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When we wrote our 2020 hotel marketing trends post back in January we couldn’t have imagined the rollercoaster ahead of us. There’s never been a year like it and, we hope, never another. Throughout the pandemic 80 DAYS has sought to avoid speculation and present the facts first. […]

EDINBURGH, December 9th, 2020 – Digital and creative marketing agency 80 DAYS present findings from a study into the distribution patterns of independent hotels during the global Coronavirus pandemic. – A new study into the online distribution of independent hotels has unearthed an apparent shift in the purchasing […]

With laws such as GDPR and browsers increasingly cutting down on cookies due to a growing concern for user’s privacy, web analytics solutions that fully rely on cookies to gather data on website traffic and user behaviour, such as Google Analytics, are having to adapt. To tackle this […]

With a regional lockdown planned for England and restrictions already in place for devolved governments, most hotels are having to quickly rethink their approach to online marketing and digital presence. In uncertain times, it’s crucial to draw on our experiences since the start of the pandemic. Here we […]

The next few months will undoubtedly be challenging for hotels and hospitality, with last minute bookings and cancellations likely as sentiment and regulations change. However, using Q4 booking data (provided by our sister company, Hotel Benchmark) alongside Google search behaviour trends, we’ve highlighted where we believe the opportunities […]

In the third of our Cutting Through The Noise series of reports we surveyed the opinions of over 3,000 hotel guests, gaining unique insight into how they feel about travel in 2020/21. The results show where the demand for travel remains strong and the priorities for travellers today […]