Hello everyone and welcome to Hospitality Digital Marketing the podcast, I am your host Loren gray and this is episode #118, we are airing Friday, August 26th 2016 where every week we spend around 20 minutes sharing the most interesting tools, news and techniques being used in digital marketing for the hospitality industry. We also do a quick recap of our weekly Live Video show â??This Week in Hospitality Digital Marketingâ?? which also airs every Friday at 10:30 am Central US Time. SO let's get started;

Tools -- Digital Marketing Budget Simulator 2016

News

--Red Lion Partners with Expedia for Loyalty Program

--Meta on top of MetaSearch

-- TripAdvisor bought New York-based Citymaps, which provides users with map-based guides of things to do. After acquiring Viator in 2014 and fielding city guides for popular tourism spots around the world, TripAdvisorâ??s acquisition of Citymaps is consistent with TripAdvisorâ??s goal of building up its non-hotel business as its hotel offerings accounted for 81 percent of revenue in the second quarter. TripAdvisorâ??s goal is to provide travelers with the â??perfect tripâ?? through trip-planning research, hotel and vacation rental stays, and in-destination things to do.

Techniques-- Facebook is changing its Ad blocker Service

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