Technology Lets Tourists Go Local’ with Micromoments

          Tourism research guru Bronwyn White of MyTravelResearch.com shows how micromoments are transforming the tourism experience. Destination marketers need to be across this. Airbnb and Google are there already.
          I was delighted a few weeks ago when I saw that Airbnb had created a new product off the back of Google market research around micromoments and mobile that was released earlier in 2MyTravelResearchen5.
Micromoments are about providing information that is snackable and easily consumed. It provides the most relevant content at the right time and the right place.
          It is based on the new reality that among leisure travellers who are smart phone users, 69% search for travel ideas during spare moments, like when they're standing in line or waiting for the subway, says Google Micromoments
          Understanding this, Airbnb took the argument to the next step by creating the excellent Hosted Walks.
          When a traveller or a user searches for things to do on Google, they will be prompted by an ad, asking them if "they wish to see New York like a local". When they click on the ad, Google Maps is brought up and it is auto populated with the user's location.
          It then maps out the route to the users desired location, via local gems along the way – a hidden alley way, a old Polish coffee shop, a plaque to a loyal pet, a restored statue that makes a great photo op, and so on.
          The information is relayed via speech bubbles and narrated by real Airbnb hosts.
          As Airbnb's global head of advertising and content, Peter Giorgi, says: "Mobile gives us the opportunity to tailor our message to the point that it's so insightful, so useful and so relevant at the moment of consumer intent̷MyTravelResearch;..Hosted Walks provides travellers something special that they would not have had otherwise."
          Giorgi correctly argues that due to mobile technology, 2enst century advertising can offer tourists a local, tailored service like they've never had before.
          The result: the disruptor, Airbnb, is becoming mainstream (and rich) because they turned freely available market research about micromoments and mobile into a practical mobile tool for tourists who want to go local – a global trend.
          Airbnb and Hosted Walks are successful, in part, because they are based on trends, insights and the latest research about travellers -- not hunches.
          We can all learn from their example.
          Action Micromoments like Airbnb
          So, how can you start turning insights into action like Airbnb?
          One of the easiest and cheapest (free, in fact) tactics is to get as much product into Google Maps. Your local businesses, not just hotels and tour companies need to claim their Google My Business pages and populate them with awesome content that makes people want to go and stop there. Think about local boutiques, bars, 'hole in the wall' coffee shops and sandwich bars. This is such an accessible starting point for absolutely everyone.
          Ensure your content speaks to your Google micromoments with visually appealing video and images. Make it easy to book. Tourists will abandon you no matter how loyal they have been in the past if you don't make it easy to find information about your business or destination in a micromoment.
Think snackable content.
          Based on our research and experience, MyTravelResearch.com will help tourist businesses turn snackable content into a long term moveable feast. Contact us to find out how.

To Succeed, Destination Marketing Organisations Must Publish or Perish

Bronwyn White, co-founder and strategist of MyTravelResearch.com, says that with artificial intelligence driving sophisticated semantic search algorithms, DMOs must become publishers of content and create an emotional connection to the prospect traveller Dear DMO, your mission for the next 12 months is to establish trust, reputation, and authority with Google and the search engines, because these days, there are only two markets that matter: Google and your customers. Content should be the

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Technology Lets Tourists Go Local’ with Micromoments

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To Succeed, Destination Marketing Organisations Must Publish or Perish