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4. Ahmed Youssef (Joe)
Executive VP,
Corporate Development & Marketing
Amadeus Hospitality
ahmed.youssef@amadeus.com
www.amadeus.com
5. Anatoly Polyakov
Innkeeper / Proprietor
Heart of the Village Inn
www.heartofthevillage.com
innkeeper@heartofvillage.com
@HeartVillageInn
HeartOfTheVillageInnVT
7. Online travel bookings in US done on mobile devices.
Mobility Is Not A Trend. It’s A Fact.
*eMarketer, 2015
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8. Of all hotel bookings in 2015, mobile bookings accounted for:**
Mobility Is Not A Trend. It’s A Fact.
**Skift, 201
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9. Mobile website
supports planning,
booking and on-
property experience
Mobile website must
be visual, load
quickly and facilitate
the booking process
Travel Shopping Micro-Moments on Mobile*
*Google, 2016
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10. Ahmed Youssef (Joe)
Executive VP,
Corporate Development & Marketing
Amadeus Hospitality
ahmed.youssef@amadeus.com
www.amadeus.com
19. Personalised
Tailor-made experiences unique
to the traveller’s preferences
A smooth, door-to-door
experience
Sustainable
Economically, socially and
environmentally responsible
growth
Connected
How We See The Future
20. Key Takeaways
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An effective mobile strategy
- Website designed specifically for mobile devices
- Location-based service to provide relevant offers
- Understand mobile habits
A mobile website makes it easy for guests to use
and book
Location-based services generate impulse buys
Presence on mobile-friendly location services &
review sites
Mobile-optimized apps
The future of mobile: personalized, connected,
sustainable
21. Anatoly Polyakov
Innkeeper / Proprietor
Heart of the Village Inn
www.heartofthevillage.com
innkeeper@heartofvillage.com
@HeartVillageInn
HeartOfTheVillageInnVT
22. Relying on inbound phone calls & walk-ins
Old website was informative, but not visual
Not optimized for mobile
Impact on revenue and type of traveler
Needed our 19th Century property to reflect the 21st Century
Our Business Challenge
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23. We updated our website
several times
Our Vizlly-powered website
the best we’ve ever had!
Visual, informative
Optimized for mobile
Where We Are Now
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How We Use Our
Mobile Website
Travel-related research on
mobile is exploding
Need to offer attractive and
intuitive experience
Responsive mobile website -
tells a consistent story
In 2 months, mobile visits up
30%-50%
Bookings steadily increasing
25. My Advice To Other Properties
Don’t ignore mobile!
You need to be where travel shoppers are
You don’t have a second chance to make
a first impression
Create a memorable (sales-driven)
experience right away
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26. Key Takeaways
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Pay attention to mobile
Be where your guests are
A mobile website is your one shot to
make a great first impression
Mix of visuals & textual information
Responsive websites improve SERP
rankings and guest experiences
27. What type of content would you like to see more of
from Leonardo?
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28.
29. About Leonardo
Recap video &
recording of this
webinar. Share it
with your colleagues
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30. Coming Soon – October 2016
“Leonardo Conference”
7 steps of the Travel Shopping Journey
Notable speakers, leading technology
and hotel marketing best practices
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Invitations coming soon to your inbox
31. Based on today’s content,
would you attend future webinars by Leonardo?
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Amadeus is a technology company dedicated to the world’s travel industry.
We offer cutting-edge technology solutions that help key players in the travel industry succeed in their business, and shape the future of travel moving forward.
And we do it on a truly global scale. In 2015 Amadeus processed 566 million bookings. Together with Navitaire, our systems boarded more than 1.2 billion passengers. And Forbes recognized us as the world’s 10th largest software company.
We design our solutions around your/our customers needs in order to deliver against the needs of travellers. Right from the first moment of the traveller life-cycle from looking for inspiration for travel possibilities through to shopping, booking and then pre, on and post-trip. At all stages of the travel experience our solutions help you/our customers deliver more choice and better service to your/their customers.
During 2013 we conducted extensive research via the Amadeus Traveller Trends Observatory, an internal exchange platform to better understand traveller trends in the future. We researched in detail how travellers behave, how they search, how they book and other factors that will enable us to continue to understand the traveller life cycle.
More recently, we commissioned Future Foundation to develop the Future Traveller Tribes 2030, which is a study that seeks to identify those different ‘tribes’ or different traveller segments that will shape the future of travel through to the end of the next decade. The six tribes we’ve identified in our report will be shaped by demographic, economic, consumer, and technological drivers ultimately impacting their growth or decline.
At Amadeus, we have long been committed to understanding the traveler. The reason we do this is that as we look to the next 10 to 15 years and beyond, arguably no group is better placed – or in fact more integral – to the continued evolution of our industry than travellers themselves. We are all travellers after all, and the inspiration constantly driving new exploration and adventure is what makes the travel industry so interesting, unique and ever-changing.
(HERE YOU CAN MENTION SOME OF OUR SOLUTIONS BY THE CATEGORIES IN THE TRAVELLER LIFE CYCLE ILLUSTRATION - AS APPROPRIATE TO YOUR AUDIENCE)
We serve every part of the global travel ecosystem. Amadeus’ customers include travel agencies, both online and offline, focused on leisure travel and business travel, and corporations themselves; airlines, airports, ground handlers, hospitality businesses, railway and car rental companies, tour operators, insurance provider groups, insurance companies, ferry & cruise lines and other businesses involved in global travel.
http://thenextweb.com/google/2015/04/22/are-you-ready-for-googles-mobile-algorithm-change/
Desktop sales have been dropping for years as users have moved to laptops, tablets, and smartphones.
2014 – 30% of all searches came from mobile devices
2015 – 60% of all searches came from mobile devices
43.8% of travelers who booked trips via digital means did it via a mobile device
2016
Prediction: 51.8% of travelers who booked trips via digital means will do it via a mobile device
http://www.emarketer.com/Article/By-2016-Most-Digital-Travel-Bookers-Will-Use-Mobile-Devices/1013248
http://thenextweb.com/google/2015/04/22/are-you-ready-for-googles-mobile-algorithm-change/
Google is changing its search algorithm to reward sites that are mobile optimized
“Mobile friendliness” will play a key role in how it is ranked
Mobile friendly is:
Uses text sizes that are readable without zooming
Content that fits the screen so scrolling and zooming aren’t necessary
Spacing links so tapping the right one isn’t tough for users
Flash is not commonly supported on mobile devices and will be a negative
Limiting number clicks it takes to perform a particular task
Sites that are not mobile enable stand to lose 1/3 of their traffic
http://mobiledevices.about.com/od/appbranding/tp/6-Essential-Elements-Of-An-Effective-Mobile-Strategy.htm
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jaysondemers/2013/11/07/10-steps-to-creating-a-mobile-optimized-content-marketing-strategy/#51bc693f6e5e
- Offer a website that is designed specifically for access by mobile devices
The mobile website should be designed just for mobile devices. When the user accesses this Website from a mobile device, the user is automatically redirected to the mobile version to ensures that the user has a great mobile experience. The mobile website needs to be designed to be compatible with a variety of mobile devices and operating system thus helping the business reach a wider audience.
- Use Location-Based Services to provides offers
This involves offering your users relevant information regarding useful products and services while they are visiting or near a particular location. Allowing users opt-in for location-specific offers ensures it will be a highly targeted audience, who is most likely to respond positively to offers.
- Understand your audience’s mobile habits to create the best experience
Audience data is critical when developing a mobile strategy. Questions that need to be answered include:
What percentage of your audience accesses your site on mobile devices?
What devices are they using - tablets or smartphones or both?
What activities are they doing on your site, independently and as compared with your overall traffic?
What content are they accessing – by topic and by format?
How much time do they spend on your site? An audience with an average of 10 minutes is different than an audience with an average of 90 seconds. It’s all about attention span.
Makes it easier for guests to use and book
Drive awareness of property
- Push search results higher for guests looking for hotels
- Easily find the information guests need (availability, price, room type, services available) to book while on the site using a mobile device
Increase bookings
Increase revenue
Location-based services drives awareness of services and generates impulse buys
Market on-site services
Increase usage by guests
Increase revenue from secondary sources
http://www.forbes.com/sites/joshsteimle/2014/02/12/mobile-is-the-future-of-everything/#4562c8a252a8
Embracing a mobile-first mindset means adopting it within your own company first. Do you use a mobile device as a primary or substantial means of computing? What about your team members? Are you pushing to find ways to manage more of your business through mobile devices?
When it comes to understanding how your customers use or want to use their mobile device to interact with you, it’s not enough to ask, although you should do that. Get out and watch them. See them using their smartphone as they work and live. No battle plan survives first contact with the enemy, and likewise a host of misconceptions and assumptions will disappear within the first five minutes you spend seeing your customers “in the wild” interacting with your mobile strategy, or lack thereof.
make sure your business shows up on mobile-friendly location services and review sites like Google Maps and Yelp. Explore options for advertising on mobile devices. It’s not for everyone, but it might be a fit for you, and there are new options popping up every day.
building an app may or may not be the right fit for your company, but it’s worth analyzing. More and more, what used to be done on an app can be done on a responsive website, but in some cases an app makes more sense. Just don’t wait for all your competitors to release apps as the sign that you should dive in.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/joshsteimle/2014/02/12/mobile-is-the-future-of-everything/#4562c8a252a8
Embracing a mobile-first mindset means adopting it within your own company first. Do you use a mobile device as a primary or substantial means of computing? What about your team members? Are you pushing to find ways to manage more of your business through mobile devices?
When it comes to understanding how your customers use or want to use their mobile device to interact with you, it’s not enough to ask, although you should do that. Get out and watch them. See them using their smartphone as they work and live. No battle plan survives first contact with the enemy, and likewise a host of misconceptions and assumptions will disappear within the first five minutes you spend seeing your customers “in the wild” interacting with your mobile strategy, or lack thereof.
make sure your business shows up on mobile-friendly location services and review sites like Google Maps and Yelp. Explore options for advertising on mobile devices. It’s not for everyone, but it might be a fit for you, and there are new options popping up every day.
building an app may or may not be the right fit for your company, but it’s worth analyzing. More and more, what used to be done on an app can be done on a responsive website, but in some cases an app makes more sense. Just don’t wait for all your competitors to release apps as the sign that you should dive in.
How do we see the future of travel?
Shape a personalised travel future
Tomorrow’s travellers will want a more personalised way to travel. They want to be able to search for travel experiences that will be unique to them – be it business or leisure. They’ll want local knowledge, advice from fellow travellers about their trips and to share their plans with friends. They’ll expect to be able to choose their seat and pick their room using mobile device and social media. They’ll also expect real-time travel information delivered to their devices as well as receive personalised offers at the airport or when they check in at a hotel.
By working together we can deliver travellers and the travel industry the kind of personalised future that benefits everyone.
Shape a connected travel future
Tomorrow’s travellers will want the world to join together around their particular needs. They’ll expect their journeys to be one single smooth experience – from thinking of where to go, to buying tickets, to arriving at a hotel , then reaching their final destination. And if unavoidable disruptions do occur, they’ll expect to be instantly informed on how it will affect them personally. At Amadeus we believe that this desire for connectivity will only grow further – across all modes of transport, experiences and devices.
By working together we can connect the many different aspects of the travel industry and deliver connected experiences to travellers everywhere.
Shape a sustainable travel future
Travel companies are realising that true long-term business sustainability requires not only considering commercial and economic needs, but also making a positive impact on society and the environment – both locally and globally. We’ll all need to be actively involved in understanding and nurturing these areas in order to meet the requirements of today without compromising the needs of tomorrow. What’s more, travellers will be expecting the companies they travel with to be doing exactly that.
By working together we can provide travel businesses with more visibility and control over their economic, social and environmental impacts.