With Valentine's Day just around the corner, it got us thinking about how to make the most of the different holidays throughout the calendar year. Whether it’s romantic getaways in February or spa trips for Mother’s Day in March, there is a huge opportunity when it comes to capturing the spending desire of consumers for these special days.......
Heading into 2022, we asked our CCO, Michael De Jongh, to reflect on the year just passed at Avvio. Read on to see what he had to say…"2021 was, like its predecessor, a year unlike any other; it started with lockdown, we emerged in the Spring. But despite this uncertain start, it was also the year we witnessed the powerful impact of people's desire to travel and come together....
‘When a need arises, people turn to YouTube to look for answers, discover new things, and make decisions”. -Lisa Gevelber, Google’s VP of marketing YouTube is the second largest search engine in the world, second [...]
Don’t wait - get your first party data strategy in place now and get ahead of the game Google delays plan to block third party cookies until the end of 2023 In the middle of [...]
Opinion: Digital marketing is about to get a whole lot harder for hotels. Privacy laws are tightening, and third party cookies are disappearing fast. To succeed during the change, it’s time to refocus efforts on [...]
We have all been there, research complete and just about to click “Buy” and you ask yourself the question “Is this the right purchase for me?” How do consumers decide what they want to buy [...]
Update As with any announcement from Google, the launch of free hotel booking links generated its fair share of hype. After the launch back in mid-March, we analysed the impact on Metasearch across our portfolio. [...]
Avvio’s take: With the hospitality industry still struggling from the ongoing impact of COVID-19, Google has created a new data insights tool, focusing on tourism and travel demand. We take you through the ins and [...]
Happy New Year! In this month's digital news we explore some new features on Google My Business and Facebook, as well as identifying new ways of leveraging content on YouTube and Instagram. We’ll also examine [...]
Following the introduction of the UK digital services tax which came into force in April, Google has now confirmed that it will pass on this cost directly to advertisers (ie. hotels, OTAs etc.). From November [...]
