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The hidden cost of rate disparity: OTAs undercutting hotels responsible for 50% rise in Cost Per Click (CPC)

Hotel Speak

Houston TX, January 15, 2025 Hotels that allow Online Travel Agents (OTAs) to undercut their rates pay nearly 50% more for PPC leads, new research has revealed. This in turn pushes up the cost per click for the hotels when bidding on their own branded search results.

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Impact of New DMA legislation: Future of Google + Hotels in Europe

Hotel Speak

The European Commissions Digital Markets Act (DMA) has made many headlines since it came into force. And its impact on hotel marketing is being discussed in all corners of the world. But how is it affecting hotels in reality? And what do hotels need to do to protect their visibility and revenue?

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Google hotel ads’ sunsets commission-based bidding, now what?

gcommerce

Shift to budget and CPC based hotel ad campaign management One option is shifting towards a media spend and cost-per-click campaign strategy. With this option, hoteliers are now left to fund and their campaign media budgets and shift to a cost-per-click bid strategy.

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How hotel marketers can successfully navigate the sunsetting of Google’s Cost per Acquisition (CPA) and similar commission-based bidding

Amadeus Hospitality

Starting in April 2024, new hotel ad campaigns will no longer feature these bidding options, and existing campaigns will transition to alternative methods by October 2024. To maintain this low-risk service, Amadeus will continue allowing our customers to pay per checked-out booking, lowering the risk on metasearch investments.

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How To Choose Marketing KPIs

gcommerce

Mixed-Focus Marketing KPIs If you truly can’t decide on just one goal, choose KPIs that measure a little bit of both. Cost Per Click (CPC) A low cost per click suggests high efficiency in your campaigns, squeezing your budget for max awareness without sacrificing profitability.

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A Quick Guide To Bidding By Facebook CPC

eTourism

Last month Facebook made some adjustments to the way they calculate cost-per-click (CPC) on their ad platform. Following the changes, the social media company will no longer include all click actions such as likes, comments and shares in its CPC calculati

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Hotels under pressure to respond as OTA competition for guests lead gen explodes — SHR Group’s Hotel Industry Trends Report 2024

Hotel Speak

This is the equivalent of approximately 7.8million global reservations in 2023 when applied to the worldwide hotel market. Increased bidding on key search terms, including ‘brand searches’ that identify particular hotels, has sparked a sudden increase in cost-per-click, with Google Ads rising 62.5%

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