- Independent Agency of the Year: PMG
Agency of the Year, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, January 5, 2021
"Being agile has really worked well for us, and the biggest difference now is that we're not just talking to CMOs, but to the CEOs and CFOs too. It's n ...
- Salesforce Launches Platform To Help Brands Manage Loyalty
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, January 14, 2021
The new tool can be utilized by both B2B and B2C brands across several industries, the company says. ...
- Airbnb Bans Capitol Rioters
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Tanya Gazdik - Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Airbnb announced steps it is taking to help keep Washington safe as a lead-up to inauguration activities. The home rental company plans to ban people involved in last week's Capitol riot ...
- AZDS Partners With Navis To Help Hotels Recover Abandoned Carts
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Hotels suffer an 85% cart abandonment rate during bookings, the company says. ...
- COVID-19 Drives 130 $2 Billion Online Shopping Days In U.S. This Year
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, September 14, 2020
As of August there have been 130 days where U.S. online shopping surpassed $2 billion vs. only two $2 billion days outside the holiday season in 2019, according to Adobe ...
- Mini Partners With Airbnb For Getaways
Marketing Daily, Tanya Gazdik - Tuesday, September 8, 2020
The automaker wants to "put a smile on their faces during these difficult times," says Mini's Rah Mahtani. ...
- Thousands Of Hotels In Danger Of Closing Due To COVID-19
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Tanya Gazdik - Wednesday, July 15, 2020
More than 8,000 hotels could be forced to close in the fall after PPP funding runs out, according to the American Hotel and Lodging Association, which is asking Congress ...
- Email Metrics Spike In The Hospitality Industry
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Thursday, July 16, 2020
The hospitality industry has been hard hit by the pandemic. But email opens and click-through rates have spiked in the industry as we approach reopening. Here are the numbers, a ...
- Choice Hotels' Sleep Inn Partners With Relaxation App
Marketing Daily, Tanya Gazdik - Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Relax Melodies has developed an exclusive content series for Sleep Inn, including three Sleep Inn-branded sound mixes, a meditation and a bedtime story. ...
- P&G Says Hotel Guests, Diners Reassured By Its 'Trusted' Cleaning Products
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Thursday, July 2, 2020
Surveys said 70% of travelers and 58% of diners would choose to do business with a hotel or restaurant cleaning with "trusted" brands. ...
- Login Attack Spoofs Mailgun And SendGrid, Researchers Say
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, July 2, 2020
The "pernicious" attack also bypasses secure email gateways and DMARC, Ironscales reports. ...
- Choice Hotels Encourages Summer Road Trips
Marketing Daily, Tanya Gazdik - Thursday, June 18, 2020
Travelers are encouraged to share their road trip adventures using the hashtag #OnTheRoadAgain across social media. ...
- Hotel Doors Are Opening Again, But Don't Look For Breakfast Buffets
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, Thom Forbes - Monday, June 15, 2020
"Every major lodging brand is in competition to show how its hygiene standards and new cleaning protocols are best in class," reports "WSJ." ...
- Alexa, How Did Red Roof Inn Happen Upon The Idea Of Marketing By Voice?
Show Daily, Nina Lentini - Tuesday, June 9, 2020
A dinner argument led one person to pull out a phone to Google the answer, while the other simply asked Alexa. "It was instant recognition." ...
- Email Can Help Hospitality Brands During The Pandemic
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Friday, May 22, 2020
The hospitality industry has been hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, but email can help brands build their relationship with travelers. For example, they can send uplifting content about how the ...
- Google Hotel Search Guide Launches For COVID-19 First Responders
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, May 21, 2020
As some frontline workers fighting COVID-19 are opting to live apart from their families, Google is trying to make it easier for them to find accommodations to remain in isolati ...
- Consumers Having More Emotional Experiences With Brands Due To COVID-19
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, May 22, 2020
Consumers are having more emotional experiences with brands as they search for products and services. Safety, social distancing and avoiding contact are priorities, making online research important. ...
- Keeping Travel Customers Engaged In A Pandemic
Marketing Insider, Harvey Chipkin - Monday, May 18, 2020
The Conrad New York Downtown, a high-end property in lower Manhattan, has run a daily video on the Instagram Youtube Channel. ...
- Hyatt Hotels Lays Off 1,300 Employees
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Tanya Gazdik - Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Hyatt Hotels Corp. will lay off 1,300 of its corporate employees worldwide starting next month. Roughly a third (350) of the staff at its Chicago headquarters will be cut, ...
- Shanghai Disney Reopens At 30% Capacity
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Tanya Gazdik - Monday, May 11, 2020
The Shanghai Disney Resort is reopening with mandatory face masks and social distancing rules. Guests must have their temperature taken on arrival and be able to show show an all-cle ...
- Choice, Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott Address Pandemic Concerns
Marketing Daily, Tanya Gazdik - Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Marriott is adding electrostatic sprayers with hospital-grade disinfectant to sanitize surfaces throughout the hotel. ...
- Consumers Leery Of Post-Pandemic Travel
Marketing Daily, Tanya Gazdik - Thursday, April 23, 2020
Companies need to go beyond marketing to reassure consumers and to get them to reengage, Magid's David Bilicic tells "Marketing Daily." ...
- Choice Hotels Joins 'Stay Home, Send Beds' Initiative
Mediapsssst, Richard Whitman - Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Beginning today, members of the hotel chain's Choice Privileges loyalty program can donate their points toward beds for hospitals in need. ...
- Airbnb Should Have Rethought Its Marketing Cut
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Airbnb erred by ditching its marketing to save $800 million. For one thing, such a cut can deprive a brand of revenue sources through email marketing or social commerce. Th ...
- The COVID-19 Hourglass: Brands Unsure About Return To Normal
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Monday, April 13, 2020
Most marketers have adjusted their approach in response to the COVID-19 crisis, Element-R Partners reports, and have little patience for companies that have not. ...
- Study Suggests Renewed SEO Focus In 2020
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Some 65% of marketers expect to decrease their annual budget and 86% predict their marketing goals will be more difficult to reach this year. ...
- Airbnb Continues To Take Virus-Related Hits
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Tanya Gazdik - Thursday, April 2, 2020
Apartments once reserved for well-heeled tourists in the world’s major cities have seen bookings slump anywhere by 41% to 96%. “As Airbnb hosts apply for financial support to tide them ove ...
- Clairvoyix Launches Tool To Help Hotels Use Email During Crisis
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Rapid Recovery Response is designed to help hoteliers deploy emails at an appropriate price point, the company says. ...
- Kre8 Takes Drastic Steps Adjusting To Media Buys Amidst DOOH Shutdown
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, March 25, 2020
COVID-19 shook the Las Vegas economy by forcing restaurants, bars, and casinos to shut down. The virus forced Jeremie Watkins, managing partner and co-founder of Kre8 Media Outdoor Advertising, whi ...
- Marriott Starts Furloughs Due To Travel Decline
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Tanya Gazdik - Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Travel declines are costing U.S. hotels $1.4 billion a week, according to Bloomberg, and one of the world’s biggest hotel companies has started to furlough hotel staff in an effo ...