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    Why Car Rental Brands Should Be Looking To Start-ups
    I spend a good deal of time in the car retail market, both working in the industry and, of course, as a regular business traveler. We are all very used to seeing the same names in the same airport spaces, but in terms of change, we rarely see more than gradual digitization and improvement to the customer experience.
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    In 2017, Programmatic Native Ads Could Help Boost Travel Brands
    According to eMarketer, native advertising is already a $16-billion business and is expected to more than double, to $33.5 billion by 2020. And it makes sense: Native ads, unlike traditional banner ads, consist of high-quality content that integrates with the website they're displayed on by looking and feeling like they are part of the page. They're not intrusive and they're relevant to the other content on the page.
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    Saturday Morning TV: Carnival - Not Cartoons
    TV is the thing this year TV is the thing this year Radio was great but it's out of date TV is the thing this year. Those lyrics are from a 1953 Dinah Washington song (warning: it's rich in double entendre) and, guess what, for all the digital frenzy, TV is sometimes still the thing for travel marketers who see the medium as a tool that can be incomparably powerful in the right situations.
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    The Power Of Video: 4 Examples Of Sight, Sound, Motion And Data
    For decades, travel advertising efficiency was based almost exclusively on creative content. Over time, technology came into the fold and brought with it solutions for consumer targeting, ad delivery and results measurement. Today, creative and technology work together harmoniously to drive overall brand goals.
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    Can Travel Help Eliminate Terrorism?
    Our industry has a chance to bring hope and opportunity to those who see none.
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    Enhancing Travel Destinations With Brand Experiences
    I talk about brand experiences ad nauseam in my quarterly contributions and this entry will be no exception. During 2016, we activated more brand experiences than any year past. With each new activation, I dwell on the symbiotic relationship between brand experiences and their locations. When planning said experiences, its success theoretically hinges on the location, but I'm beginning to think the relationship is more mutual. What I'm suggesting is that locations need brand experiences just as much as brand experiences need locations, and here's why.
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