Government and public health organizations have been tasked with the challenge of changing behaviour — getting people to not only practice social distancing and shelter in place but do it for weeks and potentially months. While a lot of us are following recommendations so far, making sure everyone sticks with them Read more…
Beginning next week, search results on the Google Shopping tab will consist primarily of free listings, helping merchants better connect with consumers, regardless of whether they advertise on Google. With hundreds of millions of shopping searches on Google each day, we know that many retailers have the items people need Read more…
“At Expedia, for instance, we spend $5 billion a year on advertising. We won’t spend $1 billion on advertising probably this year,” Diller said. “You just rip that across everything.” Expedia Group chairman and senior executive Barry Diller told CNBC. He noted that advertising spend across the board would be Read more…
Uganda as one of Kenya’s leading source markets is currently ranked number one in Africa in terms of arrivals into Kenya. In 2019 Kenya received 215,894 visitors from Uganda. The key contributing factors for getting more Uganda visitors are: the open borders, Ugandans need only an ID/resident permit to travel to Kenya, Read more…
Almosafer, a major omni-channel travel brand in Saudi Arabia, has announced the general availability of its WhatsApp channel for travellers. Powered by global conversational solutions provider LivePerson, Almosafer’s launch on WhatsApp offers customers fast, simple and convenient access to end-to-end travel support via the popular messaging platform. Opening its WhatsApp Read more…
Mike Bloomberg has flooded the airwaves, search results and social media with his ads, helping to propel him into a tie for third place in The Washington Post’s polling average and land a spot on the debate stage Wednesday. This year, Google and Facebook have served up 2 billion Bloomberg Read more…
Google parent Alphabet 2019 revenues reached nearly $162 billion. Google advertising revenues accounted for $134.8 billion. While earnings beat analyst expectations, fourth quarter revenues were lower than expected: $46.07 billion vs. $46.94 billion expected. Alphabet announced that its Cloud business has a $10 billion run rate. Google, Facebook and Amazon Read more…
Google on Friday responded to criticism that recent changes to its search results have blurred the lines between ads and regular results, saying it will be experimenting with different designs. As a part of a mid-January redesign to desktop search results, the company made paid links look more like unpaid results. Read more…
Timbu will invest $25,000 in 20 Kenyan travel startups and the funding will be exclusive to innovative startups solving real issues in the hospitality niche. Most of the focus will be on startups around the curated travel (one of the fastest-growing segments of the travel industry). Timbu, however, says there Read more…
Addressing tourism players and investors in Arusha this past week, Tanzania’s ambassador to China Mbelwa Kairuki said the country should meet Chinese tourists on their own turf, which is online. Mr Kairuki said the embassy is creating an online booking platform specifically for promoting Tanzania’s tourism services in China, which Read more…