Avvio is proud to announce we’ve just won another award from Google. Having become full-service Google Premier Partners in September 2016, Avvio’s in-house digital agency has been recognised as a Winner of the 2017 EMEA Mobile Ads Certification Challenge.
What does this mean?
The award recognises that Avvio’s digital team reached one of the top 10 highest average scores in the mobile ads certification challenge in Ireland. Each member of our digital team took the Google Partners Mobile Ads Certification Challenge during the summer and excelled in their results, demonstrating our expertise in optimising digital strategies across multiple devices.
Why is this great?
If you want potential guests to be able to find your website and book direct, you need to play by Google’s rules. In the past three years, Google’s main rule is that if sites want to succeed, they must be optimised for mobile and that’s why Avvio’s digital experts ensure they are always up to date with the latest advances and strategies in digital marketing for mobile.
In August 2016, Google announced that mobile devices accounted for more than 50% of all search terms. This makes mobile now the most popular device to use when accessing the internet. Hoteliers can no longer afford to focus solely on attracting potential guests browsing on desktops and laptops, unless they want to lose out to their competition.
This is especially important because Google has made it clear that they prefer mobile. Mobile friendly sites rank higher on search results, while non-optimised sites fall to the bottom. The search engine giant first introduced this rule in 2015 and updated it again in 2016 to place even more importance on mobile (Search Engine Land).
Cara Callaghan, Head of Digital Strategy at Avvio, says: “Needless to say, we’re absolutely delighted to receive the award. The team here works hard to optimise our hotel partners’ digital strategies to raise brand awareness and help to increase direct bookings. With the huge growth in mobile search and bookings, it’s now essential for hotels and other accommodation providers to ensure their digital channels can be easily found and operate seamlessly on any device. We optimise every advert to work on all devices and we’re thrilled that Google recognises our success.”
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More about Avvio
Founded in 2002, Avvio has grown year-on-year by developing cutting-edge technologies that enable accommodation providers to drive outstanding growth in direct bookings, while reducing their dependence on online travel agency channels. Always looking for opportunities to stay ahead of the competition, Avvio is launching the world’s first AI booking engine later this year, which will be called Allora. For more information on Avvio, visit www.avvio.com.
