5 Quick But Cool Travel Marketing Posts: Hospitality Marketing Link Digest

Hope you’re enjoying a glorious Memorial Day weekend here in the States, Big Thinkers or just a fabulous weekend altogether no matter where you are. Here are 5 quick but cool travel marketing posts to get you ready for the week ahead. Enjoy:

1. First up, Mobile Marketer reports on how Marriott is using mobile messaging to transform visiting a hotel.
2. Hotel News Now looks into a recent study that shows ADR, not occupancy, drives RevPAR.
3. Mobile Commerce Daily says that mobile ticketing increased 55% following Superstorm Sandy.
4. Tnooz says that Europe declares war on scary Google and explains what that means for your business, too.
5. And, finally, we recapped these 5 awesome travel marketing articles, the top posts from April for you.

Want more to get you through the rest of this weekend and the week ahead? Be sure to check out these “5 Amazing Mobile Hotel Marketing Stories,” a great set of “8 Exceptional Hospitality Marketing Posts from the Past Week: Hospitality Marketing Link Digest,” a terrific round-up of “7 Remarkable Posts about Mobile Marketing in Travel” and these “7 Brilliant Insights into Mobile Travel E-commerce” from our hospitality marketing link digests (part of the ongoing E-commerce Link Digest series).

And if you’re looking to learn even more about how changing guest behavior shapes hospitality marketing, e-commerce, and distribution, be sure an register to receive a special report I’ve produced in conjunction with hotel marketing firm Vizergy, “Digital Hotel Marketing in a Multiscreen World.” While it’s targeted specifically at hotel and resort marketers, the lessons apply to just about any business. You can get your free copy of the report here.

You might also want to take a moment to review the slides from my recent webinar, “Digital Marketing Directions 2015: Three Key Trends Driving Your Hotel Marketing Next Year” here:

Finally, you will definitely want to check out some of our past coverage of the mobile, local, social web and how to make it work for your business, including:

• 10 Key Posts about Millennials and Mobile: E-commerce Link Digest
• The Secrets Behind “It’s All E-commerce” for 2014
• Should Marketers Really Trust Google in 2014?
• The Zen of Digital Marketing Strategy
• 7 Steps to E-Commerce Heaven
• Today and Tomorrow: Mobile and The Changing Customer Journey
• Mobile Makes E-commerce Even More “Frictionless”
• Your 2014 Internet Marketing New Year’s Resolutions – Thinks Out Loud Episode 56