I was recently contacted directly by Google to pilot with them for a new ads product. This is apparently more than sending the rates, availabilities... from MEWS to Google - something a lot of hotels running MEWS might already have. The bottom line is spending money based a on cost per click / commission model to rank higher as the OTAs and generate more revenue (which is Google’s promise, at least main assumption). I’m wondering how I can measure direct bookings related from a Google campaign? We run the integrated MEWS booking engine. Without being able to report on the success of a campaign I’m not willing to spend any incremental budget on that. Is anybody familiar with this topic and can help me regarding the backend integration? Thanks
Google Ads integration
I run a similar campaign through our channel manager, TravelClick iHotelier. I created a specific rate plan, linked to BAR, and pointed the Google Ads campaign to that specific rate. Alternatively, if it is available, you can create a promo code, include it in the Google ad and track direct bookings using the code. I hope this helps!
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+6You could try creating a new booking engine, adding a travel agency to the booking engine or as mentioned by Jill a specific rate plan / voucher could be used.
We created a booking engine specifically for Google Hotels and assigned a travel agency to it, so can track reservations via the Travel Agency.
You could also potentially track using Google Analytics / Tag manager.
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If you’re looking to manage the ad campaigns yourself then you’d want to set up Google Analytics pixel on your website (you could also do the same for Facebook pixel/Facebook Ads) and connect your booking engine to Google Tag Manager and then to Google Analytics. This way Google Analytics can show you where the traffic came from (ads, organic, referals etc.) what they did on your website and most importantly, if they booked and the value of their reservation. There’s more information on this setup here and here.
Hope this helps!
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