Why Book on Google is Good News for Hotels
Vacation planning starts on Google. More than half of all travelers begin their travel research on a search engine, according to the experts at Google. The search engine giant’s goal has always been to help users find the results they want faster, now they want to show the information people want and keep users within [...]
What to expect from our new Media Library
Earlier this month, we shared the exciting news of our Fall ‘19/Winter ’20 Product Releases. We’re starting a new chapter at Leonardo, and Media Library is one of the many new products we’re rolling out in the coming months. This newly-design and updated Media Library will be available early 2020. What is Media Library? Media [...]
The Hidden Costs of Bed Banks for Travel Channels: a Q&A with David Sgroi
We sat down with David Sgroi, Director of Enterprise Sales at Leonardo to chat about bed banks and the hidden costs of hotel distribution. Let’s start off with an easy one: what is a bed bank? David Sgroi: A bed bank is a company that provides hotel chains’ rates, inventory, and availability wholesale to the channels that end [...]
Leonardo remains a valuable part of SiteMinder’s complete hotel distribution and representation service.
After five years of successful collaboration, the global hotel industry’s leading guest acquisition platform, SiteMinder, has re-signed its partnership agreement with Leonardo for another three years. The renewed partnership will see SiteMinder continue its use of Leonardo’s technology to distribute hotel images to GDSs, as [...]
We Are One of the First Companies to Connect to Booking .com’s New Photo API
When Booking.com told us earlier this year that they were launching a Photo API, we made it our mission to be one of the first companies to write to it. Mission accomplished. Here we are today, proud to say that we are one of the first companies to connect to Booking.com’s new Photo API. This deeper integration with Booking.com [...]
Meet the new Vizlly: The next evolution of Leonardo’s website solution is here
Since the launch of our Vizlly hotel website solution over five years ago, we’ve helped thousands of hotels across North America drive more direct bookings and revenue. Now, we’re taking our solution to the next level. We’re happy to announce that we’re re-launching Vizlly with enhanced technology and additional services. When [...]
A New Chapter for Leonardo Means Even Better Technology Solutions and Travel Experiences
FALL ‘19/WINTER ‘20 PRODUCT RELEASE CEO Mark Charlinski: “This is more than a new chapter. It’s a whole new book.” We can’t wait to show our customers — and the industry — how our investments in innovation will drive revenue and help people have better travel experiences. It’s been a year of change for Leonardo. [...]
Where in the World is Leonardo – Fall 2019 Conference Guide
This fall, members of the Leonardo Team will be travelling around the globe, attending major travel conferences in 3 different continents to meet with customers. If you are attending or located in one of the host cities, we would love to meet you in person to talk about the exciting things happening at Leonardo and some new [...]
How Hotel Chains can Better Market Their Sub-Brands
Hotel chains first introduced sub-brands as a way to provide more catered experiences to a wider breadth of travel shoppers. In the age of personalization, more and more sub-brands popped up across the market in an attempt to provide even more targeted experiences. However, the influx of new brands has saturated the market and [...]
How a hotel website helps independent hotels win direct bookings
As an independent hotel, you may feel like it’s difficult to compete with large brands. Brands heavily invest in digital marketing campaigns and loyalty programs to try and build brand loyalty with travel shoppers. However, a 2018 study by Oracle found that 70% of leisure travelers do not have a preferred hotel brand that they [...]