Most hotels think about channel performance one platform at a time. Paid search has its own reports. OTAs have their own dashboards. Metasearch has its own attribution. Organic traffic lives somewhere else entirely.
Individually, each channel may appear to be doing its job. The challenge is understanding how they work together. Without that visibility, hotels can end up paying multiple times to acquire the same guest.
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Traffic metrics also tend to dominate marketing conversations because they're easy to measure. Visits, impressions, clicks, and rankings are readily available in every reporting platform. Bookings are more complicated. Travelers compare options, check rates, read reviews, visit multiple sites, and often return several times before making a decision. As a result, it's easy to focus on the top of the funnel while overlooking what happens further down the booking journey.
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