Airports need to use their data resources to advantage. A static ad displayed in a terminal for months on end isn't the best way to communicate with a traveler.
There are really never any absolutes in travel or in life but Priceline Group CEO Darren Huston feels confident that we'll never get to an app-only world. The desktop and mobile Web will live on, at least until Al Gore invents the next big thing.
Which ads get credit, and how much, toward the last click? Damn, it's complicated. Some travel companies are just now transitioning from analysis to action.
Old metasearch sites, like old soldiers, don't die. They just fade away. That may be the case for Google Hotel Finder as Google's hotel listings right on the first search results page funnel users in a streamlined way to Google's hotel ads.
As a whole, these airline ads are disappointing in that they are over-the-top fantasy or relatively uninspiring. The Delta ad may be inspiring for the little girl watching the journey of her checked bag but she isn't paying for the ticket.
Welcome to a lodging company, HomeAway, that is NOT targeting millennials but instead is going after "whole families." It has little to do with short-term rentals and it may turn out to be short-term thinking.