With 2019 quickly coming to an end and the holiday season just around the corner, travelers in Europe are finalizing the details and booking their winter holiday getaways. Holiday festivities in Europe start exactly four Sundays before Christmas Eve, which marks the beginning of Advent. The celebrations continue throughout the month with Saint Nicholas Day on December 6th, Christmas Eve...
Over the past year, the Koddi team has received frequent inquiries from our travel partners about how to be more visible in Asia-Pacific. There are many reasons why everyone has their sights set on this region--the population is growing, technology is advancing, and advertising spend continues to increase every year. It’s estimated that by next year, the APAC region will...
It has been a big year for metasearch, and with so much growth in 2017, we can’t help but be excited about a new year. To prepare for 2018 and the future of metasearch, we’ve been collecting insights from industry experts. Through our recent survey, we gathered opinions from across the industry, collaborating with digital marketers at online travel agencies,...
Earlier this month, we wrote about new experiments we were seeing on Google Hotel Ads. We are now possibly seeing an update to this experience where Google is using ‘Book a Room’ on the call to action button instead of ‘Reserve a Room,’ and the page displays ads when it previously showed no ads. Now there is both the direct...
The thrills of traveling are endless: different cultures, people, foods, sights, and smells. But the downside of traveling is that it can be very stressful. There is a lot to organize, research and a lot of opportunities for things to go wrong. One of the more stressful starts to a trip I’ve ever had is when I was stuck in...
This morning we began to see a new Google Hotel Ads mobile user experience being tested. The user interface has a new sliding scale for price selection above the filters for specific amenities, and the date selection has received a face lift. Here is an example of what this new experience looks like: For a limited percentage of mobile traffic,...