Showing posts with label Summer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Summer. Show all posts

Wednesday, 10 July 2013

HeBS Digital Empowers Hoteliers to Fight Back and Shift Share from the OTAs with a 20% Off Summer Promotion

HeBS digital HeBS Digital invites hoteliers to 'Shift Share from the OTAs to the Property Website' with a Summer promotion, offering substantial savings of 20% off website design packages for the Three Screens (desktop, mobile, tablet).

HeBS Digital, the leading hospitality digital marketing, technology and direct online strategy firm, is pleased to announce a 20% off “Shift Share from the OTAs to the Property Website” promotion. Hoteliers who partner with HeBS Digital this summer will receive 20% off any website design package for desktop, mobile and tablet.

This promotion was specifically designed to help hoteliers lessen their dependency on the OTAs and drive more direct bookings through the property website. Independent hotels are particularly OTA-dependent: Last year, more than 76 percent of online bookings for non-branded hotels came from the OTAs and just 24 percent came from the hotels’ own websites (STR, HSMAI Foundation). 

The “Shift Share from the OTAs to the Property Website” package includes:  20% off a website design package, including desktop, mobile and tabletOne hour customized best practices workshopAction plan for driving direct online bookingsHotel website and online presence analysis “The industry is feeling the pain from OTA dependency now more than ever and hotel owners, managers and franchisees are urgently trying to devise ways to lessen their exposure to the OTA channel” said Max Starkov, President & CEO of HeBS Digital. “Now more than ever, the main focus and priority for any hotelier should be to sell as much inventory via the hotel website as possible. The hotel website is the most cost-effective distribution channel that also preserves rate parity and price erosion. Simultaneously with an up-to-par hotel website, hoteliers should be taking full advantage of “traditional” ROI-focused direct online channel initiatives such as SEO, SEM, online media and re-targeting, as well the new meta search marketing initiatives such as Google Hotel Price Ads, TripAdvisor Meta Search, Trivago, Kayak, etc.” 

The hospitality industry’s overdependence on the OTA channel is painfully visible.  It is time for the industry to fight back and shift share from the OTAs to the direct online channel i.e. to the hotel website. HeBS Digital gives hoteliers the tools needed to increase direct online channel bookings and dramatically improve the hotel’s bottom line. 

Hoteliers interested in partnering with HeBS Digital and learning more about this package can click here.

About HeBS Digital:

Founded in 2001, HeBS Digital is the hospitality industry’s leading full-service digital marketing, hotel website design and online channel strategy firm, based in New York City (www.HeBSDigital.com). 

HeBS Digital has pioneered many of the best practices in hotel Internet marketing, social and mobile marketing, and direct online channel distribution. The firm has won over 250 prestigious industry awards for its digital marketing and website design services, including numerous Adrian Awards, Davey Awards, W3 Awards, WebAwards, Magellan Awards, Summit International Awards, Interactive Media Awards, IAC Awards, etc.

A diverse client portfolio of top-tier major hotel brands, luxury and boutique hotel brands, resorts and casinos, hotel management companies, franchisees and independents, and CVBs are benefiting from HeBS Digital’s direct online channel strategy and digital marketing expertise. Contact HeBS Digital’s consultants at (212) 752-8186 or success@hebsdigital.com. 

Editorial Contact:

Mariana Mechoso Safer
HeBS Digital
Phone: 212-752-8186
Email: mariana@hebsdigital.com
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Top Five Food Trends Spotted at Summer Fancy Food Show

Restaurant News Resource Move over bacon. Make way for kale pops, chia pods, and simmer sauces from around the globe.

Move over bacon. Make way for kale pops, chia pods, and simmer sauces from around the globe. They are examples of the top five food trends for the year ahead picked by a panel of trendspotters at the 59th Summer Fancy Food Show in New York.

The show was held last week at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. It is the largest marketplace in North America for specialty foods and beverages, with 180,000 products from more than 2,400 food manufacturers, importers and entrepreneurs on display, including the latest artisanal cheeses, chocolates, vinegars, grilling sauces and natural and organic products.

The trends are:

Reinvented Frozen Treats
Green Wave Smoothies – Kalelicious Smoothie Pops
Life Ice – Freeze & Eat Bite-Sized Ices
DeeBee's Organics - Tea Pops
Bar Gelato by Naia - Blue Bottle Coffee Bar

Grains and Seeds in New Places
The Chia Co. - Chia Pods
La Pasta, Inc. – Sweet Potato, Quinoa and Kale Ravioli
Flamous Brands – Sprouted Multigrain Zatar Chips
Seattle Chocolate Co. - jcoco Agave Quinoa Sesame Milk Chocolate Bar

Global Meal Starters
Saffron Road – Harissa, Korean Stir Fry and Thai Red Curry Simmer Sauces
Kaldes Bros. Trading Co. – Greek Cooking Sauces
Kitchens of Africa – Maffe Peanut and Yassa Onion Simmer Sauces
Terrapin Ridge Farms – Pot Roast Meal Starter

Retro Mania Done New
Callie's Charleston Biscuits – Callie's Cheese Crisps
City Bakery – Hot Chocolate
Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams – Orchid Vanilla Macaroon Ice Cream Sandwich
Southern Culture – Short Stacks Banana Pudding Pancake Mix

Be Your Own Mixologist
Sociale – Lavender Martini Mocktails
Hella Bitter – Cocktail Bitters
Luke's Heirloom Tomato Juice – Bloody Delicious Mary Mix
Owl's Brew – Tea Crafted for Cocktails

A Photo Gallery of Top Five Trends is available here. 

Other trends identified are single-serve snacks with calorie counts, Vietnamese flavors, chickpea and seaweed snacks, maple products, and sweet and savory cookies. Trends with staying power identified at prior Fancy Food Shows include coconut, salted caramel and innovations in gluten-free foods.

The trendspotters are: Rachel Hofstetter, Author, "Cooking Up a Business;" Sara Moulton, Sara's Weeknight Meals; Kara Nielsen, CCD Innovation; Charles Passy, The Wall Street Journal Digital Network; Denise Purcell, Specialty Food Media; Lauren Purcell and Dana Bowen, Everyday with Rachel Ray, Regina Ragone, Family Circle Magazine; Beverly Stephen, Food Arts and Susie Timm, Girl Meets Fork.

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