U.S. online hotel room rates are up 0.6% from a year ago this October Hotel room rates in the top-25 most popular U.S. destinations are averaging $219.06 this October, up from $212.57 in September, according to online hotel rooom price indices from trivago. Source: Hotel Marketing U.S. online hotel room rates are up 0.6% from a year ago this October
Travel Weekly’s 2016 travel industry survey Travel Weekly’s annual by-the-numbers look at how the travel agency channel is evolving. This year’s sampling of more than 1,800 agents found a sharp increase in home-based agent revenue; that terrorism tops airfare costs as the issue keeping agents up at night; and more independent contractors entering the realm. Source: Hotel Marketing Travel Weekly’s 2016 travel industry survey
Google launches Google Trips in India Ramping up its focus on travel, internet search giant Google will launch its new product Google Trips in India this week. The new app, that will be available on ios and android and will work even without the internet. Source: Hotel Marketing Google launches Google Trips in India
How Google Trips leverages user info Google has a lot of assets and a lot of content. Google understands so much about you that the potential exists for Google Trips to recommend restaurants and activities that match your behavior. Source: Hotel Marketing How Google Trips leverages user info