Open Hospitality, a division of Pegasus
Solutions, is now offering Google Hotel Price Ads (HPA) to hotels
following a successful pilot with more than 50 hotels.
Hotel clients using Open Hospitality reservation
and booking services can opt to drive traffic from search results
in Google Search, Google Maps, Google Places and the Google Hotel
Finder directly to the brand website to increase more profitable
direct bookings.
“Google has emerged as a central channel in the
hotel shopping process,” said David Millili, chief executive
officer of Pegasus Solutions and Open Hospitality. “It may be used
for a quick reference or as the actual booking channel, but it
can’t be ignored as one capable of driving valuable direct
business to hotel websites.”
Leveraging existing
reservation and booking products and services, Open Hospitality
can serve real-time pricing through Google searches for
participating clients, allowing bookers to be redirected to the
hotel website for booking.
Google Hotel Price Ads accommodates
customers who prefer to book hotels directly with the hotel,
sending online shoppers directly to the brand website.
In addition
to creating opportunity for more profitable direct bookings, this
has the added benefit of allowing hotels to sell ancillary
products, such as dining, spa services, events or other amenities
in the booking process.
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