Marketing

🌎 Agoda's new initiative links with travel creators on social media to boost bookings. Participants receive unique promo codes, earning commissions per booking, plus monthly sponsored stays and activities up to £169. Rewards include Agoda swag and travel credits up to £755. Agoda features creators in campaigns to expand their reach. With over six million properties, 130,000 flight routes, and 300,000 activities, Agoda offers extensive booking combinations.

📈 Oct 28, 2025, Amadeus emphasizes that hotels must adopt agile, data-informed distribution strategies for demand generation. Key recommendations include: understanding audience preferences through data, balancing direct and indirect distribution channels, setting measurable KPIs, optimizing channels, and continuously adapting strategies. Independent hotels should focus on direct engagement, while larger brands should prioritize systems and data coordination. This approach ensures profitability and reach, regardless of property size or affiliation.

📸 Aman, Bvlgari Hotels, and Cheval Blanc Paris excel at crafting luxury Instagram grids through visual coherence rather than abundance. Aman utilizes negative space for peace, Bvlgari emphasizes texture and touch, while Cheval Blanc presents an architectural feel. All three maintain a controlled palette, visual rhythm, and narrative continuity. Consulting spots open in November for refining brand presence in hospitality, targeting luxury clients. #LuxuryBranding #VisualIdentity #DigitalPresence #BrandStrategy #LuxuryHospitality

🌍 Great Britain’s “Starring GREAT Britain” campaign by VisitBritain capitalizes on the set-jetting trend, featuring locations like Bath and the Scottish Highlands. Directed by Tom Hooper, it generates £20 for every £1 invested in tourism. Malaysia’s “Selamat Kembali” campaign showcases diverse cultural and natural offerings. VisitOSLO’s campaign humorously contrasts Oslo’s perceived flaws with its real charm. Portugal’s “Futourism” emphasizes sustainability. Singapore’s campaign highlights its 64 islands. Switzerland’s “Bees & Friends” campaign emphasizes biodiversity, featuring replicas of Swiss hotels for bees and narrated by James Faulkner.

🗺️ Ryanair, Airbnb, easyJet, lastminute.com, and Booking.com are among the UK’s top challenger brands, as per the Trouble Making 100 Report. Ryanair ranked 3rd, easyJet 53rd, lastminute.com 70th, Airbnb 18th, and Booking.com 72nd. The report uses consumer perspectives, awareness scores, and ad spend data from the past 18 months, narrowing 400 brands to 100. Virgin also made the list, but not specifically for its travel brands.

🚢 Corporate hotel marketing is slow, akin to the Titanic, suffering from excessive bureaucracy with updates requiring up to six department approvals. Boutique hotels, like agile jet skis, adapt quickly, leveraging trends on TikTok and keyword opportunities instantly. While big hotel chains deliberate, boutique hotels act, capturing market waves faster. Booking.com partners with TikTok to target Gen Z, a strategy boutique hotels can rapidly emulate. Speed, not size, defines success in modern hotel marketing.

📑 In a conversation led by Nancy Mendelson, Victoria Feldman de Falco of Redpoint emphasizes aligning marketing, PR, and operations to boost hospitality growth. Drawing on 40+ years of experience, Victoria suggests creative campaigns like "Cyber Monday for Hotels" and "Baggage Buyback" to illustrate effective collaboration. Key insights include fostering risk tolerance and protecting PR budgets. The conversation offers practical steps for enhancing team collaboration and driving brand value.