eTourism

MARCH 5, 2014

This is a cost per click program where you bid against other OTAs for the top posit eTourism is proud to announce that it is now a certifed Tripconnect Partner. This means that you can list your booking engine results within your Tripadvisor listing page.

Cost Per Click

SiteMinder

DECEMBER 3, 2023

TripAdvisor, one of the world’s largest travel sites with more than 225 million reviews, has introduced a unique function called TripConnect Cost-Per-Click giving hotels the opportunity to cost effectively generate bookings. Travellers can now quickly compare pricing and availability directly within TripAdvisor.

Cost Per Click

Cloudbeds

MARCH 15, 2023

Direct bookings are reservations guests confirm directly with a property without using an online travel agency (OTA) or 3rd party intermediary. Direct bookings are beneficial because they connect lodging businesses directly with potential customers and increase hotel revenue through money saved from OTA commissions.

OTA

Cloudbeds

JANUARY 10, 2025

And yet, many hotels overlook metasearch in their digital marketing strategy , missing out on opportunities to reach a broader segment of travelers, compete for business with online travel agencies (OTAs), and drive direct bookings. Much like with OTAs, the search results then display a list of available hotels and rates in the destination.

Cost Per Click

SiteMinder

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Ideally, this means travellers looking for “hotels in” will be quickly enticed further down the sales funnel, which can be a click-through to your website to book directly, an OTA, or a booking generated directly on Google. Manual CPC (cost-per-click) : Bid a fixed amount when someone clicks on your ad.

Cost Per Click

Travelboom Marketing

MARCH 21, 2024

If leveraged successfully, cost-per-click advertising can attract and retain customers , as well as introduce your brand to a new audience. This cost-effective marketing channel offers targeted campaigns that provide both a short and long-term return. Plus, when you use mobile PPC ads , you can reach customers anywhere.

Marketing

Cloudbeds

JULY 27, 2023

Unlike Google’s Free Booking Links, this feature is only available to hoteliers; OTAs and resellers can not participate. If you’re listed on OTAs, you’re probably already listed on metasearch channels too. In the cost-per-click model (CPC), the hotel pays the amount it bids for each click.

Cost Per Click

Little Hotelier

JUNE 30, 2023

TripConnect comes in two models: TripAdvisor Instant Booking and TripConnect Cost-Per-Click. TripConnect Cost-Per-Click is an established advertising feature, which allows you to boost the ranking of your listings by bidding for the top spots in search. How much does TripConnect charge per click?

Cost Per Click

Travelboom Marketing

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Those broader terms make more sense for an OTA or Portal site that creates content to compare multiple properties. Also, as mentioned above, the independent hotel doesn’t have the price comparison and options that these hotel metasearch and OTAs have that fulfill searcher intent. and may not be ready to book their room just yet.

Intent

Cloudbeds

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

She clicks on the link to your hotel booking engine from the site, but ultimately she goes to Booking.com because it’s showing the lowest price, and she books there. Each of these touchpoints can come with costs to your hotel. Costs can be direct or indirect, fixed or variable. As you can see, things can get complicated.

OTA

gcommerce

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Online Travel Agent sites (OTAs) compete heavily on these channels to steal market share. With the current economic climate, we have seen significant increases in the average cost-per-click (CPC) on hotel metasearch channels. OTAs are pushing hard to regain their footing. decrease YoY.

Digital Marketing

Hotelogix

AUGUST 27, 2024

This means using a mix of online and offline channels, like Online Travel Agents (OTAs), meta-search engines, direct bookings, reviews, Global Distribution Systems (GDS), and more. Here are some key points: Reach More Guests: Channels like OTAs and booking sites help hotels attract a bigger audience.

Global Distribution System

SiteMinder

JULY 13, 2024

That said, one has to ask: why are so many hotels’ margins still being eroded away by OTAs ? The growth of metasearch OTAs often outperform individual hotels in metasearch positioning and cost-per-click (CPC) performance. Some OTAs still use cached pricing.

Revenue Management

MediaBoom

AUGUST 23, 2024

Download Our FREE E-Book Outrank OTAs & Drive Direct Bookings With our SEO Blueprint Learn the secrets to driving more traffic to your hotel website, generating more leads, and ultimately increasing sales. Mobile optimization is essential, as a growing number of travelers book their vacations on their smartphones.

Resorts

Travelboom Marketing

JANUARY 31, 2023

What is concerning here is SLS South Beach may have just paid a very high cost per click to have someone visit their profile, only to be presented with rates from three different OTAs. If not, you will absolutely be spending your marketing dollars to drive potential direct bookings to an OTA.

OTA

Travelboom Marketing

MAY 24, 2024

Segmenting the hotel’s advertising audiences into groups with similar characteristics creates opportunities for tailored messaging to maximize your cost-per-click ad dollars —and your profits.

Revenue Management

Up Hotel

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The Golden 20% I seriously think the OTAs are like heroin for hotels and its a pretty tough habit to kick. Please dont misunderstand, I do genuinely feel that OTAs have a part to play in the marketing mix. However, if you are able to sell rooms for the hotel direct for less than that OTA commission of 20% then why not?

ROI

SiteMinder

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

To begin with, it offered a Cost-Per-Click (CPC) model. SiteMinder’s channel manager ensures real-time updates of your rates and inventory on TripConnect – and over 450 other OTAs. Is TripConnect instant booking considered an OTA or a direct booking engine? The answer is neither!

Cost Per Click

Travelboom Marketing

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Set up as either a commission or cost per click model, hotel metasearch allows you to secure additional paid real estate on the search engine result page. The fact is that OTAs are necessary in some instances as part of your overall hotel marketing strategy. Learn more about why metasearch matters for hotels.

OTA

SiteMinder

JUNE 27, 2024

The sponsored placement feature operates on a cost-per-click basis, and the ads will appear on all devices. With specific filtering and a highly targeted audience, clicks on these sponsored listings cost around $1 to $3, and you can limit your spend by setting a monthly budget.

Cost Per Click

Xotels

JUNE 2, 2023

Balancing direct room sales with third-party websites and online travel agents (OTA’s) is one of the challenges the hotel industry faces in 2023 and beyond. Many have become loyal to the OTA, thinking they offer better rates than on the hotel’s own brand.com website. Don’t let this happen to you.

Marketing Strategy

Cloudbeds

AUGUST 8, 2024

Marketing data can be pulled from your hotel’s website, social media channels, customer relationship management system (CRM) , Google Profile, online travel agencies (OTAs), and metasearch engines. Lighthouse Formerly OTA Insights, Lighthouse offers competitive pricing strategies and analysis, as well as forecasting for market demand.

Business

gcommerce

MAY 22, 2023

General Hotel Marketing FAQs Why is booking direct better than letting the OTAs (Online Travel Agencies) do all the work? Competing against the OTAs can be a daunting task with their multi-million-dollar budgets, loyalty programs, and great online booking experience, but for all hotels, it is worth the fight.

Digital Marketing

Hotel News Resource

JUNE 3, 2025

If youre looking for tried and true methods, youre in luck; this article will share 5 surefire tactics: A great website, Strong content scores with OTA partners, Cost per click campaigns, Strong relationships with DMOs, and finally higher review scores (dependent on a great guest experience, of course).

Cost Per Click