After a year of canceled plans and staying at home, travelers are ready to take their revenge and book their next vacation. But where will they go? And when can we expect travel to rebound? Koddi partnered with Tripadvisor to explore these questions in a recent webinar: The Revenge of Travel. In the webinar, experts from Koddi and Tripadvisor shared...
With the holiday season right around the corner, now is the time to start planning for holiday bookings, if you haven’t already. To navigate this complicated holiday season, marketers will need a thorough understanding of how the pandemic will impact travel. To this end, we took a look at Koddi’s proprietary travel data and cross-referenced it with publishers’ data to...
Due to its position in the consumer funnel and unique targeting capabilities, metasearch has been one of the most successful channels we’ve seen during COVID-19. Suppliers have continued to invest in and rely on metasearch for a few reasons: We’ve learned from the past. This isn't our first rodeo. It’s more important than ever to protect market share. The current...
A new normal for the travel industry is here and travel marketers are adapting to shifting consumer expectations during the pandemic. While consumer behavior is influenced by regional responses to the virus and how quickly restrictions are lifted, there are some distinct trends that have emerged throughout the course of this year. As travelers are beginning to search for leisure...
Q2 2020 will be one for the history books. As COVID-19 began to spread outside of APAC and Europe, travel around the globe came to a screeching halt. With that, we saw demand tumble to a low of over 80% down year-over-year. The travel sector was quick to respond and adapt to the rapidly changing landscape. Metasearch publishers, in particular,...
From keeping up with a daily cascade of industry news to monitoring the ever-changing guidelines and restrictions surrounding COVID-19, we know that these past few months have been a tough balancing act for hoteliers. This overload of new information combined with updated operational protocols for cleaning and social distancing can make it challenging for hotels to manage all of the...