Google Hotels has become a key source of traffic and revenue for the direct channel for most hotels. Both paid campaigns and free booking links are important parts of this. Get to know them to get the most out of them!…
If your hotel is committed to sustainability you have an opportunity to show it to your potential guests on Google and Booking.com. Your property will gain visibility and prestige that go beyond direct sales, reaching the global image of your hotel on the internet and in the offline world. …
With this new multiplier Google continues to improve its product, allowing bids to be adjusted to the different dates when hotel demand may fluctuate and thus achieving better metasearch performance.…
Eight weeks after its launch, we analyse the results of Google's free booking links: click-through rate, conversion, incremental sales... What conclusions do we get from this latest big move by Google?…
It is a very sought-after feature, especially in the more leisure segment, and it opens the possibility for hotels to expose their direct channel hence competing with the leading OTAs in a much higher position in the funnel than the direct channel traditionally holds. …
Until today, Hotel Ads was a paid showcase in which only bidding channels would appear in the results. Now, a hotel’s homepage will appear in the Hotel Ads results, even if they are not bidding. …
Competitive advantage can be gained through technology and strategy in GHA. But it has many features that many integration partners neglect, making hotels lose great opportunities to increase performance of their direct channel. We walk through 15 best practices that you should demand your GHA integration partner to provide. …
As a hotelier it is very useful to navigate as your clients do (in their countries) which is a very different reality from the one you see from your hotel. We explain you how to do it in a very easy way.…
The coronavirus crisis has dramatically changed the way we book hotel rooms. Non-refundable rates have pretty much disappeared. And now that Google adds the flexible rate filter to Hotel Ads, your direct sales have the opportunity to differentiate if the integration of your reservation system allows it, as is the case with Mirai. …
With PPA Google offers hotels and direct sales channels an alternative to gain visibility in the potential market of clients who are looking for a hotel by destination. A world of possibilities for attracting new demand…
