Mobilizing Hotel Storytelling to Reach Travel Shoppers
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More than 25% of travel shoppers research and book hotels on their mobile devices - are you reaching these shoppers? View these slides from our webinar, Mobilizing Hotel Storytelling to Reach Travel Shoppers, to learn why mobile optimization is vital for hotel websites.
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Mobilizing Hotel Storytelling to Reach Travel Shoppers
- 1. Copyright © 2014 Leonardo Worldwide Corporation Technical Difficulties? Contact Citrix GoToWebinar 1-800-263-6317 support@citrixonline.com Mobilizing Hotel Storytelling to Reach Travel Shoppers May 29, 2014 Darlene Rondeau, VP, Best Practices, Online Merchandising, Leonardo Adam Anderson, Director of Industry Relations, Expedia Shannon Pratuch, CEO, Scene Marketing Group Technical Difficulties? Contact Citrix GoToWebinar 1-800-263-6317 support@citrixonline.com
- 2. Darlene Rondeau Vice-President, Best Practices, Online Merchandising Leonardo @darlenerondeau
- 4. Adam Anderson Director of Industry Relations Expedia Inc.
- 5. Shannon Pratuch CEO Scene Marketing Group
- 6. ► To browse for destination inspiration ► To research travel options ► To purchase accommodations Mobile Is Used:
- 7. Adam Anderson Director of Industry Relations Expedia Inc.
- 8. 5* things you need to know about hotel shopping journey on mobile devices *actual presentation may include more than 5 things. Director of Industry Relations, Expedia Inc. Adam J. Anderson
- 9. © Expedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Confidential and proprietary. Expedia Lodging Partner Services| 9 Mobile Share of Online Travel Mobile share of travel will be 3x as much in 2015 for the US. 20152013 3x Source: PhoCusWright
- 10. © Expedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Confidential and proprietary. Expedia Lodging Partner Services| 10 2013 Business Insider Personal Computers Smartphones Tablets Smart TVs Wearables How we Access the Internet is Rapidly Changing Smartphones have overtaken the PC and newer devices such as tablets, smart TVs and wearables are gaining traction. 2009 2013E 3% 12% 10% 52% 23% 40% 60%
- 11. © Expedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Confidential and proprietary. Expedia Lodging Partner Services| 11 We’re Creating a Multi-Screen Traveler Experience Shifting from HTML to a live data exchange allows our brands to present a leading-edge travel experience adapted for how people search and shop. Smart TVGoogle Glass™Smart Watch
- 12. Inspire Research Select Compare Book Share PhoCusWright US Consumer 5th Edition © Expedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Confidential and proprietary. Expedia Lodging Partner Services| 12 Consumer Behavior Consumers visit on average at least 10 sites before purchasing.
- 13. © Expedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Confidential and proprietary. Expedia Lodging Partner Services| 13 Mobile Bookings Differ from Computer Bookings; Phone Bookings Differ from Tablet Expedia and Hotels.com points of sale, L12 months through April 2014, US point of supply 6.7 1.5 20 2.0 Booking Window Length of Stay Mobile phone Tablet 15.0 10.48.8 YTD through 4/2014 20132012 Mobile phone and tablet combined, booking window is growing
- 14. © Expedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Confidential and proprietary. Expedia Lodging Partner Services| 14 Short: Opaque, Mobile Medium booking window: Retail, Corporate Long booking window: Packages, International Travel Our multi-channel, multi-platform structure can compliment your business strategy, while attracting travelers at various points in the shopping and booking process. Use Mobile Strategically
- 15. Make Your Hotel Available via Mobile © Expedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Confidential and proprietary. Expedia Lodging Partner Services| 15 125MM apps downloaded 90 downloads/minute As of December 2013Source: PhoCusWright U.S. Online Travel Overview Thirteenth Edition >140 mobile websites ~70 countries 35 languages
- 16. Mobile is here, not coming It’s not just about the smartphone any longer; consider multi-device usage in your marketing The Shopping Journey, is just that Key Takeaways
- 17. Shannon Pratuch CEO Scene Marketing Group
- 26. Don’t operate solely on a 9-5 mentality Partner It’s totally do-able by all types of properties Key Takeaways
- 27. The Ultimate Visual Storytelling Solution for Hotels VBrochure VScape Media Publishing VNetwork Analytics Customer Success BestSTART ++ + ++ Online Players Mobile Web Gallery Facebook
- 28. ► About Leonardo ► Invitations to upcoming webinars ● June’s topic is Best Practice Storytelling on 3rd Party Travel Channels ► Recording of this webinar ● Share it with your colleagues It’s a Wrap
- 29. Copyright © 2014 Leonardo Worldwide Corporation
Editor's Notes
- Interestingly enough, the majority of mobile users - 61% of mobile and 70% of tablet users - research or book travel when at home. When it comes to travel research, the hospitality segment is the top activity performed by 83% of mobile (and 74% of tablet) users, followed by flights and car rentals. When it comes to making hotel reservations, two-thirds use mobile devices to do so --[all stats from http://www.tnooz.com/article/Mobile-travel-marketing-deep-dive-Multiple-devices-campaign-strategy-spend/]--
- Mobile is a hot topic in our industry and it will continue to make a significant impact to the way consumers plan and purchase travel for years to come. According to Business Insider, in 2014 more people (globally) accessed the internet via a smart phone than a personal computer. It’s only logical to assume as more people access the internet via their phones, more people will be shopping and purchasing travel from the device. By the end of 2015, PhoCusWright predicts that mobile share of online travel bookings will be almost 30%. It’s also important to note as consumers from emerging countries obtain internet access for the first time they are leapfrogging the PC in favor of smartphones and tablets or in the case of Asia, Phablets (which is a combination of a smart phone and a tablet.)
- And it’s not just about bookings, it’s about discovery, research and exposure for your hotel. Customers are all over multiple devices and multiple places online when they are getting inspired, researching, shopping, booking and more. You want to be present in all of these places and stages so you aren’t eliminated from the consideration set. In other words, if they can’t find you online when they are looking for a hotel – no matter what stage or device, you might miss a customer. Ok, let’s now take a look at what these bookings look like:
- Mobile bookings are generally shorter and booked closer to stay date than traditional bookings. You knew that. Let’s break it down further: Mobile phone bookings are generally shorter LOS and booking window than tablet. Tablet resembles more the traditional PC booking: We see about the same LOS for tablet bookings compared with general non-mobile SA hotel bookings and a longer booking window (26) in non-mobile bookings. (Merchant standalone bookings on EWW & HWW, US point of supply, booked data, last 12 months ended 30 Apr 2014) However, the mobile category, i.e. mobile phone and tablet together the BW is growing. That’s because more and more customers are getting used to booking on their phones and tablets and it’s not just a last minute channel for those who are stranded. When combined (tablet & web) the booking windows is shortening. Together: Not in this slide: Lower star rated hotels have higher mobile phone purchase. For 1-star properties, 12.2% are booked on a mobile phone (not including tablet) and that progressively lessens through 5 star properties at 7%, so if you have a limited service hotel, this channel is even more important for you. (Merchant standalone bookings on EWW & HWW, US point of supply, booked data, last 12 months ended 30 Apr 2014)
- So what do you do with that info? Make it work for you in your distribution strategy. Specifically, use it as a tool in your toolbox to play to the booking curve that fits your strategy. Mobile bookings are shorter and that can help you fill a need. Your strategy may also call for medium and long booking window channels – so don’t be a victim, use these channels strategically. With Expedia, you can choose fenced, mobile-only promotions to attract more bookings to this channel if that’s what you require. Another recommendation is to communicate your goals to your market manager so they can ensure your hotel is best positioned to attract customers when you need the business. Additionally through a face to face meeting or phone conversation, they can tell you exactly what the booking window patterns are for your market and or hotel specifically. These reports will also tell you if tactics you put in place to attract customers in certain booking windows are actually working.
- So how do you make your hotel available on mobile and get those bookings? Partner well. Expedia has more than 125M downloads of its apps, and features more than 140 mobile Web sites in nearly 70 countries and 35 languages Your partnership with Expedia gives you exposure across our brand apps and mobile web. Automatically.