Our Insights Blog

After receiving the fantastic news that 80 DAYS has been shortlisted for two awards at the Google Premier Partner Awards 2019, we decided to sit down with one of our digital experts to demystify what we do to get the attention of the number one search engine in […]

Earlier this year we were thrilled to be awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade 2019, in recognition of six years continual international business growth. Now that we’ve had a chance to digest winning the award, and receive our trophy, we thought it time to reflect […]

At 80 DAYS we live and breathe hotel marketing. Of course we’re also very aware (through our ‘history in hotels’) of the vital role that revenue management plays in the successful running of a hotel, and the growing impact revenue management has on hotel marketing and vice versa. […]

We’re often asked why 80 DAYS chose to specialise in the travel industry and the answer takes us right back to the childhood of our Founder & Chairman, Mark Forrester. Mark’s family own Rufflets, a luxury country house hotel just outside St Andrews in Scotland, and so the […]

With Brexit looming on the horizon for the UK and the rapid emergence of a global ‘sharing’ economy, the hospitality marketplace is both changing and challenging. But with change comes opportunity. We caught up with Michael McCartan, Managing Director, EMEA, for Duetto to discuss strategies hoteliers can leverage […]

  VUI (Voice User Interfaces) – a technology of the future? Many would argue they’re the present. Indeed, Google reported in 2014 that 41% of adults were already using voice search, that number growing to 55% among teens. Using our voices to interact with devices and technologies such as Alexa, Siri, […]

80 DAYS recently enjoyed two days of learning and healthy debate at the EyeforTravel Europe conference in London (you can read our highlights here). Suzie Thompson, Vice President of Marketing, Distribution and Revenue Management for Red Carnation Hotels, an 80 DAYS client, also attended and was part of […]