“Hilton’s forthcoming redesign of its HHonors loyalty application will enable users to receive push notifications at various points throughout their travel journeys, use real-time chat to communicate with front desk personnel and share digital room keys with more family members.
The hotel brand is ushering in an updated HHonors app this fall, which will include full iOS compatibility as well as the option to mark a favorite hotel room so that customers can book the same space for future visits. The redesign also brings about additional features for Hilton’s digital key program, such as the ability for consumers to use multiple digital keys on several smartphones for the same room.”
“Google said Thursday that it’s ditching the name for its YouTube video ad format, officially moving away from calling it “TrueView in-display”.
Well, sort of”
Get the details here: YouTube renames, updates TrueView ads – AdAge
“Google has announced a significant change that will give advertisers more control over device-level bidding in AdWords. The news came during Google Performance Summit in San Francisco, at which Google also said it now handles trillions of searches globally — up from the hundreds of billions most recently stated — with more than half of those searches starting on mobile devices.”
Read Search Engine Land’s Ginny Marvin’s article here: Google AdWords to enable mobile base bidding
“Marketers who rely only on demographics to reach consumers risk missing more than 70% of potential mobile shoppers. Why? Because demographics rarely tell the whole story. Understanding consumer intent is much more powerful. Lisa Gevelber, Google’s VP of marketing, shares how starting with intent can help you reach more of the right people than demographics alone.”
Why Consumer Intent Is More Powerful Than Demographics – Think with Google
