google's advance into travel 9.5.13

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As Google continues to make inroads in the travel space, we will discuss what travel marketers need to keep in mind when creating their strategic marketing plans to ensure that they are well represented in both search engine results, as well as the content that increasingly permeates the online travel planning process.

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GOOGLE’S ADVANCE INTO TRAVEL & WHAT IT MEANS TO TOURISM INDUSTRY MARKETERS September 5, 2013

MMGY GLOBAL �

IT’S  ALL  ABOUT    YOU  

SMARTPHONE

Portrait  of  American  Travelers  2012  –  MMGY  Global/Harrison  Group  

OWNERSHIP

23 32

54

2010 2011 2012

Own a Smartphone 2012 Smartphone Ownership

Generationally

Millennial 18-33 66%

Gen X 34-47 61%

Boomer 48-66 43%

Matures 67+ 23%

TABLET OWNERSHIP

Portrait  of  American  Travelers  2012  –  MMGY  Global/Harrison  Group  

7

27

2011 2012

2012 Tablet Ownership Generationally

Millennial 18-33 28%

Gen X 34-47 32%

Boomer 48-66 23%

Matures 67+ 20%

Own a Tablet

GOOGLE’S ADVANCE �INTO TRAVEL

MAPS/STREETVIEW  

ITA/FLIGHT  SEARCH  

HOTEL  FINDER  

CONTENT  &  

REVIEWS  

TAXI  &  NAV    

GLASS  

GOOGLE’S ADVANCE �INTO TRAVEL

MAPS/STREETVIEW  

2005-­‐2007  

GOOGLE MAPS & �STREETVIEW

!   LAUNCHED IN 2005 & 2007, RESPECTIVELY

!   POWERS MANY TRAVEL INTEGRATIONS, INCLUDING EXPEDIA AND ORBITZ

!   LARGELY WITHOUT MEANINGFUL COMPETITOR IN THE US

GOOGLE’S ADVANCE �INTO TRAVEL

ITA/FLIGHT  SEARCH  

2011  

ITA ACQUISITION �& FLIGHT SEARCH

!   ACQUIRED ITA IN APRIL 2011

!   LAUNCHED FLIGHT SEARCH IN SEP 2011

!   DIRECT SUPLIER LINKS BRING OTA PARTNERSHIPS INTO QUESTION

GOOGLE’S ADVANCE �INTO TRAVEL

HOTEL  FINDER  

2011  

DATA CONSISTENCY ?  

HOTEL �FINDER

!   LAUNCHED IN AUGUST 2011 FOR DESKTOP, IN JULY 2013 FOR MOBILE

!   SERVED IN ORGANIC SEARCH RESULTS

!   CONCERNS OVER DATA SOURCES FOR HOTELIERS

GOOGLE’S ADVANCE �INTO TRAVEL

CONTENT  &  

REVIEWS  

2011-­‐2012  

THE RACE TO�ACQUIRE CONTENT

CONTENT �IS KING

GOOGLE’S ADVANCE �INTO TRAVEL

TAXI  &  NAV    

2013  

WAZE, UBER &�NAVIGATION

• NEARLY  $10  BILLION  INDUSTRY  

• ENORMOUS  ADVERTISING  POTENTIAL  

• LOCATION-­‐AWARE  TECHNOLOGY    

GOOGLE’S ADVANCE �INTO TRAVEL

GLASS  

2013-­‐2014  

GOOGLE �

!   CURRENTLY BETA THROUGH EXPLORER PROGRAM

!   PUBLICLY AVAILABLE IN 2014

!   VOICE CONTROL AND AUGMENTED REALITY

!   ADVERTISING OPPS TBD

GLASS

THANK  YOU  

CLAIRE  BISHOP  SVP,  Integrated  Media  Strategy  MMGY  Global  cbishop@mmgyglobal.com  @eClaireBishop  

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