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The New Rules of AI marketing in hospitality: Personalization Without Invasive Tracking
The 2026 ADWEEK Tech Stack Awards highlight technologies designed to address some of marketing’s most urgent problems. The recognition of Attentive and Verve reflects two especially important developments: autonomous personalization powered by artificial intelligence and effective audience acquisition without depending on invasive tracking. These developments have direct implications for hotels, resorts, and other travel businesses. Guests increasingly expect relevant digital
Silvia Sanchez
Aug 66 min read


Direct hotel bookings: why travelers move from OTAs to hotel websites
Over 60% of booking traffic comes from mobile devices. If your booking engine takes more than 3 seconds to load, the customer will go back to the OTA. Speed equals profitability. The rise of direct hotel bookings is no longer a passing trend in hospitality. It has become a structural shift in the digital conversion funnel, with clear commercial, operational, and financial consequences for hotel owners, executive committees, and asset managers. Travelers still use online trave
Silvia Sanchez
Jul 136 min read


Profit-Oriented Bidding: The New Financial Standard for Hotel Marketing
For executive committees and financial decision-makers in hospitality, Profit-Oriented Bidding represents one of the most important shifts in digital marketing strategy. It moves hotel advertising away from a narrow focus on gross revenue and toward a more financially disciplined model based on net contribution, operating costs, demand patterns, and distribution efficiency. For years, many hotel campaigns were judged by ROAS, or return on ad spend. The formula was easy to und
Silvia Sanchez
Jul 94 min read
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