Darlene Rondeau, VP, Best Practices, at Leonardo is joined by Catlyn Origitano, Senior Content Marketing Manager, at Sojern to discuss the importance of a mobile website for hotels. They highlight the key features of a mobile hotel website that help usher travel shoppers down the booking path to book directly with you.

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Darlene Rondeau, VP, Best Practices, Online Merchandising, Leonardo
Catlyn Origitano, Senior Content Marketing Manager, Sojern
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2. Darlene Rondeau
Vice-President
Best Practices, Online Merchandising
Leonardo
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4. Catlyn Origitano
Senior Content Marketing Manager
Sojern
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@catlyno @sojern
linkedin.com/in/catlynorigitano

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7.  Google will crawl your mobile
website first for information
 Being “mobile-friendly” will be
rewarded with higher search
rankings
 Not being so will impact
organic traffic
Google is Switching to a Mobile-First Index
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8. Catlyn Origitano
Senior Content Marketing Manager
Sojern
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@catlyno @sojern
linkedin.com/in/catlynorigitano

9. From Search Engine to Booking
Engine: Sojern’s 2017 Hotel
Report

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The Share of Mobile Hotel Queries
Source: Google Internal Data. US. July 2015 to December 2016.

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The Growth of Mobile Hotel Queries
14% 14% 13%
19% 18%
23%
Source: Google Internal Data. US. July 2015 to December 2016.

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Day of Week Hotel Searching Trends by Desktop and Mobile
Source: Sojern Internal Data. US Domestic Travel Data. January to December 2016.
Desktop Mobile

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Day of Week Hotel Booking Trends by Desktop and Mobile
Source: Sojern Internal Data. US Domestic Travel Data. January to December 2016.
Desktop Mobile

14. Offer a
full-funnel
mobile
experience

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67%of all hotel searches start
on Google.
IBC Hospitality Technologies Report: Independent Hotelier’s Guide to Google
Search is a primary channel for hotel discovery.
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16. Set a strong search
strategy.
SEO & SEM are increasingly
important, especially for
independent hotels.
Discover

17. Many third parties bid on
your brand terms, driving
your in-market traveler
elsewhere.
But “set it and forget it” isn’t
the most strategic option as
Google & Bing are constantly
updating their algorithms.
SEM
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18.  Target long-tail keywords in your SEO strategy
 Search terms comprising of 4, 5 or more words
 Specific, less competitive, transaction-based in nature
 Drive qualified traffic with an intent to purchase
 Long-tail keywords convert 2.5x better than head terms
Go Long
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19. Reach mobile users.
Your ads shouldn’t only live on
desktops since your travelers
don’t either.
Plan

20. Make mobile booking
friction-free.
Every part of your website needs
to be mobile-friendly so guests
can get the info they need and
book all on one device.
Book

21. Elements of a Great Mobile Website
 Provides a positive user
experience on mobile
 “Mobile-Friendly”
according to Google:
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Content renders on mobile (no zooming, pinching
or scrolling)
Avoids software not compatible with mobile (e.g.
Flash)
Avoids intrusive pop-ups between Google search
results page & webpage
Loads
quickly
Caters to touch (e.g. links spaced out)
Google, 2017

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 Visually Engaging
 Simple Navigation

23.  Integrates with Booking Engine
 Simple Booking Process
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 Click-to-Call
functionality &
Google Maps
integration
 Mobile-specific
special offers
 Local insights /
Things to Do

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www.vizlly.com

26. Questions & Discussion
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28. Connect With Us!
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Darlene Rondeau Catlyn Origitano
sojern.com
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@catlyno & @sojern
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