September 1, 2023 · Pete DiMaio
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March 13, 2023 · Pete DiMaio
Video Presentation: How Independent Hotels Can Drive Direct Bookings With Metasearch
Are you tired of shelling out exorbitant amounts of money to third-party booking sites like Expedia and Booking.com? If so, it's time to switch to Metasearch and increase your direct bookings. In this informative...
January 31, 2023 · Pete DiMaio
Everything You Need to Know About Tripadvisor Sponsored Placements
TripAdvisor has just rolled out their Sponsored Position system to hotels. Now, hotels can buy the top, typically #1 ranked, property position for their destination. Is this a savior for lower ranked properties or just a money grab? Here's...
November 21, 2022 · Pete DiMaio
Recession Proof Your Hotel Marketing
A potential recession is looming and hoteliers need to prepare. These tips will help you recession proof your hotel marketing and survive with smaller budgets and higher costs
July 28, 2022 · Pete DiMaio
These 10 Things Are Probably Broken With Your Hotel’s Marketing
Hotel marketing is an incredibly complex web of tools, programs, sites, and third-party systems. In order for your marketing to work at it's potential all systems must be functioning, and when you built them... they did. Unfortunately over...
June 9, 2022 · Pete DiMaio
Disaster Planning Communications Guide For Hotels
You may have heard about the 6 P’s of being prepared, “Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance.” From a hoteliers perspective the 6 P’s mean creating a plan how your organization will react in times of a trouble.In a disaster yo...
April 20, 2022 · Pete DiMaio
Leisure Travel Study: How Gas and Rising Costs Will Impact Leisure Travel
TravelBoom just concluded an extensive survey to frequent travelers to uncover insights into how the rising cost of travel will impact 2022 and beyond. Over 2,000 travelers completed the survey and the data will absolutely impact how hotels adapt ...
April 11, 2022 · Pete DiMaio
Why Meta Matters For Direct Hotel Bookings
Why does meta matter for independent hoteliers? Simple - if you're not owning your space in meta, you're giving guaranteed bookings right to the OTAs, costing you money, guest relationships, and future revenue opportunities.
January 14, 2022 · Pete DiMaio
Hotel Photography: The Asset You Aren’t Assessing
Just like your other physical assets, your property photos become outdated and need to be replaced. And, unlike that alarm clock, great photography can lead directly to a great RevPAR. Learn why hotel photography is so important and how it can mak...
October 25, 2021 · Pete DiMaio
The Definitive Guide to Black Friday for Hoteliers
TravelBoom has created a definitive guide to walk you through everything you need to know for your Hotel Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales strategies. There's a lot to cover, so let's dive in.
September 3, 2021 · Pete DiMaio
Your Emails Are Failing Your Hotel’s Guests. Here’s What Needs To Happen.
There are three main reasons why hotels can have a high unsubscribe rate on their email marketing, and it all comes down to just one main point. Your emails are not relevant to their needs or travel habits.
July 23, 2021 · Pete DiMaio