Survey: Travel agent bookings to rise Yet another travel agency group has weighed in with good news about bookings for next year. Ensemble Travel Group released of its travel-agency members survey that shows 2017 is expected to be a banner year for all travel segments. Source: Hotel Marketing Survey: Travel agent bookings to rise
How fashion and travel are leading the way in m-commerce Criteo’s latest Travel Flash Report shows that one in five Brits now browse for travel options on their mobile phones, and close to one-third of online travel bookings worldwide took place on mobile devices in Q2 2016 – up 24% from the year before. Source: Hotel Marketing How fashion and travel are leading the way in m-commerce
Booking.com eyes Asia-Pacific for next move in global domination The strategy is to “achieve the same as we have elsewhere”, says managing director for Asia-Pacific, Oliver Hua, despite being a relative late-comer to the market and having some other sizeable home-grown rivals with which to contend. Source: Hotel Marketing Booking.com eyes Asia-Pacific for next move in global domination
Travel advisors are hottest new thing that never went away Instead of eliminating the role of the travel agent, technology has actually increased consumers’ desire for a human interaction, according to a marketing strategist from high-end hospitality network Virtuoso. Source: Hotel Marketing Travel advisors are hottest new thing that never went away