to talk about the future of Travel, start with Google, because every consumer, guest, business,
Amazon just moved into Travel Distribution, & quietly sets up Amazon Local
Here’s something interesting…. and for my money, you might want to start focusing on Google vs Amazon in Travel, as the past fades away. I understand that Amazon Local is angled as a coupon site right
Facebook & TripAdvisor; an issue for Google or Yelp?
Revelation! Â I love it. I don’t always have stuff hit me, but it hit me today. So I hadn’t figured out why Tripadvisor’s Restaurant Reviews had recently, so vigorously, taken off. Â For those