Hilton gets 20 percent of bookings through its mobile app At a time when app stores are crowded and brands and publishers have pulled their budgets from mobile apps, Hilton is seeing dividends. Source: Hotel Marketing Hilton gets 20 percent of bookings through its mobile app
More on Facebook’s Travel Summit 2017 For travel brands, Facebook continues to create an environment that offers the opportunity to reach users at all stages of the funnel. Source: Hotel Marketing More on Facebook’s Travel Summit 2017
GDS hotel bookings continue to rise in 2017 Despite the rise of Airbnb among consumers, travel agents still predominantly book through GDS. New data forecasts that GDS hotel booking growth will surpass 68 million reservations this year – an increase of over 2 million hotel bookings that were generated in 2016. Source: Hotel Marketing GDS hotel bookings continue to rise in 2017
Airbnb adds in-app restaurant reservations on its quest to take over travel Airbnb is trying to disrupt not just the hotel industry, but the entire travel industry. That’s why the home-rental platform just added the ability to book restaurant reservations directly through its app in just more than a dozen U.S. markets. Source: Hotel Marketing Airbnb adds in-app restaurant reservations on its quest to take over travel