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TripAdvisor now world’s largest travel website
According to comScore data, TripAdvisor leads now the way with the highest number of unique montly website visitors in the online travel segment – more than 35 million unique visitors from across the globe, a frew million more than the next largest site, Expedia.
TripAdvisor, for long the world’s largest travel community website has now also [...]
How to create a sales driven hotel website
Nowadays the web has become a powerful search engine tool for travelers. Your website is your best sales representative, therefore it is important for it to provide the proper tools to engage lookers and turn them into bookers.
By Pedro Colaco GuestCentric President and CEO
Nowadays the web has become a powerful search engine tool for travelers. [...]
5 ways travel is using social media
It’s easy to get swept up in the buzz of social media. Everyday there is another new and exciting social media story to hit the news. The question remains: how are travel companies really using social media to add value?
Here are 5 ways that EyeforTravel recently found travel companies to be succeeding:-
1. Customer engagement and [...]
TripAdvisor Business Listing – not for everyone
In order to evaluate the benefits of using the TripAdvisor’s new Business Listing feature, Spanish web marketing company Mirai Espana asked three of their clients from Madrid to share their data. The result: ROI varied greatly among the three hotels.
Traffic: Expectations were high; after all it is a leading site in the travel industry and [...]
The SUU Hotels | Brand of Exclusive Lifestyle Small Hotels Makes Debut
The SUU Hotels, a remarkable brand of lifestyle small hotels, today announced its opening of two new locations. Aesthetically decorated and inspired by Xantos Francesco Corleone, a European who has spent his life traveling the world’s most exclusive hotels and resorts, The SUU Hotels aim to blend culture, beauty, perfection and purity into its lifestyle [...]
Fitting Rooms: World’s Most Fashionable Hotels
Jodie McLeod struts the couture hotel catwalk in search of a high-fashion getaway.
It’s the definitive fashion fantasy: to enter a world created entirely by your favourite fashion designer and never leave. Well, until checkout, that is. From the soft furnishings to the fixtures and fabric, staying in a hotel fashioned by your designer deity – [...]
Do Your Hotel Staff Know the Score?
There’s nothing more frustrating, and demotivating for staff than lack of communication and being kept in the dark. Unless people know what’s expected of them and what’s going on you’ll end up with an unhappy team, and ultimately an impact on performance levels and increased staff turnover.
Hopefully the communication starts with a thorough induction, which [...]
FIFA World Cup™ Provides Strong Kick to South Africa Tourism Revenues
While Spain celebrated their first ever FIFA World CupTM championship on Sunday, host country South Africa was also celebrating the end of a successful tournament that saw hundreds of thousands of soccer fans descend upon the country. While blasting their vuvuzelas and celebrating their countries’ involvement in the FIFA World CupTM, international visitors have used [...]
Top Ten Ethical Destinations in the World
Suriname, South Africa or Poland – you might wonder what these very different countries have in common. It is “mindful travel” as some call it or ethical traveling, which is a way of preserving the wonders of the world for future generations. According to the recent report of the “Developing World’s 10 Best Ethical Destinations” [...]
Travelodge advances growth with 52-hotel lease deal
In a deal that sees its portfolio increase to 452 hotels, Travelodge has agreed to lease 52 properties at a cost of £91 million (US$139.9 million) from PRUPIM, the property investment arm of Prudential PLC. The 25-year lease to the budget hotel chain was made after U.K.-based pub group Mitchells & Butlers PLC sold 52 Innkeeper’s [...]
