Articles tagged “marketing”

Airlines

Lufthansa Uses Social Media to Share On-the-Ground Campaign Online

Lufthansa's new campaign stirs up interest in its target city, reaches Chicagoans who it doesn't interact with directly, and makes business travelers in other cities envious enough to hope the new service is headed their way. Success, indeed.
Hotels

TripAdvisor CEO Is Rethinking the Value of Facebook Advertising

Is Facebook's reputation as a marketing vehicle for travel brands in jeopardy? It looks like Facebook's advertising challenges go beyond monetizing mobile -- Google can capture a traveler in shopping mode, but that's harder for Facebook to do.
Cruises

Taking the Temperature of UK Cruise Consumers

The cruise industry has taken a hard hit in U.S. and European markets recently, which could have some influence on survey respondents' intentions to cruise. However, there is still a sizable UK market of first-time cruisers on whom companies should be focusing their marketing efforts.
SkiftX

Visit California Is Taking its Dreamers Campaign to the UK

California's new ad focuses on accomplished Californians outside of the well-known celebrities and appeals to visitors' desires to visit a place that makes them want to achieve more, or just feel famous for a few days.
Hotels

Expedia's Uphill Climb Must Meet Booking.com's Structural Advantages

One of Expedia's answers to Booking.com is the Expedia Traveler Preference Program, giving consumers the choice to prepay for a hotel (merchant model) or pay at the hotel (an agency model like Booking.com's). Booking.com's sole use of the agency model gives it a speed advantage as the merchant model is more complicated when signing on and retaining hotels.