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Study: a 10% Increase in Airbnb Supply Results in a 0.35% Decrease in Local Hotel Room Revenue

March 11, 2015 /
Hotel Marketing

Airbnb is having a real financial impact on the hospitality industry, and it’s time for incumbents to acknowledge and meet the challenge. Francesco Canzoniere’s insight: According to a recent report from Boston University, a 10% increase in Airbnb supply results in a 0.35% decrease in hotel room revenue, which translates into a 13% impact on revenue in Austin, Texas, which is home to the highest Airbnb supply. This study also found that lower-priced hotels…

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eCornell Study Argues for a Firm, Strategic Approach to Hotel Pricing

March 10, 2015 /
Hotel Marketing / Revenue Management

This study explores the effects of competitor pricing levels on relative revenue on a sample of over 4,000 hotels in Europe over a ten-year period (2004–2013). Hotels  in this European sample, which included both independent and chain-affiliated properties, achieved higher revenue per available room (RevPAR) than direct competitors when they positioned their hotels with comparatively higher prices. These data revealed that: Regardless of the economic situation of the time period, hotels that positioned with average daily…

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Skyscanner’s Legal Victory Could Lead to the End of Hotel Rate Parity Agreements with Booking.com & all OTAs

September 29, 2014 /
Hotel Marketing / Marketing Online / OTAs / Revenue Management / Travel Distribution / Travel Metasearch

  The Scotland-based metasearch company argued that the original ruling by Britain’s Office of Fair Trading restricted consumer access to discounts. Source: www.dailymail.co.uk Skyscanner took its case to the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT), which ruled in its favour and sent the case back to the CMA. CMA had accepted commitments from Expedia, Booking.com and Intercontinental Hotels Group, which meant consumers would need to join a membership scheme, or closed group, to view discounted…

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Google – The 2014 Traveler’s Road To Decision

September 28, 2014 /
Hotel Marketing / Marketing Online

Full extract (ppt) and video of the Google Hangout presentation of the Google’s 2014 Traveler’s Road To Decision Study made in collaboration with Ipsos MediaCT. Google – The 2014 Traveler’s Road To Decision from Francesco Canzoniere   Here a quick recap of the most important insights: – 76% of leisure travelers select an OTA for its lower prices and better deals. – 53%…

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Google Now Lets Travelers Know When Flight Prices Drop

September 25, 2014 /
Hotel Marketing / Marketing Online / Scoop.it / Travel Metasearch

Google is helping travelers save money with a new Now card that tells users when a price has dropped on a flight. According to this Google+ post, you can t

Source: searchengineland.com

Google is helping travelers save money with a new Now card that tells users when a price has dropped on a flight.

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Brand Challenge: Is There a ‘Recipe’ for Going Viral? “Meet Consumers’ Expectations, or Become Irrelevant.”

September 24, 2014 /
Hotel Marketing / Marketing Online / Scoop.it

Digitally savvy brands that meet consumers on their own terms can drive greater engagement, write Google’s Kelli Wasuri and Gopi Kallayil.

Source: knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu

In the digital world, consumers don’t want to be ambushed by advertising; instead, they expect brands to advertise to them only when they grant brands permission to do so. Consumers expect brands to deliver something valuable in their messaging, whether its entertainment, education, or utility. And lastly, consumers know they have the power to amplify a brand’s message, and they expect to actively participate in doing so.  

The message is clear — to be successful in the digital era, brands must listen to the demands of their consumers when marketing to them: “Meet our expectations, or become irrelevant.”

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How to Segment Your Audience and Improve Your Ecommerce Checkout Funnel

September 24, 2014 /
Hotel Marketing / Marketing Online / Performance Marketing / Scoop.it

Source: blog.kissmetrics.com

Focus on running tests to identify the variables that do impact your audience. Start with using the funnel report to tell us how our website converts for a specific date range and then use cohort analysis (a cohort is a group of people who share a common characteristic or experience within a particular time span) in order to track how each group’s behavior changes over time. 

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Ranking Factors 2014: Why Quality Content Focuses on Topics, not Keywords

September 24, 2014 /
Hotel Marketing / Marketing Online / Marketing Online / Scoop.it / SEO

Searchmetrics recently launched their yearly Ranking Factors Study that bases numbers on rank correlation and averages of top 10 SEO rankings. The 2014 analysis shows that content on top-performing sites is much more holistic and less keyword-focused. In this post, Marcus Tober, founder and CTO of Searchmetrics, explains why you should focus on more than just keywords when it comes to technical aspects of your site, and how you can create relevant, comprehensive content for users.

Source: moz.com

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How Airbnb & Other Big Companies Increase Conversions Using the Psychology of Desire

September 24, 2014 /
Hotel Marketing / Marketing Online / Marketing Online / Travel Distribution

Leverage the psychology of desire and you’ll increase landing page conversions. Successful brands are already doing it – here’s how you can do it too.

Source: unbounce.com

To create desire for your product, you need to:
– show people how using your product or service will either reduce pain or increase pleasure in their lives
– reassure them that is a perfectly acceptable behavior to undertake.
Airbnb creates desire for their service by using beautiful product images. By using professionally-shot photographs that showcase the properties at their absolute best, they increase individual incentive to stay at one.
-> Adding appealing images, Airbnb increases expected pleasure/perceived quality and social approval for these non conventional accommodations.

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