How Social Media can help your Brand

November 23rd, 2011

5 easy steps to show you how Social Media can help your Brand

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Tags: Loyalty · Social Media · Social Media Marketing for Hotels

Increased spend Mobile Spend & App Development in 2012 in Travel

November 21st, 2011

Frommer survey shows a planned increase in the travel segment efforts on Mobile Spend and App Development in 2012

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Tags: Mobile / Location Based Marketing · Social Media

Google Introduces ‘Think Insights’ for Marketers

November 10th, 2011

Google has launched “Think Insights”, a one-stop shop for consumer trends, marketing insights and industry research. The site includes statistics, a research library, planning tools, and a section for emerging digital trends.

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Tags: Google · Hotel Marketing

Top 30 Irish Hotel Pages on Facebook #Top30IEHotels

November 7th, 2011

Our ‘Top 30 Irish Hotels on Facebook’ list this week has seen 3 hotels move up the table and 0 new entries.

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Tags: Facebook · Social Media · Top 30 Hotels on Facebook · Travel Marketing

Google extends Hotel Finder beyond the USA

October 21st, 2011

Google’s experiment with its Hotel Finder tool for US destinations must be paying off as the search giant has quietly opened it up to include European cities.

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Tags: Google · Travel Marketing · e-commerce

Twitter – Promoted Tweets

October 18th, 2011

Twitter is gifting its Promoted Tweets advertisers with wider distribution across the network, meaning you will start to see Promoted Tweets from brands you don’t follow starting Today.

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Tags: Social Media · Social Media Marketing for Hotels · Twitter

Hotels Increase Marketing Budgets for Mobile and Social Campaigns

October 13th, 2011

Smartphone usage is rapidly increasing around the world. Recognizing this growing trend and the opportunity to capture market share among consumers booking travel via digital devices, global hoteliers are investing more resources into mobile websites and other marketing initiatives.

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Tags: Mobile / Location Based Marketing · Social Media · Social Media Marketing for Hotels

Click-Through Rates for Travel Searches on Mobile are 61% Higher

September 27th, 2011

Click-through rates for travel searches on mobile are 61% higher than from conventional internet connections, research by performance marketing firm Efficient Frontier has found. However the picture is markedly different for conversion rates on mobile, which were found to be 49% lower than from fixed-line computers. Efficient Frontier said the findings underline that most searches with an ‘intent to buy’ are carried out on consoles, but it still believes travel firms have an opportunity with mobile.

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Tags: Hotel Marketing · Online Advertising · e-commerce · foursquare

Facebook Users Responding To Social Media Marketing

September 15th, 2011

A new study takes a look at how Facebook users interact with brands on the social network and what this means for businesses looking to leverage the online platform. The results of the study have concluded that over half of facebook users respond successfully to social media marketing.

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Tags: Facebook · Social Media · Social Media Marketing for Hotels