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Sleep Tourism: Wake Up to the Opportunity
By Tomahawk on
In recent years, a fascinating new trend has emerged in the tourism industry – sleep tourism. Far from simply being a buzzword, sleep tourism caters to travellers who prioritise rest and relaxation, seeking experiences that promote deep, restorative sleep. This shift reflects a growing global awareness of sleep's role in overall health and wellness, prompting travellers to seek destinations that offer unique opportunities for rest and rejuvenation. For tourism businesses, this trend opens up a host of opportunities to attract a new market of wellness-minded travellers.
More Than a Bed for the Night
Sleep tourism is a branch of wellness tourism, appealing to those looking to reset, recharge, and combat the stresses of modern life. Unlike conventional travel, sleep tourism...
Your SEO Success Guide to Impressing Google
By Tomahawk on
For most businesses, Google’s search engine provides the highest volumes of organic web traffic. As a result, it’s key to ensure your website impresses Google in order to get your website found by potential customers.
The process of making your website appeal to search engines (predominantly Google) is known as Search Engine Optimisation (SEO). Optimising your website to increase its visibility on Google involves many incremental adjustments and is an on-going process; a website won’t receive great results by virtue of existing in a competitive environment.
This guide provides an overview of the fundamental processes involved in improving your website’s SEO with a focus on ways you can make improvements yourself to deliver results for your business. If you need more...
Benefits of Performance Max Google Ad Campaigns
By Tomahawk on
Back in 2021, Google introduced this powerful tool that’s redefining how businesses manage their ad campaigns. Performance Max (PMax) gradually introduced better reporting features, including insights into asset performance and audience segmentation, offering more transparency to advertisers.
In 2022, the platform integrated new audience signals, allowing advertisers to provide their own data to improve targeting accuracy. Most recently, Google has focused on enhancing automation, refining machine learning algorithms for better budget optimisation and expanding the platform’s capabilities to include local and travel-specific ad formats.
In this article, we’ll break down the essentials of Performance Max and dive into the ways it’s revolutionising marketing strategies in the...
5 Ways to Create Memorable Tourism Experiences
By Tomahawk on
Successful tourism activity businesses will know that their key focus is always on creating memorable experiences for travellers. The flow on effects from happy customers will benefit your reputation and your bottom line.
So what is the formula for ensuring your customers not only have a fantastic encounter with your business but will also share their adventures positively to generate more bookings? The following describes 5 practical ways you can build your business to be a leading experience that will get travellers singing your praises and help you stand out in a competitive tourism market.
1. Entertainment comes first.
No matter the type of experience, what travellers want above all is to have a good time and be entertained.
This means that every component of the...
Big Changes at Tomahawk and ResBook!
By Tomahawk on
Tomahawk and ResBook are thrilled to announce a comprehensive revamp of our service offerings, designed to better cater to the diverse needs of the tourism industry. This strategic initiative comes as a response to invaluable feedback from the industry’s key stakeholders and recent changes in ResBook’s ownership.
The objective is to deliver more targeted and efficient solutions to tourism businesses of all sizes, enhancing their digital presence. Both sister brands will continue to provide expertise to clients in the New Zealand, Australian and South Pacific tourism markets. John Hayson, Company Director of Tomahawk explains:
"Listening to our stakeholders is a vital part at the heart of our strategy. This revamp allows us to better serve our clients and stay ahead...
Don't Lose Your Historic Universal Analytics Data!
By Tomahawk on
How To Export Data From Universal Analytics - June 30th Deadline
Another Google-imposed deadline is looming - July 1st - it's an important deadline from Google that you don't want to miss. You have until the 30th of June to export your data from Universal Analytics (UA) before it's gone for good.
If you've logged into your UA recently, you've likely seen the countdown ticking away. This isn't just about UA stopping new data collection - that happened last year. This time, UA will become completely inaccessible after July 1st, 2024. That means your historical data will disappear forever unless you act now.
Here's why keeping your historical web analytics data matters:
- Measuring Future Performance: Past benchmarks are essential for assessing growth.
- Context for...