The travel industry – and it is no longer an overstatement to say so – is the largest and most sophisticated industry in online e‑commerce. With innately global scope and scaling prospects, highly sophisticated and intricate business ecosystems, one of the longest purchase cycles in a marketing vertical, and a immeasurably vast long tail spanning several languages and location specific permutations – no other industry faces the same magnitude of structural, scaling, and technical challenges.
To create this eBook, Linkdex and State of Digital consulted and interviewed experts, thought-leaders, and representatives from key commercial brands, in order to provide a holistic 360 degree perspective of the online travel industry. The report explores the latest marketing strategies and techniques.
Contributors

Bas van den Beld
Digital Marketing Strategist, State of Digital

Kevin May
Senior editor and co-founder, Tnooz

Jono Alderson
Principal Consultant, Distilled, Distilled

Lee Stuart
Co-founder, Caliberi

Martin MacDonald
Head of SEO, Orbitz Worldwide

John Straw
Senior Advisor, McKinsey & Company

Simon Dance
Head of Organic Acquisition, Lyst

Alison Copus
Chief Admissions and Marketing Officer, Nord Anglia Education

Adriano Comegna
Content Marketing Manager, Consumer Choices

Kevin Gibbons
Managing Director, BlueGlass

Rob Cowen
Journalist, Independent and Telegraph

Gian Caprini
Global Senior Consultant, Online Media

Jade Conroy
Content Editor, Hotels & Destination Guides, Telegraph Media Group

Gus Ferguson
Founder and Digital Strategy Consultant, The Tetrad Consultancy

James Brooke
Managing Director, Rooster PR

Andrew Whiteside
Director of Communications , Luxury Branding

Daniel Bianchini
Director of Services, White.net

Stefan Hull
Insight Director, Propellernet

Claire Mason
Head of Search, Positive London

Stephen Pavlovich
CEO, Conversion.com

Kristjan Hauksson
Co-Founder & COO, SMFB