the TravelersChoiceAwards2008 list of top hotels which I’m sure is full of hotels that not only deliver on their promise but very likely over deliver and are rewarded for it. They probably also are aware of how they are perceived in the marketplace by participating in the conversation that happens about them and [...]
This is the list you definitely do not want to be on!
It’s a great - and for some scary! - example of the radical transparency businesses are facing today. There is no place to hide and anyone would be advised to manage their online brand reputation way before they end up on a list [...]
Facebook Falling Off? asks Marketing Pilgrim and shows us a neat graph to visualize what might be the answer to the question
and Kevin on Travolution asks if “the social networking boom is losing momentum“
First off, I’m not blaming the messengers here for reporting about this and granted, the figures show some drop off [...]
article in Chief Marketer caught my attention.
I’ve long been an advocate of using webinars qualified for lead generation, which in my opinion most DMOs are still not using anywhere near enough.
Virtual events could become an even more effective tool to show off a destination and presenting key suppliers to a much wider audience [...]
reports Hotelmarketing, based on an article on Scotsman.com with the headline of “Tourist website has to be worth a visit”, which sounds pretty much like a no-brainer to me. I have to admit that I’m not familiar with the details of their situation but apparently a number of local suppliers are claiming the failure of [...]
“Online comparison sites move beyond price”
reads the headline of Rob Lovitt’s column on msnbc.com about the travel meta-search companies that some of us industry bloggers have written about for over a year now.
I can only say - welcome to the party! and the earlier the main stream media start writing about the fact that [...]
according to eMarketer which presents a collection of studies that proof this point. Although not dealing specifically with travel, I would venture the guess that similar numbers apply.
This is further proof of the importance buyers place on comments by buyers/users of a particular product or service and as I’ve commented previously, if those comments [...]
explains Elisabeth Osmeloski in a very illuminating article in Search Engine Watch which puts the focus on the importance of search in travel and how it can be used effectively. The strategies explained are valid not only for suppliers and OTAs but also for DMOs, especially the many who are now selling their suppliers [...]
Unfortunately I missed this event but Josh Benoff of Forrester summarized some of key comments of Doc Searls which I quote below:
1. Advertising as we know it will die.
2. Herding people into walled gardens and guessing about what makes them “social” will seem as absurd as it actually is. (Facebook is his example.)
3. We will [...]
this study, the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), released today by the University of Michigan with e-commerce partner ForeSee Results is a wake-up call mostly for the online travel agencies, but if I were a travel supplier I wouldn’t be too pleased about myself either.
It clearly shows that the low hanging fruit in selling [...]
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