In the final part of our Digital Marketing Summit for Hoteliers, Ed St. Onge, President of Flip.to and Charlie Osmond, Chief Tease of Triptease discuss the traveling & sharing the experience phase of the travel shopping journey and its impact on driving direct bookings.
The Evolving Travel Shopping Journey: Traveling & Sharing The Experience
1. Let Me Take A Selfie:
Traveling & Sharing
The Experience
1:05PM – 1:35PM ET #EvolvingTravel
Ed St. Onge, President, Flip.to
Charlie Osmond, Chief Tease, Triptease
12. The last 3 months of advocacy:
375,000+ potential guests reached
6 year follower-base
13. Storytellers are an effective way to avoid competing on marketing spend
with the big players
14. Edward St. Onge • President • http://flip.to
Stories travel
Your guests have incredible stories to tell, and huge global
audiences who are listening.
Make their stories an integral part of your story, and turn
meaningful moments into measurable ROI.
15. Let Me Take A Selfie
Charlie Osmond
Chief Tease, Triptease
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18. Industry leaders?
“Investing in social media
is wasted money”
Glenn Fogel, Head of Strategy, Priceline
“It did not move the needle”
Steve Kaufer, CEO Tripadvisor
19. Social can drive awareness
Research by Consumer Pulse
Research & EvaluationAwareness Purchase decision
22. Using social to increase bookings
Charlie Osmond
Chief Tease, Triptease
1. Gather reviews (social proof)
2. Custom audiences
23. David Chestler
EVP Global Enterprise Sales & Business
Development, SiteMinder
www.siteminder.com
Ed St. Onge
President, Flip.to
www.flip.to
Charlie Osmond
Chief Tease, Triptease
www.triptease.com
Joey Egan
VP, Marketing, Leonardo
www.leonardo.com
24. Connect With Us
Charlie Osmond
Chief Tease, Triptease
www.triptease.com
charlie@triptease.com
linkedin.com/in/charlieo
@cosmond
Chris Blaine
VP, Sales & Account Management, Sojern
www.sojern.com
chris.blaine@sojern.com
linkedin.com/in/clblaine
@sojern
David Chestler
EVP Global Enterprise Sales & Business
Development, SiteMinder
www.siteminder.com
david.chestler@siteminder.com
linkedin.com/in/davidchestler
@dchestler
Ed St. Onge
President, Flip.to
www.flip.to
estonge@flip.to
linkedin.com/in/edward-st-onge-7b53735
@EdwardStOnge
Ellis Connolly
Chief Revenue Officer, TrustYou
www.trustyou.com
ellis.connolly@trustyou.com
linkedin.com/in/ellisconnolly
@ellis_connolly
Joey Egan
VP, Marketing, Leonardo
www.leonardo.com
joey.egan@leonardo.com
linkedin.com/in/joey-egan-1017621
@joeyegan
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Notas do Editor
Can we add some Flip.to posts to this page too
Can this screen have some representation of a photo contest, either invite, explorer, or submission please
The role of analytics to measure success: the collective reach of your guests is massive and targeted.
Storytellers are an effective way to avoid competing on marketing spend with the big players?
A brief story about our experience with seeing what and why people share
Excuse to show off
Experience of feeling like the writer of a travel magazine
Hotels can encourage guests to create a photo review
People loved it.
- Became an online magazine, many users had gone through their entire travelling history and posted over a hundred
- people were spending more time reading than they were on CN Traveller.
Loads of community interaction
Creating thousands of photo reviews a week
Shared with tens of thousands
- Social sharing can impact the inspiration stage of the travel journey
Beyond inspiration the opportunity for social is more nuanced
be clear on your purpose. Know what you’re going to get and what you are not
Reinforce power of storytelling
OTAs are very clear on benefit of social proof in driving purchase
Lack of storytelling delivers an opportunity for hotels the OTAs cannot replicate
Reviews have impact
Also the reviewer benefits and reinforces great experience – it is part of what they are paying for
Otherwise be aware of custom audiences and retargeting